Karikbek [1] Teltaevich Kuyukov (in some sources the name is incorrectly indicated as Karipbek ) (born July 18, 1968 , Egindybulak , Semipalatinsk region ) is a Kazakh artist who paints with his lips and toes. Activist of the international anti-nuclear movement.
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He was born without arms as a result of radiation exposure to which his parents were subjected during tests at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site .
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Fine Art
Pictures of Karikbek Kuyukov are exhibited in private and public collections in America , Japan , Germany. Exhibited in Japan, USA, Germany, Turkey, China and Kazakhstan. The subject of paintings by Kuyukov is associated with a nuclear threat to humanity.
Anti-Nuclear Movement
In 1989, he was a member of the Nevada - Semipalatinsk movement delegation to the USA, Germany, Japan and Turkey. He opposed the tests at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site . Lives in Karaganda .
In 2016, the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, at a meeting with US President Barack Obama during the Nuclear Security Summit, presented the latter with a picture of Kuyukov's “Explosion” [2] .
In 2013, Karikbek Kuyukov was denied an entry visa to the UK (to travel to the Edinburgh Nuclear Disarmament Conference on April 17-18, 2013 [3] ) on the grounds that he did not pass fingerprints [4] [5]
Notes
- ↑ The official Internet resource of the Akimat of the city of Karaganda. The Karaganda citizen met with the Head of State. . Date of treatment July 30, 2019.
- ↑ Nazarbayev made a gift to Obama
- ↑ From a Nuclear Free Scotland to a Nuclear Weapon Free World
- ↑ Britain denied a visa to an armless artist due to lack of fingerprints
- ↑ British authorities did not issue a visa to an armless artist from Kazakhstan
Links
- V. Dubrovsky Karipbek Kuyukov: “I hold on to life with my teeth” on journal.liberty.su
- L. Tusupbekova Artist Karipbek Kuyukov - a man who loves life zakon.kz, August 21, 2012
- "Interview. KZ ". Visiting Honorary Ambassador of the ATOM Project Karipbek Kuyukov (inaccessible link)
- Exhibition of works by Karipbek Kuyukov within the framework of the ATOM Project (inaccessible link) nazarbayevcenter.kz
- Page Karikbek Kuyukova