Elebesova Darkul
Applied artist. Born in 1958 in the village of Ak-Olon, Issyk-Kul region, Ton district. In 1977, she graduated from the Frunze Art College, Department of Applied Arts. She studied at the Tallinn University of Arts. Since 1980, she has been working at the Art Fund of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Since 2003, she has been a member of the Union of Artists of the Kyrgyz Republic. Alongside traditional techniques of folk applied art—embroidery, kurak—the artist uses original mixed techniques, combining embroidery, silk-screen printing, kurak, and leather. She is a participant in national and international exhibitions.
The artist's works are held in the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after G. Aitiev and in private collections in the republic, CIS countries, and abroad.
For a clothing set based on the epic "Manas," she was awarded the First Prize in the women's clothing design competition "Manas 2000" and the First Prize for the series "Composition" at the exhibition-competition "Osh-3000."
MAIN WORKS
Series "Still Life." 1989. Silk, hot batik. 110x110.
Manas. 1995. Silk, cold batik. 150x150.
Still Life. 1997. Silk, hot batik. 110x110.
Umai Ene. 1998. Mixed technique. 120x80.
Jeti Oguz. 2000. Silk, hot batik. 150x110.
Autumn. 2001. Silk, hot batik. 110x110.
Saymaluu Tash. 2002. Silk, hot batik. 110x110.
Fantasy. 2004. Silk, hot batik. 110x100.
Golden Fleece. 2005. Leather. 100x80.
Diptych "Fantasy." 2007. Kurak; 80x80 (each).
Winter Evening. 2007. Silk, hot batik. 110x110.
Series "Saymaluu Tash." (1997 - 2007). Silk, hot batik. 110x110.
