Zhyldyz Bekova

Artist Profile

Zhyldyz Bekova
Painter and digital artist based in Kyrgyzstan
Zhyldyz Bekova, a painter and digital artist, born and raised in a family of artists Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She has two educations — higher, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University, Faculty of Architecture, Design and Construction, Department of Design of Architectural Environment (2009-2015) and secondary, Kyrgyz State Art School named after. S.A. Chuikova, Department of Decorative and Applied Fabrics (from 2005-2009). Participant of various state, international and national exhibitions since 2011, she came to oil painting in 2020. In her subjects she uses themes from myths, customs and traditions of Turkic ethnic peoples of Central Asia. She loves to convey Kyrgyz national motifs using the unique cultural heritage.