Shakhnoz Uzbekart

"Our Angels are always present."-Paulo Coelho

Is it possible to imagine a more vivid symbol of Central Asia than the face of a shy maiden of glorious beauty,
wrapped in precious silks, radiating a sense of heavenly bliss...
How often the works of artists are a mirror image of their own inner essence - and the works of
Shakhnoz Abdullaeva, like a unique kaleidoscope, conjure up a picture of this amazing woman with
the soft smile. And as you look at it, you begin to believe in the world she has created of angels and
eastern princesses...
Shakhnoz Abdullaeva's name is well known to connoisseurs of modern Uzbek art. Against the
background of the symbolic-metaphoric school, quite popular in the art world, her canvases are
immediately recognizable - thanks to favorite groupings of images developed during her years of
work, and the meditative tone of her canvasses which fascinate the onlooker with their ornamentation and the richness of her palette...
Her artistic journey began at the end of the 1980s, when the attempt to identify a national school of
art was once again high on the agenda for Uzbekistan's artists. The Еast, wrapped in mystery,
reveling in the spice of life and a painting technique of exquisite linearity, b...

MFA in Illustration from State Universityof Performing and Fine Arts of Ostrovsky, Tashkent Uzbekistan-1989

Shakhnoz Abdullaeva was born in 1965 in the art capital of Central Asia city of Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In 1989 she graduated from The Theatrical Art Institute of Ostrovsky. Shakhnoz has been an active participant in international art exhibitions since 1988, and her original paintings can be found in both private and national collections.
1989 - Exhibition of Young Artists of Uzbekistan Bulgaria.
1991 - Exhibition of Uzbek artists in the gallery, "Zaman", London.
1991 - Exhibition of Uzbek artists in Bonn, Germany.
1992 - Art Asia Tashkent.
1993 - Exhibition of Uzbek artists in St. Petersburg.
1994 - Exhibition of Uzbek artists, Switzerland.
1995 - Personal exhibition in gallery "Center of folk traditions and arts of Uzbekistan" in Tashkent.
1996 - Exhibition Akhmarov and students "Business Center", Tashkent.
2000, 2003 - Solo exhibition at the Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent.
2003 - Personal exhibition at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Tashkent.
2003 - Biennale, Tashkent.
2004, 2005 - Exhibition of Uzbek artists, Moscow.
2004 - Exhibition of Uzbek artists, Cairo.
2005 - II Biennale Beijing, China.
2005 – Medal “Shuhrat” awarded by the President of Uzbekistan for the high...