ISANOV MUKHTARKHAN
Mukhtarkhan Isanov was born in 1959 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan.
He graduated from the Republican Art College named after P. Benkov in 1978 and from the Tashkent Institute of Theatre and Arts named after M. Ostrovsky in 1985.
From 1988 to 1991, he studied at the Creative Workshop of the USSR Academy of Arts in Tashkent.
Since 1990, he has been a member of the Artistic Association of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.
He lives and works in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Over a career spanning more than four decades, Isanov has participated in national and international exhibitions throughout Central Asia, Europe, China and the United States.
His works are represented in museums, institutional collections and private collections around the world.
About This Archive
This site is the official online archive of the painter Isanov Mukhtarkhan, a contemporary artist based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It gathers his paintings in one place so that collectors, curators, gallerists, researchers and visitors can browse the work chronologically, read the title, size and year of each canvas, and study the recurring imagery of a practice that now spans more than four decades.
The paintings move between figuration and symbol. Pomegranates, angels, peris, horses, birds, tandoors, flatbreads and textile patterns return again and again, drawn from Central Asian mythology, from the courtyards and markets of the old city, and from personal memory of childhood in Tokmok and Tashkent. Colour is used structurally rather than decoratively: deep reds and golds carry ritual meaning, while night scenes and eclipses set the figures inside a wider cosmology.
Most works are oil on canvas, many of them large in format, produced in the artist's studio in Tashkent. Titles are given in Russian, the artist's working language, and translated into English throughout this archive so that the same painting can be identified in either language.
The archive is maintained by the artist's studio, which also handles exhibition loans, acquisitions, publication requests and press inquiries. Works are held in museum and institutional collections in Uzbekistan and in private collections across Europe, Asia, Israel and the United States.
More Than Four Decades of Art
Born in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan
Graduated from the Republican Art College named after P. Benkov
Graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Theatre and Arts named after M. Ostrovsky
Studied at the Creative Workshop of the USSR Academy of Arts in Tashkent
Joined the Artistic Association of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan
Participated in exhibitions, biennales and cultural projects internationally
65th Anniversary Solo Exhibition — Connection of Generations, Tashkent, Uzbekistan