Nakisbekov Anarbek Zhumataevich. Kazakh artist, painter. Member of the USSR Academy of Arts since 1978. Laureate of the Lenin Komsomol of Kazakhstan. Was awarded a gold medal of the All-Union Exhibition of National Economy of the USSR. Professor, member of the Artists Union of Kazakhstan. Born in the collective farm ‘30 years of the Kazakh SSR’ Karatal district of Taldy-Kurgan region. Graduated from the Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai (art and graphic faculty) in 1975. Participant of exhibitions of republican and international level.