ART OCA: What style do you paint in? What influenced your style? MN: I work in the genre of landscape painting and with the most difficult technique - watercolor painting. During my studies at the Almaty Arts College named after Gogol, I visited exhibitions of such famous and well-known artists as Abylkhan Kasteev, Uke Azhiev and Boris Pak. OCA: What are your favourite artists? MN: I think those artists (mentioned above) are my most favourite artists. And of course my teachers Kriushin Petr Mikhailovich and Golovkin Grigoriy Aleksandrovich who gave me huge knowledge and love towards art. OCA: What is your favorite piece of art and why? MN: I like the illustrations of Boris Pak for Hans Christian Andersen’a books.
MARLAN NYSANBAEV Marlan - graphic artist, painter, art-manager. Ambassador of the Eurasian Creative Guild (London). On the 12 of November 2019 I became a member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan and now I’m a professional painter.
OCA: Tell us about yourself and your activity / work? MN: I was born in 1957. A member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan, ambassador of the Eurasian Creative Guild (London), Chairman of the Board of Fine Arts of the Guild. I’m a freelance artist, I work creatively, organise plein airs and exhibitions. I’m also an art-manager and a manager of the ‘Art without borders’ project. My creative work started in 1983 since my first youth exhibition.
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OCA: Have you taken part in the events of the Eurasian Creative Guild (London)? MN: The very first event of the Eurasian Creative Guild that I organised and participated in were exhibitions for the anniversary of Chingiz Aitmatov at the State Museum named after Gappar Aitiev in 2018 Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Then, there was an exhibition in Astana dedicated to Aitmat readings together with S.A. Ismailov, where I became the winner of the Aitmat Readings Award. The next exhibition that I organised was in London as a part of a film festival organised by the Eurasian Creative Guild, where we applied printing technique. In London, I received technical support from Gulzada Hamra and Gulnara Mambetsadykova. Without them it would be very difficult. The last exhibition I organised together with Ismailov Shavkat Abdullaevich in The House of Friendship of the Assembly of the People of Kazakhstan in the city of Nur-Sultan. OCA: What is “Eurasianism” for you? MN: For me Eurasianism is a unity of like-minded and creative people in this space. OCA: What does the Eurasian Creative Guild mean to you, and how did it affect your creativity / activity? MN: I joined the Eurasian Creative Guild in 2018 after my first plein air organised jointly with Nazir Jenishbekova on the southern coast of Issyk-Kul in Bishkek. The Guild helped me to organise and host the plein air, and later it also helped me with exhibitions in the central hall of the museum named after A. Kasteev. And this is how I started my activity in the Eurasian Creative Guild where I gathered almost 50 artists.