Background
Kamalov was born into the family of Tajik conductor and composer Azam Kamalov and librarian Fotima Kamalova.
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Olim Kamalov
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He attended the Art College named by M. Olimov 1975-1979.
Career
He was chief artist at Armugon art factory 1979-1985. He spent 1980-1982 in military service in the Soviet Army. He was a teacher of drawing, high school #7 for 1993-2000.
Since 2000 he has been a part-time artist at Adib publishing-house.
By learning the specific of miniature painting and restoring copies of miniatures of Middle Age Persian-Tajik artist K. Behzod, O. Kamalov works on the series of his own works of modern miniature. He elaborated his own technology of wood processing and paints miniatures on canvases, plates and plane-tables.
The artist has his author’s elaboration of painted in national style, chiseled wooden chess-backgammon. In 2009 Olim Kamalov found Tajik school of miniature painting.
2004, 2009 – personal exhibitions at Swiss Cooperation Office in Tajikistan.
2005 – Supported by Soros Foundation, Gallery of Union of Artists of Tajikistan. 2006 – Turkish Embassy, Tajikistan. 2008 – Exhibition of Kamalov"s students works in his studio.
2009 – Indian Embassy, Tajikistan.
Day of National Reconciliation in Tajikistan ( Dushanbe, Gallery of Union of artists of Tajikistan, 2002, 2007)
Day of culture of Tajikistan in Russian Federation (Moscow, Dushanbe, 2005)
Day of culture of Tajikistan in France ( Paris, 2005)
Day of culture of Tajikistan in Belarus (Minsk, 2008)
Day of culture of Tajikistan in India (Delhi, 2008).
Achievements
Membership
Member of the Union of Artists of Tajikistan since 2003. Member of People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan since 2005.
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Nationality
Tajik -
Political Party
People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan