ISANOV
MUKHTARKHAN
Painting, memory, symbolism and Central Asian visual culture across more than four decades.
A curated selection of paintings spanning different periods of Mukhtarkhan Isanov's artistic practice.
Works created across several decades explore recurring visual motifs, symbolic figures, cultural memory and the distinctive imagery of Central Asia.
101 Works
The Heir
1000 and 1 Nights
Butterfly on the Pyramid
Bouquet with Roosters
Time of the Black Moon
Gap
Hegemon
Grandmother Aisha's Pear Garden
Gul-Parisi
Red Round Dance
Nok Mazzasi
Night of the Full Moon
Autumn of Red Flowers
A Full Bowl of Pomegranate Seeds
Contemplation
Out of Childhood
The Royal Fruit
Flowers of Autumn
Thirst
Malika Cheri
Tenderness (Xayolimni Erka Parisi)
Pyramid W
…and the Regal Dwarf — the Pomegranate Bush
Self-Portrait
The Angel and the Predators
Grandmother's Chest
The Botanist
The Bukhara Whistler
Waltz of the Butterflies
Веселая чайхана
Eternity
Little Cherry
Hearts in Love
Eastern Mysteries
Eastern Motif
Horseman of Judgment Day
The Dove
Pomegranate Autumn
Pomegranate Mysteries
Pomegranate Paradise
Pomegranate Juice
Pears — Clouds
Day
Children of the Old City
Dilemma
Duval
Unity
Eclipse
Mirror
Golden Flatbreads
IDOLization
Idol
Yin and Yang
Capricorn
Ships of the Desert
Red on Gold
The Kushan Pomegranate
The Swallow
Moon Peri
Moon Horse
Mankurt of the 21st Century
Maskharaboz
Metamorphosis
The World — a Cage
The World in My Head
Tension
Taut Leash
Bride from the Valley
Night
Oshik Kerim
Peacock
Under the Angel's Wing
The Sunflower Has Ripened
Sunflowers
Kiss with the Taste of Cherry
The Birdcatcher 2
Crucifixion
Blossoming
Out of Childhood
Birth in the Night
Birth
Ruby Stars
The Red-Haired Angel
Garden of Sogdiana
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Sogdiana
Somon Yoli
Ripe Pear
Tandyr
Three Angels
Rag Kaleidoscope
Rag Rooster
Morning of the Peri
Guardian of the Oasis
The Guardian
The Queen
Flower of the Sun
Cherry — Peri
Jackal
Silk Butterfly Wing
From A to Z
Mukhtarkhan Isanov was born in 1959 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan.
In 1978, he graduated from the Republican Art College named after P. Benkov.
In 1985, he graduated from the Tashkent Institute of Theatre and Arts named after M. Ostrovsky.
From 1988 to 1991, Isanov continued his artistic education 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.
Throughout his career, Mukhtarkhan Isanov has exhibited internationally, participating in exhibitions and biennales in Uzbekistan, Russia, the Netherlands, Germany, China, Latvia, Bangladesh, Italy, Kyrgyzstan and the United States.
His career has included solo exhibitions, international biennales, museum exhibitions and large-scale cultural projects.
In 2024, marking his 65th anniversary, his personal exhibition Connection of Generations was presented at the Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.
All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Union of Artists, Central Exhibition Hall
All-Union Exhibition of Artists
Moscow, Manège — Union of Artists of the USSR
Association of Twenty-Three
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Artistic Association, Union of Artists
Association of Twenty-Three
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Solo Exhibition
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Exhibition of Five Uzbek Painters
Moscow, Kuznetsky Most — Union of Artists of the USSR
Solo Exhibition
Exhibition Hall of the Union of Architects of Uzbekistan
Annual Republican Exhibition
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Central Exhibition Hall
Group Exhibition of Uzbek Artists
Doetinchem, Netherlands
Republican Exhibition
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Central Exhibition Hall
Solo Exhibition
Germany
10 Years of NBU Gallery — Exhibition of Selected Works Collection
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Art and Color Bridge — International Project
Uzbekistan — USA — Central Exhibition Hall
Art and Color Bridge — International Project
USA — Uzbekistan — World Bank, Washington, USA
Seismograph — Project of the Embassy of Switzerland in Uzbekistan
Central Exhibition Hall
Solo Exhibition
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — InterContinental Hotel
Forum for the Culture and Art of Uzbekistan
Moscow — Central House of Artists
Forum for the Culture and Art of Uzbekistan
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Art Festival
Central Exhibition Hall — Diploma
International Art Biennale
Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
Urumqi, China — Project of the Academy of Arts of the Uighur Autonomous Republic
5th Tashkent International Biennale
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Diploma
20th Anniversary Exhibition of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan
Certificate
6th Tashkent International Biennale
Diploma
6th Tashkent International Photo Biennale
Group Exhibition
Beijing, China
Group Exhibition
Shanghai, China
Group Exhibition
Riga, Latvia
Solo Exhibition
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Art Gallery of the Republic of Uzbekistan — NBU
Ikat Show 2015 — The Radiance of Silk Legends
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
17th Asian Art Biennale
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Personal Structures — International Art Exhibition
Venice, Italy
Solo Exhibition
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan — National Museum of Arts of Kyrgyzstan named after Gapar Aitiev
7th Beijing International Art Biennale
Beijing, China — National Art Museum of China — NAMOC
Connection of Generations — 65th Anniversary Solo Exhibition
Tashkent, Uzbekistan — Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan
Institutional Collections
- State Museum of Art of the Republic of Uzbekistan
- Samarkand State Museum of Art
- Directorate of Art Exhibitions of Tashkent
- National Bank of Uzbekistan
Private Collections
Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, France, Israel, United States, Norway, China