RAHAT SODAEV
Who Am I?, oil & mixed-media on wood & canvas, 91.5" x 56", 2005

An academically trained and multi-dimensional artist, Rahat Sodaev began his artistic development at the Art College of Chyikov in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, before graduating from the prestigous Academy of Art St. Petersburg and the Moscow Art Institute. Rahat Sodaev currently works as an independent artist and is an Adjunct Professor of Arts & Humanities at Kirkwood College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa where he teaches drawing, painting, & sculpture, and has also taught at the Art College of Chyikov, Academy of Art St. Petersburg and the Moscow Art Institue.

text and image from Galerija Maijas