MIRTADJIEV DJALALITDIN TURSUNOVICH

 

Born in 1954 in Tashkent. Died February 6, 2015, in Tashkent.

 

EDUCATION

 

1972-1977 Tashkent Theatrical Art Institute, Sculpture Department

 

 

CAREER AND ACTIVITY

 

1977-1979 Military service

1979-1995 Worked at the Andijan Art-Industrial Workshops. Since 1977, participant in numerous international and national exhibitions. 1983 Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR

1987 Participant, International Symposium in Jurmala, Latvia

1988 Participant, Stone Symposium in Baku, Azerbaijan

1996 Participant, International Exhibition in Paris, France

1997 Participant, exhibition in the USA

1998 Solo exhibition at the Indian Cultural Center, Tashkent, Uzbekistan. 2002 Participant, exhibition in Moscow, Russia

2002 Competition for the best monument project of Gafur Gulyam — 1st place

2003 Competition for the best monument project of Alisher Navoi for Tokyo, Japan

2005-2015 Deputy Chairman of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan

 

 

 

MAJOR MONUMENTS

ALL MONUMENTS LISTED BELOW WERE CREATED DURING THE YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE, INITIATED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF UZBEKISTAN

 

1993 Monument "Babur" (12 m, bronze, granite), Andijan, Uzbekistan

1994 Monument "Abdulla Qodiriy" (6 m, bronze, granite), Tashkent

1995 Three-figure equestrian composition "Babur Playing Polo" (bronze), Lausanne, Switzerland

1996 Monument "Fitrat" (6 m, bronze, granite), Bukhara, Uzbekistan

1997 Monument "Chulpon" (5 m, bronze, granite), Andijan, Uzbekistan

1998 Monument "Elbek" (4.5 m, bronze, granite), Gazalkent, Tashkent region

1999 Monument "Grieving Mother" (11 m, bronze, granite), Jizzakh, Uzbekistan

2000 Monument "Grieving Mother" (4.5 m, bronze, granite), Andijan, Uzbekistan

2000 Monument "Grieving Mother" (7.5 m, bronze, granite), Fergana, Uzbekistan

2001 Monument "Ulugbek" (6 m, bronze, granite), Moscow, Russia

2002 Monument "Navoi" (9 m, bronze, granite), Moscow, Russia

2003 Monument "Gafur Gulyam" (8 m, bronze, granite), Tashkent

2003 Monument "Kamaliddin Behzod" (4 m, bronze, marble), Changchun, China

2004 Monument "Alisher Navoi" (4.5 m, bronze, granite), Tokyo, Japan

2004 Monument "Mirzo Ulugbek" (5 m, bronze, granite), Riga, Latvia

2005 Monument "Beruni" (4.5 m, bronze, granite), Tashkent

2006 Monument "El-Yurt Tayanchi" (9.5 m, bronze, granite), Karshi, Uzbekistan

2006 Monument "Abu Ali ibn Sino" (4 m, bronze, granite), Riga, Latvia

2007 Monument "Ahmad al-Fergani" (5 m, bronze, granite), Cairo, Egypt

2007 Model of the Alisher Navoi monument (120 cm), Library of Congress, Washington, USA

2008 Monument "Zulfiya Khanum" (5 m, bronze, granite), Tashkent

2008 Monument "Alisher Navoi" (6.5 m, bronze, granite), Baku, Azerbaijan

2009 Monument "Rudaki", Samarkand, Uzbekistan

2010 Monument "Oybek", Milliy Bog Park (Komsomol Lake), Tashkent

2010 Monument "Mirzo Ulugbek", Samarkand, Uzbekistan

2010 "Alisher Navoi" project for Villa Grazioli Park, Rome, Italy

2010 Monument "Oath to the Motherland" ("Vatanga Qasamyod"), Tashkent

2013 Monument to Said Akhmad and Saida Zunnunova, Tashkent

2015 "Alisher Navoi" (bronze, 3.6 m on a 1.8 m pedestal) created for Shanghai University, Shanghai, China; installed and unveiled March 14, 2017, marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Uzbekistan (created shortly before the sculptor's death in 2015; installed posthumously in 2017)

2020 Monument "Babur", Alisher Navoi National Park, Tashkent (posthumous — installed after the sculptor's death in 2015)

 

AWARDS AND TITLES

 

1998 Winner of the International Babur Award

1999 Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, awarded the title "Honoured Worker of Culture of the Republic of Uzbekistan"

2003 Decree of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, awarded the title "National Artist of Uzbekistan"

2004 Awarded the Fuji Medal by the Tokyo Art Museum for his contribution to art

2009 Sculpture of the Year, Uzbekistan

2010 Honorary Professor, Shanghai University

2011 Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan

Honorary Professor, Harbin University, China (undated)

Laureate of a medal from the Russian Academy of Arts, for the Navoi monument (undated)

 

POSTHUMOUS AWARDS

Djalaliddin (Ravshan) Mirtadjiev passed away on February 6, 2015, in Tashkent. By decree of President Sh. Mirziyoyev, in recognition of his services to Uzbek art, he was posthumously honored as follows:

 

2018 Posthumously awarded the "Etirof" Prize

2021 Posthumously awarded the Order "Fidokorona Khizmatlari Uchun" ("For Devoted Services")

2022 Posthumously recognized as laureate of the State Prize, 2nd degree, in the field of Arts and Architecture

 

COLLECTIONS

Works of the sculptor are held in museums and private collections in Uzbekistan, Russia, the USA, France, Korea, China, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Latvia.