Leyla Zhunus

Leyla Zhunus is a contemporary artist based in Kazakhstan, known for her captivating midnight atmospheric watercolor paintings
Her work explores identity through painting, where each piece becomes a shifting self-portrait across human, animal, and imagined forms.
Working in mixed media with a focus on watercolor, she combines precise lines with expressive marks, creating a balance between control and unpredictability.
Her works are held in private collections worldwide.

1) Certificate of participation in the competition of graphic and communicative design "cultural enlightenment", 2020, Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design, Arts named after A. D. Kryachkov
2) Diploma for 2nd place in the competition "70 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War" KazGas Lyceum, 2018
3) Letter of thanks for cooperation, Public Fund for Helping Animals "KotoDog", 2020
4) Publication of an article in a collection of works and participation in the XL International Scientific and Practical Conference "Cultural Studies, Philology, Art History: Actual Problems of Modern Science", Siberian Academic Book, Novosibirsk, 2020
5) Certificate of participation for the project "FanFest" in the competition of graphic and communicative design "Kultprosvet", Novosibirsk State University of Architecture, Design and Arts. A.D. Kryachkova, International Design Festival "Red Avenue", Novosibirsk, 2020
6) Publication in the textbook "Workshop on Expo Design" Bektiyarova D.S., Almaty: "Nur-Print", 2021. - 150 pp., ill.
7) Certificate. Exhibition at the Central State Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan 2021
8) Republican competition of illustrators of Kazakhstan dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the independence of the...