Mukhtarova, Gaini

Gaini Mukhtarova is a Senior lecturer at the Faculty of Stage Design and Decorative Art, National University of Arts, Kazakhstan. She holds a PhD in Philosophy. Specializing in cultural theory and history, she is a graduate of the T. Zhurgenov National Academy of Arts, Kazakhstan, and a qualified artist and painter. Mukhtarova completed a Placement at the Tokyo University of Arts (Japan) in art theory and history; she is a Member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan, as well as of the Asia-Pacific Association of Ink Painting. Her areas of research include the history of world graphic arts, traditional Japanese culture and the history of the graphic art of Kazakhstan.