SERJAN BASHIROV, born in 1964, East-Kazakhstan region, lives in Astana, Kazakhstan. The artist-jeweler and small forms sculptor. Graduated from the Almaty Theater and Art Institute, Kazakhstan, 1991. Aims to express spiritual truth in a free style. Being a fan of Hundertwasser, the Austrian architect and painter, he has created his own unique style of ethno-vanguard. Bashirov has combined natural forms of folk art with asymmetrical lines of abstractionism and modern. The jeweler prefers uneven stones and ribbing, not smooth grinding. His favorite compositional method is the combination the contrasting textures of silver, stone, bone, wood, as well as mixing different techniques. Traditional national symbolics, interwoven into fancy shapes of his artworks is surprisingly modern on design. At the same time, national symbols of fire, earth, sun originate in primitive ritual art of the peoples around the world.
• Grand Prix award winner, "Zhiger-99" art jewelers contest, Kazakhstan,1999
• Silver Medal & Second Grand winner, "Jewelry Olympus", the CIS countries jewelers contest, St. Petersburg, 2004
• Three-time winner the UNESCO “Award of Excellence” certificate.
“Warrior, pendant”
“Hundertwasser, brooch ”
“Fish, brooch”
“Fish, brooch”
