Usukeev Aydarbek
Sculptor, professor, candidate of fine arts, Honored Worker of Culture of the Kyrgyz Republic. Born on April 23, 1954, in the village of Komsomolsk, Kemin district. In 1979, he graduated from the Frunze Art College, in 1987 - from the V.D. Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, sculpture faculty, and in 1991 - from the postgraduate program of the Academy of Arts of the Kyrgyz Republic. From 1979 to 1981, he was a teacher at the S.A. Chuykov Kyrgyz State Art College, then head of the sculpture department at the Academy of Arts of the Kyrgyz Republic. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the Kyrgyz Republic. Participant in republican, international art exhibitions, and sculpture symposiums.
Usukeev has created significant monumental works distinguished by high content and artistic mastery.
MAIN WORKS
Stationary Sculptures
Boy with a Drum. 1987. Limestone. 42x12x15.
Mankurt. 1987. Stone. 45x17x20.
The Last Cry of the Eagle. 1988. Limestone. 170x90x100.
Saryozek Legend. Limestone. 250x90x150.
Wise Isa. 1987. Wood. 60x12x20.
Old Master. 1990. Bronze. 42x10x12.
Tolubai Sayapker. 1992. Toned plaster. 55x20x15.
A. Tokombaev. 1996. Granite. 320x140x300.
Portrait of A. Orozbekov. 1996. Granite. 320x80x100.
Monumental Sculptures
Monument to those who died in Afghanistan. 1997. Aluminum, granite.
Monument to Shabdan Batyr. 2000. Granite, copper.
Monument to those who died in WWII. 1999. Concrete.
Ormon-Khan. Monument. 2002. Granite, copper.
