Artist Bolat Isabekov

He is currently a member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the “Babalar Amanaty” Ethnographic Design Union, the Eurasian Union of Designers, and the Creative Union of Artists of the Russian Federation.
In addition, he works as a teacher of fine arts and technology at the Ataturk School-Lyceum No. 4 and heads the fine arts studio at the Creativity Center in the village of Khantagy, which operates under the jurisdiction of the Kentau City Palace of Culture.
Bolat Kerimsheyevich was born on October 3, 1962, in the city of Kentau, Turkistan Region. He graduated from the Altynsarin Secondary School No. 1.
From 1976 to 1980, he studied at the Kentau Children’s Art School under the guidance of Yesimkhan Zhapparbekov, where he began to master painting professionally and hone his skills.
In 1980, he enrolled at the Shymkent Pedagogical Institute, majoring in Drawing, Drafting, and Labor (Industrial Arts), and graduated with a diploma in 1985. He began his career as a teacher at the A.S. Pushkin Secondary School No. 6 in the village of Khantagy. He also worked as a senior lecturer at the Khoja Akhmet Yassawi International Kazakh-Turkish University in the city of Turkistan.
He has been awarded a Certificate of Honor by the Ministry of Public Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, honored with the title “Best Artist of Kentau,” and received the “Pearl of Karatau” award. He won the “Teacher of the Year 1994” competition in Kentau, was awarded the “For Fruitful Labor” medal, became the first recipient of the “Babalar Amanaty” medal, and won the regional artists’ competition “Kentau – 70 Years.” The art club led by B. Isabekov—an art teacher from Kentau and an instructor at the Children’s Creativity Center in the village of Khantagy—has been active for only a few years but has already gained renown far beyond the district.
Works by Bolat Kerimsheevich and his students are exhibited in schools and cultural centers, and they are a regular feature at city festivals.