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Berdiguly Amansakhatov
Portrait of B. Amansakhatov
Berdiguly Amansakhatov in his studio
Born (1950-12-03) December 3, 1950 (age 74)
Peshan-Ali, Mary District, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union
NationalityTurkmen, Russian
Known forStage design, painting, graphics
Awards
  • USSR Lenin Komsomol Prize (1990)[1]
 * USSR State Prize (1991)[1]
 * Nowruz Prize (1998, Best Scenography)[1]
 * Honored Artist of the Republic of Khakassia (2000)[1]
* TÜRKSOY Prize (1996)[1]

Berdiguly Goshaevich Amansakhatov (Russian: Амансахатов Бердигулы Гошаевич; born 3 December 1950) is a Soviet and Turkmen stage designer, painter, scenographer, and graphic artist. His stage production Jan (1988) earned him the USSR State Prize in 1991, and he was also awarded the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1990.[1] He is recognized as an Honored Artist of the Republic of Khakassia (2000) and received the Nowruz Prize (1998) for best scenography; in 1996 he was awarded the TÜRKSOY Prize.[1]

Early life and education

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Amansakhatov was born on 3 December 1950 in the village of Peshan-Ali, Mary District, in the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (present-day Turkmenistan). He studied at Boarding School No. 3 in Mary (1957–1966).[2] From 1966 to 1970 he studied at the Shota Rustaveli Art School in Ashgabat (teacher: I. I. Poyda). After service in the Soviet Army (1972–1974), he graduated in 1980 from the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov, where he studied in the workshop of M. M. Kurilko-Riumin; his teachers included V. Ya. Levental, V. B. Skuridin, Yu. L. Katz, M. N. Pozharskaya, and A. Chernov.[2]

Career

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Amansakhatov has worked as a stage designer, painter, graphic artist, and educator.[2]

  • 1976 – First stage design: I Am Looking for a Husband for My Mother-in-Law (A. Tagan), Kemine Drama Theatre, Mary (scenography & costumes; dir. A. Komekov).[2]
  • 1978 – First musical production: The Apothecary (J. Haydn), Kurmangazy Conservatory Opera Studio, Almaty (dir. J. Kulambayeva).[2]
  • 1979–1984 – Chief designer, Seyitnazar Seydi State Drama and Music Theatre, Chardzhou (notable productions include Calderón’s The Phantom Lady, Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour’s Lost, B. Dzhakiyev’s New Year Is Tomorrow, Anar’s Summer in the City).[2]
  • 1981 – Member, Union of Theatre Workers of the USSR.[2]
  • 1983 – Member, Union of Artists of the USSR.[2]
  • 1984–1988 – Chief designer, A. Kulmamedov Youth Theatre, Ashgabat (e.g., A. Volodin’s Lizard).[2]
  • 1988–1992 – Chief designer, Experimental Youth Theatre Studio, Ashgabat (e.g., A. Platonov’s Djan; P. Mérimée’s African Love).[2]
  • 1992–2000 – Awarded multiple festival prizes for scenography and costumes in republican and regional theatres (incl. The Woman in the Dunes, Moan of the Prophet, Jelaleddin).[2]
  • 1998–2006 – Chief designer, Russian Drama Theatre named after A. S. Pushkin, Ashgabat (e.g., We Will Definitely Meet. Perengli; At the Country House in the Moscow Suburbs; The Widow Steamboat).[2]
  • 2008–2016 – Lecturer, State Academy of Arts of Turkmenistan.[2]
  • 2017 – Member, Moscow Union of Artists (MOSKh).[2]

Selected works

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Stage design

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  • The Apothecary – Almaty (1978).[2]
  • Summer in the City – Chardzhou (1982).[2]
  • Jan – Ashgabat (1988), awarded the USSR State Prize in 1991.[1]
  • The Lizard – Ashgabat (1986).[2]
  • The Woman in the Dunes – Ashgabat (1994).[2]
  • Tear of Fire – Abakan (1995).[2]
  • Hamlet – Astana (2007).[2]

