Alexey Bykov

Alexey Bykov`s technique to create colorful and realistic sculptures in hard wood makes the material look soft and plastic, making an illusion of being sculpted, not carved.

Influenced by the classic school and folk art, he manages to develop his style where classic shapes melt into exaggerated forms smoothly flowing one into another achieving a natural harmoniously accomplished look.
Works held in private collections in Kazakhstan, Russia, Great Britain and the United States.

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Upstream People Gallery.12th Annual Faces Juried Online International Art Exhibition. 2010. Special Recognition Award.

"ALEXEY BYKOV aka ALEX BIGBULL of Almaty, Kazakhstan uses various media to present realistic and expressive portraiture. One of the most effective is his wood piece Ascetic in which the exaggerated eyes, nose, concave cheeks and convex chin all create a very iconic look."
Laurence Bradshaw,
Professor of Art at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, U. S. A.
Upstream People Gallery 2010.

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Professional Activity and Selected Com...

1995-99 Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abay, the Faculty of Fine Arts. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

1995-99 Classes on human anatomy and sculpture from Nikolay S. Juravlev, the professor of Arts, member of the Soviet Association of Artists and prominent sculptor of the Soviet Union.

2017 Artbox Project Basel 1.0. Switzerland. The Basel artweeks in June.

2010 Upstream People Gallery Online Juried International Art Exhibition. Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Special Recognition Award.

2001 Group 101. Pilgrims. Group show. Tribune Gallery. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

1999 Philip Morris Kazakhstan, solo show. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

1999 Jiger Art Festival. Kasteev State Museum of Fine Arts. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

1998 Parade of Galleries – 97, Oko Gallery member. Kasteev State Museum of Fine Arts. Almaty, Kazakhstan.

1997 Parade of Galleries – 97, Oko Gallery member. Kasteev State Museum of Fine Arts. Almaty, Kazakhstan.