Ospanov Galym. Contemporary Kazakhstani painter. Member of the Artists Union of Kazakhstan since 1993. He was born in the North Kazakhstan city of Kostanai in July 1958. In 1978 he graduated from Gogol Academy of Arts and Crafts (modern Almaty College of Decorative and Applied Arts named after Oral Tansykbaev), in 1983 - Zhurgenov ATGCI (modern KazNAI named after T. Zhurgenov). He studied under P. Kriushin, E. Mergenov. Since 1993 he has participated in numerous exhibitions, including personal exhibitions. Lives and works in Almaty.