Dilka Bear

Dilyara Nassyrova, better known as Dilka Bear (born 1977 in Almaty, Kazakhstan), is a Kazakh artist, illustrator and painter.

Biography Dilka Bear studied Architecture at the Almaty University of Arts, in Kazakhstan. After working as an illustrator and graphic designer for companies such as Cosmopolitan Kazakhstan, Grey Central Asia, Saatchi & Saatchi Kazakhstan, she focused on painting. In 2005 she moved to Trieste, where she currently lives.

Her work has been shown in galleries in Rome, Amsterdam, Los Angeles, and Melbourne.

Influences and style Dilka Bear has been influenced by artists such as Bruegel and Bosch, the Italian Renaissance, and contemporary artists including Marion Peck and Ray Caesar, and “creates beautiful […] illustrations of young girls and their expressions that mirror the worlds around them”.

Her “dreamy” works – to use her own words –

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions 1997 “Butterflies”, Tribuna Art Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan 1998 “Break 21”, International Festival of Young Artists, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1999 “Break 21”, International Festival of Young Artists, Ljubljana, Slovenia 1999 “The Line of Beauty”, Art Manege ’99 - Moscow, Russia 2000 “Africa”, Soros Centre of Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan 2001 The Cover of Daily Routine - Stuttgarter Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany 2009 “Kokeshi: from Folk to Art Toy”, Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, United States 2011 “Italian Pop Surrealism”, Mondo Bizzarro, Rome 2012 “Run Away Circus”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2012 “Vanishing Point”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2013 “Draw”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2013 “Blue Hour”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2013 “Into the Wild”, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2013 “All Stars”, 10 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany 2013 “Kingdom of Broken Dreams: Dilka Bear & Paolo Petrangeli”, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, USA

Solo exhibitions 2012 “Wild Escape”, Mondo Bizzarro, Rome 2013 “Sleepwalker’s Dreams”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2014 “Forgotten Memories”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia