Born in 1969, Karaganda.

In 1988, he graduated from the Karaganda Teachers Training School. Since then, he has been living and working in Almaty. Since 1995, he has been teaching painting and composition at multidisciplinary gymnasium No. 79, and since 2016, at Prestige school. He is also the head of the NEW studio at Arvest Gallery.

Since 1996, he has actively participated in group exhibitions and art projects, regularly holding solo exhibitions. He is a member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Collections and Recognition

• Works held in the Nevzorov Family Museum of Fine Arts, Semey (Kazakhstan),

• Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts (Northern Cyprus),

• Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts (Kazakhstan),

• Museum of Fine Arts of Karaganda (Kazakhstan).

• Private collections in Russia, Kazakhstan, Poland, the USA, Canada, Germany, Australia, Italy, Azerbaijan, Cuba, Angola, the Czech Republic, and Spain. Exhibitions and Projects

2024-2025

• November 2024– March 2025: "Pages", solo exhibition, Nevzorov Family Museum of Fine Arts, Semey.

• June: "The Phenomenon of Sergei Parajanov", international art project, Kazarian Art Center, Almaty.

• May: "The Color of Joy – Blue," group exhibition, Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty.

• March–April: "Pages", solo exhibition, Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Almaty.

• March: "Graphics of Kazakhstan", group exhibition, Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty.

2023

• November 2023–January 2024: "Our Asia", international exhibition, ARTHUB Gallery, Ivanovo.

• October: international exhibition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Almaty.

• July: " Aliis inserviendo consumor " (Doctors in the Works of Artists of Kazakhstan), national exhibition, Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Almaty.

2022

• November: "White. Red. Black", joint project with Lydia Drozdova and Igor Gushchin, Museum of Fine Arts, Karaganda.

• November: "Red", group exhibition, ART GALAXY ALMA-ATA Gallery, Almaty.

2021

• October: "Abstraction-Silhouette", international exhibition, House Art Space, Almaty.

• June: "Where, Where, in Karaganda", national exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Karaganda.

• March: "Blossom, My Kazakhstan", national exhibition dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence, Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Almaty.

2020

• January–March: Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts symposium, Northern Cyprus (awarded diplomas and the Silver Key).

• January: group exhibition of Kazakhstani artists, Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts symposium, Northern Cyprus.

• March: "Labyrinths of Dreams", solo exhibition, Cyprus Museum of Modern Arts symposium, Northern Cyprus.

• March: "Sunny Bulgaria", international exhibition (Kazakhstan, Georgia, Latvia, Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan and Russia), Almaty Gallery, Almaty.

2019

• October: "Paris Carrousel Du Louvre", ART SHOPPING, Paris, France.

• April: "...and Night and Day...", solo exhibition, Scharnhorst Residenz Gallery, Hameln, Germany.

• April: "Corporeality Today. Nudes", international exhibition, ART & GRAFT Gallery, Almaty.

• March: "Man and Cat", solo exhibition, La Boheme, Almaty.

2016–2018

• February 2018: "Form. Texture. Plane", solo exhibition, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• March 2017: "Long Wait for a Repast", solo exhibition, Austellungsort H+W Art & Bau GmbH, Dresden, Germany.

• February 2017: "The Sugar Theorem", solo exhibition, Kazarian Art Center, Almaty.

• October 2016: "Clothing in Art", group exhibition, Mikhail Shemyakin Foundation, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2014

• November: "Legendarium", solo exhibition, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• June: "1+2", joint project with Vladimir and Elena Grigoryan, Tossa de Mar, Catalonia.

• March: "Coffee Cup Reading", solo exhibition, Clay House Gallery, Almaty.

• March: "Tea Values", joint project with Vsevolod Demidov, Art-Almaty gallery, Almaty.

2013

• May: "Legends", solo exhibition, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• February: “Playing with Pebbles”, joint project with Elena Grigoryan. Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Almaty.

2012

• December: "Realm of Childhood", group exhibition, Art-Almaty Gallery, Almaty.

• September: "City", art project of artists from Almaty, Ust-Kamenogorsk.

• June: "Travelling Circus", joint project with Natalya Lepikhina, designer doll, pastel, graphics, Art-Almaty Gallery, Almaty.

2011

• November: “Repast”, solo exhibition, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• June: "Istanbul –Transit-Constantinople", group exhibition, Art-Almaty Gallery, Almaty.

• January: “Tete-a-Tete”, group exhibition, Art-Almaty Gallery, Almaty.

2010

• March: "Play", solo exhibition, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• March: exhibition of the Green Bazaar group, "Art-FoLio Gallery, Almaty.

2009

• March: "Delicate Tracery", solo exhibition, pastel, graphics, painting on porcelain, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• March: parade of galleries, Abylkhan Kasteyev Museum of Arts, Almaty.

• January: "Bull. Winter. Fantasy", Art-Almaty Gallery, Almaty.

2007

• December: "Rustle of Wings", international project, Christmas exhibition, Arvest Gallery, Almaty.

• June: Makarov’s pastels were published in Natalya Maslova’s monograph "The Periodic System of the Laws of Cognition and Comprehension", RAENANB OP, Moscow. Gold medal for artworks in Maslova’s monographs, RAENANB OP, Moscow, Russia.

2006

• August: "Open Caspian", group exhibition, Kovcheg Gallery, Aktau.

• August: "Turning the Pages of Dreams", solo exhibition, Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty.

• April: Makarov’s drawings were published in Natalya Maslova’s monograph "The Periodic System of the General Laws of Human Society", RAENANB OP, Moscow, Russia.

• March: "River of Arts", group exhibition, Shymkent.

• February: "Jam Session", group exhibition, Voyager Gallery, Almaty.

• January: "Contact", solo exhibition, pastel, ceramics, Voyager Gallery, Almaty.

2005

• November: "Under the Great Dome of Asia", group exhibition, Voyager Gallery, Almaty.

• October: "The Road Home", pastel, Kovcheg Gallery, Aktau.

• October: "Through the Prism of Time", group exhibition, ART-Navat gallery, Almaty.

• January: "Suburbs", group exhibition, Voyager Gallery, Almaty.

2004

• May: "Path & Procession", international project, Kovcheg Gallery, Aktau.

• May: "Dreaming", Philip-Morris Gallery, Almaty.

• February: "Dreaming", Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty.

1998-2003

• February 2003: "Kaleidoscope", group exhibition, Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty.

• May 2002: "Dance", group exhibition, Tribuna Gallery, Almaty.

• February 2000: "Dance of the New Moon", solo exhibition, graphics, Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty.

• June 1999: "In Search of the Lost", group exhibition, Tribuna Gallery, Almaty.

• March 1998: "ProVitamin.Sur98", group exhibition, Ular Gallery, Almaty.

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Georgiy Makarov