Arystan Smagulov (Tutor)

Arystan Smagulov (Tutor)

Painter

Dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts and Associate Professor, Kazakh National University of Arts, Astana. Member of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan since 2012. Founder of the Sal Seri art gallery (2020). Holder of the badge Madeniet Salasynyn Uzdigi (Excellence in Culture, 2020).

Education

• 1991–1994: Gogol Alma-Ata Art College, Almaty
• 1992–1997: Kazakh State Art Academy (now Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov), Easel Painting, workshop of Honoured Artist of Kazakhstan Mukhit Kalimov, Almaty

Experience

• Since 2025: Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, Kazakh National University of Arts
• 2019–2024: Head of the Department of Painting and Sculpture, Kazakh National University of Arts, Astana
• 2003–2019: Teacher of Easel Painting and Plastic Anatomy, Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T. Zhurgenov, Almaty