Sayan Baigaliyev

Sayan Baigaliyev (b. 1996, Betkuduk, East Kazakhstan) is an artist whose practice originates from easel painting and has gradually expanded into contemporary approaches. He studied at the Kazakh National Academy of Arts named after T.K. Zhurgenov and later continued his education at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after Vasily Surikov within the mentorship program of Aidan Salakhova.

Kazakh artist and sculptor Sayan Baigaliyev works in the genres of interior and still life. The main focus of his practice is the space of the studio-house and its transformation. Pierced by openings and defined by sections, rooms and objects, these spaces in his works are compressed into tactile, dense reliefs and unfold through complex optical perspectives. Sayan constructs space through compositional, coloristic and sculptural means, employing optical distortions, light contrasts and dynamic repetitions.

In 2021, he received the Jackson Painting Prize in the category Scenes from Everyday Life (London). He has led painting masterclasses at UNESCO’s International Festival Planet of Art in Astana (2019) and has exhibited internationally, including at the VOLTA Basel (Basel, Switzerland) and the 18th Arte Laguna Prize group exhibition as part of the parallel program of the 60th Venice Biennale (2024), as well as a solo exhibition at Kasteyev Museum of Fine Arts in Almaty in 2024.

His artworks are part of Almaty Museum of Arts Collection, TOVA Foundation Collection, MoCA Collection, MMOMA Collection, Vinzavod CCC Collection, and Private Collections in Kazakhstan, England, France, Switzerland, Japan, USA, Denmark, Italy, Russia.

From the Room, 2022

Canvas, oil, oil sculptures
280 x 750 x 100 cm

Self-portrait, 2024

Oil, canvas
39 x 25 cm

Alone in the Room, 2023

Oil, canvas
200 x 450 cm

On the sides, 2023

Oil, canvas
30 x 31 x 21 cm

Picturesque Vase, 2023

Oil, canvas, wood
120 x 60 x 50 cm

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