Mirat Urazayev

artist, member of the Union of Czech Artists

Most of his paintings can be found in private collections of the fans of his talent in Austria, England, Germany, Spain, Italy, Russia, USA, Turkey, France, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Switzerland. He co-operates with galleries Aesthetic Elements (Сhicago), Auktionsgalerie Dr. Peter Dolezal (Zurich) and in Prague Godot, Elena, RA, ArtCity Gallery.

The beginning of Mirat’s journey into the world of Art must be searched for in his childhood. He liked to paint on pieces of paper, from which he consequently produced aeroplanes (for some reason he did not like artist’s albums). Once a real painter saw one such aeroplane on pre-schooler Mirat’s chest. And it was he who inspired Mirat with the Spirit of Art. Because without it, no painter can live or continue to develop. Only later does every artist familiarise himself with the basics of Art and learn professionalism.

After Mirat completed his education of artist-educator, he began to pass this Spirit of Art to his pupils in a children’s art school. This was followed by an interesting job as Chief Designer for Cesna, a large advertising-information agency, where he created a single corporate identity, worked on original logos for famous companies, did graphic design for billboards, leaflets, newspapers and other printed products.

However, Mirat dreamt of great, serious painting. And so he moved to Prague, a city that he knew from childhood from the popular film, “City of Masters”. In his Karlova Street studio in the heart of Old Prague, he works on his first canvases devoted to Prague: “Evening Coffee” and “Foreigner”, which celebrate immediate success also throughout Europe. Mirat’s fans and customers begin to appear, including restorers and various celebrities. He paints portraits, landscapes, still life, as well as complicated copies of the Old Masters, but he also manages to give private lessons. His work gradually gains momentum, Mirat changes styles and reassesses his place in Art.

But Prague, its architecture and atmosphere, remain the key themes of his painting. Prague changes its character in Mirat’s canvasses – at times realistic, then surreal or decoratively fairytale-like or almost symbolic. “Prague – to me this is Prague women drinking coffee in a café on the riverbank near Charles Bridge in the distinctive surreal atmosphere (paintings “Evening Coffee” and “Sněžana”), is lively architecture in the form of an elephant, which brings happiness to this country in the painting, “Advent”, and even in portraits surrounded by revived items portraying the nature of displaced persons (series of pictures on alcohol). I am attracted by the natural love of man for woman, the sadness as well as joy in their mutual relationships (series “He and She”), it is my desire to be in constant touch with people – after all the main subjects of my paintings are the people who surround me. Prague constantly supplies me with new impressions and I’m always looking for new and interesting heroes for my paintings. Maybe there will also be some among the readers of Statuss.” – explains Mirat.

At the official exhibition of the Union of Czech Artists, his painting, “Glass of Wine”, raised a real stir among Czech and Austrian painters. Mirat is in the process of a constant creative search and his artistic potential is far from exhausted. And we can look forward to many of his paintings that still await their time and their fans.

Mirat Urazayev’s paintings can be seen and ordered
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