Gafur Mendagaliev
Gafur Sifatovich Mendagaliev (known by his pen name Gafor; June 2, 1954) is a Soviet and Russian painter, graphic artist, book artist, and sculptor.
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Gafur Mendagaliev
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- Name
- Gafur Mendagaliev
- Birth Name
- Gafur Sifatovich Mendagaliev
- Born
- June 2, 1954
- Birthplace
- Kamyzyak,
- Movement
- arts
- Field
- Painting, Graphics
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Russia
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Russian
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Gafur Sifatovich Mendagaliev (known by his pen name Gafor; June 2, 1954) is a Soviet and Russian painter, graphic artist, book artist, and sculptor.
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• Name — Gafur Mendagaliev • Birth Name — Gafur Sifatovich Mendagaliev • Born — June 2, 1954 • Birthplace — Kamyzyak, • Movement — arts • Field — Painting, Graphics
Biography
Biography
• Illustration — The Sphinx St. Petersburg. No. 1/58. 2019, mixed media. The Hermitage Museum. Hermitage Academic Library Collection. (For the project City as an Artist's Subjectivity) Gafur Mendagaliev was born in Kamyzyak (Astrakhan region). Graduated from Astrakhan Art School named after Vlasov (1979-1983). Studied painting in A.V. Kondratyev's studio. Member of "Kochevye" group. Participant of over 100 exhibitions in Russia and abroad (since 1987). The artist's personal exhibitions were presented in St. Petersburg, Paris and Munich (Opera Galerie, Paris, 1993; Galerie Kloska und Vinogradov, Munich, 1995; Galerie im Stiegoibaus, Munich, 1997; Mednis Gallery, 1995; Kaliningrad, 2000; Museum of Urban Sculpture, 2002 (St. Petersburg); Stray Dog Cafe, 2007 (St. Petersburg); Konstantinovsky Palace, National Congress palace, 2008; Diaghilev Center, St. Petersburg State University, 2010 (St. Petersburg); Pushkinskaya 10, 2012 (St. Petersburg); Borey, 2013 (St. Petersburg); Hotel Rachmaninov, 2014 (St. Petersburg); Matiss Club, 2017 (St. Petersburg); Guild of Masters, 2017 (St. Petersburg), etc. Project member: City as an Artist's Subjectivity (2020). Lives and works in St. Petersburg (since 1983).
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1954
Gafur Mendagaliev born at Kamyzyak.
Museum collections
The artist's works are in the following museum collections/ State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russiaa: • Hermitage Museum. Hermitage Academic Library/ Rare Books and Manuscripts Sector. (St. Petersburg). • Russian Museum. Department of engraving XVIII-XXI centuries. (St. Petersburg) • National Library of Russia. Department of Prints (St. Petersburg) • Diaghilev Contemporary Art Museum (St. Petersburg); • Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. (Moscow). Library/ Artist's Books Dept; • MISP the Museum of 20th and 21st Century St. Petersburg Art (St. Petersburg); • Museum of Non-conformist Art Pushkinskaya 10 (St. Petersburg); • Museum of Urban Sculpture (St. Petersburg). • Yaroslavl Art Museum; • Mordovian Republican Museum named after S.D. Erzya (Saransk); • Astrakhan Art Museum;
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- 2.The Museum of St. Petersburg Art (20th–21st centuries)/ Gafur Sifatovich Mendagaliev
- 3.Corinne Hughes Irina Federova and Gafur Mendagaliev at The Borey Art Center. 2012
- 4.Gafur Mendagaliev
- 5.Irina Federova and Gafur Mendagaliev at The Borey Art Center. March 28, 2012
- 6.City as Artist's subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — SPb: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — P. 5.
- 7.Гафур Мендагалиев . State Catalog of the Museum Fund of Russia
- 8.Ценное приобретение. Lana Konokotina. NTV—St. Petersburg. «Today—St. Petersburg». February 26, 2024. 19:20.
- 9.Общедоступные библиотеки СПб. КАТАЛОГ : Город как субъективность художника. Каталог проекта в формате групповой книги художника
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Alexey Parygin A City as the Artist's Subjectivity // Book Arts Newsletter. — No. 140. Bristol: CFPR (Centre for Fine Print Research). University of the West of England, 2021, July–August. — pp. 46–48. ISSN 1754-9086
- City as Artist's subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — Saint Petersburg: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. Общедоступные библиотеки СПб. КАТАЛОГ : Город как субъективность художника. Каталог проекта в формате групповой книги художника
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