Olzhas Issan

My work explores the energetic currents that flow beneath the surface of human experience. After a twenty-year corporate career, I returned to painting as a form of 'internal alchemy,' blending the discipline of design with the fluid energy of Kundalini Yoga. I see the body as a resonant vessel, capturing this vitality in my kinetic figures and psychological portraits.

In my practice, precision meets deconstruction. Using symbols such as keys and totemic forms, I guide the viewer from the mundane world into the realm of myth and trance. I inhabit the threshold between silence and motion, creating immersive spaces where observers can encounter their own enigmas and rediscover the concealed depths of their perception.

1999 - 2004 - Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering (KazGASA) Faculty of Architecture, Degree in Architectural Environment Design

1991 - 1999 - Kazakh Republican Art College, Major in Advertising Design

2026 - Breathing Earth, MyChi Art Village, DaNang, Vietnam
2026 - Dialectics of Color, Galeriya, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2026 - Art of the Moment, Mojigao, Goa, India
2025 - Transcendence, Mojigao, Goa, India

Works are held in private collections across Kazakhstan, India, USA, Spain, Germany, and Latvia.