A talented artist from Kazakhstan Akzhana Abdalieva, who has received worldwide recognition for her talent, hard work and desire for self-improvement. Born in 1975, Akzhana devoted almost 30 years of her life to teaching creativity. Since the age of nine, she has been studying at the Almaty Art School for 4 years, and after another 5 years at the Almaty College of Applied Arts and the Kazakh National Academy of Arts (KazNAI). After that, the artist went to Turkey, where from 2000 to 2009 she studied at Istanbul University, receiving a master's degree in 2004, and a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Mimar Sinan in 2009.