Painting

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  • My Children (1980); Brother’s Gramophone (1984).[2]
  • Life: Beginning, Harmony, Perfection (2015–2016).[3]
  • Formula of the Universe (2018).[3]
  • Paradoxes of the 21st Century (2021).[2]
  • Mother-Tree, Mother-Sun, Mother-Bird, Mother-Flower (2022).[4]

Graphic works

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  • On the Poetry of Magtymguly Pyragy (etchings, 1981).[2]
  • Dede Korkut (1987).[2]
  • Vis and Ramin (2019).[2]
  • Altın Arığ (2016–2017).[4]

Book illustration

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  • Gulnarchan (Turkmen folk tale, 1992); Younger Brother (Turkmen folk tale, 1999).[2]
  • One Thousand and One Nights (1993); Outstanding People of the 20th Century of Turkmenistan (2002).[2]
  • Truths: Selected Poems of Magtymguly Pyragy (2024).[3]

Film work

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  • Zohre and Tahir (1992); Fate (1993); Children of the Earth (1994).[2]

Exhibitions

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  • 1988 – Cultural Centre of Friendship of Peoples of the USSR, Vientiane, Laos.[2]
  • 1990 – Karl Marx State Central Library, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[2]
  • 1991 – Prague Quadrennial of Stage Design, Prague, Czechoslovakia.[1]
  • 1993 – Union of Artists Exhibition Hall, Ashgabat; 1994 – National Theatre of Opera and Ballet, Toruń, Poland.[2]
  • 2001 – House of Friendship with Foreign Nations, Moscow; 2003/2010 – Central House of Artists, Moscow.[2]
  • 2013 – “Light from the East”, A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow.[2]
  • 2014 – “Breath of the East”, A. A. Bakhrushin Theatre Museum, Moscow; MOSKh exhibition hall (with Vepaguly Amansakhatov); Union of Artists of Turkmenistan (graphic show in memory of Izzat Klychev).[4][2]
  • 2016 – Museum of Fine Arts of Turkmenistan, Ashgabat.[2]
  • 2017 – “Tales of the East”, House of A. Ostrovsky, Moscow.[2]
  • 2024–2025 – “Beginning, Harmony, Perfection: A Philosophical Worldview”, National Gallery “Khazine”, State Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan, Kazan (BRICS program).[3]

Artistic style and views

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Amansakhatov characterizes his style as “Analytical Modernism”. His practice spans painting, scenography, graphics, cinema, costume design, book illustration, posters, and design.[2] He has stated: “Art is the religion of the artist”; “Art is the path to God; God is the perfection of beauty”; “Perfection is attainable in love”; “The artist is a creator; in this sense he is akin to God”; “A great artist strives for absolute sincerity”; “A great artist lives beyond time”.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Бердигулы Амансахатов: свет с Востока" [Berdiguly Amansakhatov: Light from the East] (in Russian). Turkmen.ru. 2024-05-01. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al Байлыева, А. (2020). Бердигулы Амансахатов. Живопись [Berdiguly Amansakhatov. Painting] (in Russian). Альбом-каталог станковых произведений 2013–2020; перевод на английский: Айлар Ходжаева; дизайн и компьютерная верстка: Алтынджемал Байлыева. Москва.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ a b c d "Выставка «Начало – гармония – совершенство». Философское миросозерцание художника Бердигулы Амансахатова" [Exhibition "Beginning – Harmony – Perfection": The Philosophical Worldview of Berdiguly Amansakhatov] (in Russian). National Gallery "Khazine". 2024. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  4. ^ a b c "Галерея «Хазинэ» покажет картины туркменского художника Бердигулы Амансахатова" [Gallery “Khazine” will showcase the paintings of Turkmen artist Berdiguly Amansakhatov] (in Russian). Татар-информ. 2024-10-15. Retrieved 2025-09-08.

Further reading

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  • Байлыева, А. (2020). Бердигулы Амансахатов. Живопись [Berdiguly Amansakhatov. Painting] (in Russian). Альбом-каталог станковых произведений 2013–2020; перевод на английский: Айлар Ходжаева; дизайн и компьютерная верстка: Алтынджемал Байлыева. Москва.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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