Association Hunarmad/ Kattaev Nodirjon
Country: Uzbekistan
Indigenous Culture(s) Represented: Uzbek
Items sold: Paintings and drawings on silk paper, chessboards
How to purchase:
Email: kattaev84@inbox.ru
Bio:
Nodir is an oriental miniature artist, he is 40 years old. He shares that he has been doing his favorite thing for 16 years now. He paints pictures on silk paper made from mulberry bark and uses natural paints such as tempera, watercolor, golden gouache, acrylic.
In his paintings, one can see historical moments and various events in Islamic culture. His works are also taken from folk art, such as musicians, lovers, various feast scenes, warriors, camel drivers, nature, everyday scenes, scenes from court life, as well as plots and images of heroic and poetic works of classical Oriental literature such as Nizami Ganjavi, Firdousi, Alisher Navoi, Jami and many other paintings related to the Great Silk Road.
He shares, "I draw the history of our ancestors!"