Lazzate Maral Lyazzat Maralbayeva


Multidisciplinary artist, architect, former professor of fine arts.
Member of the Taylor Foundation Artists Association, France, the "Hommage à J.F. Millet" Association, Japan-France, AIEL – International Academy Ecole de la Loire, the Union of Artists of Russia and Foreign Countries.

Rating 4A from the International Committee for the Ratings of Arts (Moscow, 2011). ICM International Contemporary Master, the first Kazakhstani artist - participant of the Paris Salons: SNBA, Louvre (2007-2012) and Art en Capital (2009-2013) Grand Palais, Broadway Gallery NYC (2013)

Lazzate Maral, real name Lyazzat Maralbayeva, was born on March 24, 1951 in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan. An ethnic Kazakh, international artist, architect, former professor of AGTHI (Almaty Theatre and Art Institute), author of articles on art and architecture, scenery for the modern ballet Palace of the Republic (1998).

Author - host of the TV show Companions Artists (Kazakhstan 1 TV channel), author, director, screenwriter of the documentary film " Bratishki or I Love to Draw" (TAN TV channel 1998). Author of the interiors of the DOMILLION commercial center (2008), the facade of the Silk Way City shopping center (2002).

She is the author of multiple Facebook reels, in 2024–2025, created over 50 virtual collections of her paintings on Facebook at the request of La Biennale Di Venezia, Centre Pompidou, Museums: Louvre, Picasso (Paris, Barcelona, Malaga), Orsay, Del Prado (Madrid), Reina Sofia, Thyssen-Bornemisza, de Bellas Artes Bilbao, Villa Medici, the National Portrait Gallery in London, as well as tributes to world icons such as The Beatles, John Lennon, David Bowie, Riccardo Fogli, Led Zeppelin.

Architecture:
Ten years Lazzate worked in architectural design bureaux in Almaty. This is a collective creativity to create a living environment. Real design was far from the creating unique architecture. Standard building norms limited her artistic ambition. The feeling of creative dissatisfaction led Lyazzat to graduate school. She chose the theme "The role of art in the architecture of the city centers of Southern Kazakhstan"for PhD.

Due to political events in 1986 and the absence of a Higher Architectural Commission (VAK) in Almaty the defense failed Throughout these years, Lazzate remained active in creative work—painting, writing articles, illustrating books, design in the city events, and participating in architectural competitions. Projects for a Spiritual and Historical Center in Southern Kazakhstan and the House of the Union of Architects(co-author) were named winners.

Painting:
After her postgraduate studies, Lyazzat taught at the Almaty State Theatre and Art Institute and actively painted in two styles Figurative and Abstractionism. The princilal theme is Woman, her world, beauty and abstract compositions. the works are distinguished by beautiful color, graceful lines, harmonious forms and color. In 1989, she took part in the first official exhibition "Avant-garde of Kazakhstan".

The work Shanson impressed critics and the curator from Moscow. This period was very intense. The paintings were painted easily and quickly, there was no time to write down, it was necessary to seize the moment. The works were bright, light, emotional. In 1992, he left teaching. It was a difficult time, Perestroika, the USSR collapsed, Kazakhstan gained independence. Lyazzat became an independent free artist and this was a very good state for creativity. Complete freedom of expression.

This process continues. Today, life in art is 24/7. In 1994, participation in the international exhibition "Turkic World" Kazan Russia. In 1996, the first European exhibitions in Belgium, Antwerp and Brussels with the support of Kazakhstan in Belgium. The exhibition was organized, the success pictures received high praise from critics and visitors.

This was the beginning of the history of Lyazzat. Over 30 years, exhibitions have been held in France (Paris Louvre, Grand Palais, Nice, Honfleur), Germany (Bonn, Frankfurt am Main), Italy (Rome, Minori), Luxembourg, USA (New York, Las Vegas), Japan (Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi, Toyama) and Kazakhstan (Almaty, Astana). Toulouse (2007, 2014), in two projects under the auspices of UNESCO Andorra (2014) and Moscow-St. Petersburg (2017).

The pandemic and quarantine interrupted exhibition activities, but also brought new forms of artistic relations on the Internet. Virtual exhibition Contemporary Art Station and participation in Shanghai Art Fair 2023, online gallery. Collections of virtual exhibitions on Facebook and Instagram. Lyazzat's works received a good response. Today Lyazzat is actively working on new paintings. Also, the creation of reals, collections of paintings on Facebook continues. And thinking about an exhibition in Paris or New York.

Art for me is a reflection of the world’s beauty. Beauty guided me to find my way. My experience in architecture, art, life formed my personality and artist. And beauty was always present.

Yogis say: "you receive, and then you give." In my paintings, "I want to return the Beauty that is in my heart," to show how beautiful the World, Life, Women are.

Figurative painting expresses my emotions; abstraction is the breath of my soul. Color and form arise intuitively, guided by the subconscious.

By blending styles, I create a new visual language — a story where life feels fuller.

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