“Zhaukhar” Picture Gallery is one of the most famous and open for public display collections in the country. The basis of our activity is to collect and popularise works of academic painting by artists of Kazakhstan. “Zhaukhar” gallery officially began to work since 2005. The main criterion is a high artistic level of collected works. 

The collection of the gallery “Zhaukhar” gives quite a convincing picture of the development of academic Kazakhstani art. The basis of the collection are the works of such significant artists as A. Ismailov, A. Cherkassky, L. Leontiev, A. Galimbaeva, U. Azhiev, J. Shardenov, Sh. Sariev, G. Ismailova, S. Aitbaev, S. Kalmykov and others, whose works had a significant influence on the formation of the development of the art school in the country, and are rightly considered classics of professional fine arts.

The gallery’s collection includes works by the classics of Kazakhstani painting from the 30s of the last century and more than 200 works by the best contemporary artists of Kazakhstan. All directions of fine arts from realism to surrealism are represented in the gallery. In addition, the collection includes paintings by Russian and Soviet artists of the IXX-XX centuries. The gallery also works with young and talented artists of Kazakhstan and promotes their creativity, organises exhibitions and vernisages.

The gallery is engaged in educating the history of art in Kazakhstan, holding lectures on any subject related to art, as well as selecting the best paintings to create a private collection of Kazakhstani paintings.