Abay village, South Kazakhstan region 1941-2023

He graduated from the Tashkent State Theatre and Art Institute in 1972. Then, after 11 years of working in Uzbekistan, he moved to Almaty, where he taught at the Almaty Art School and the Abai Kazakh Pedagogical Institute. For Duisenbaev, the relationships between visual elements are more interesting than literal representations. "I'm not interested in the object itself. What matters is the combination of color and form, how they are organized on the canvas," the artist said. His encounter with the works of Giorgio Morandi in 1987 marked a turning point in his work, deepening his interest in the still life genre and everyday objects. By 1986, the artist entered a "dark period," with his works increasingly featuring dark tones and raw forms. During this phase, he sought to reveal the metaphysical state of objects in his works, emphasizing the uncertainty that reigned during the years of transition from the Soviet republic to an independent state.