{"id":41978,"date":"2022-11-09T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/?p=41978"},"modified":"2023-11-02T19:23:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T18:23:46","slug":"art-without-borders-the-coffee-artist-nurlan-duishobekov-from-bishkek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novastan.org\/en\/kyrgyzstan\/art-without-borders-the-coffee-artist-nurlan-duishobekov-from-bishkek\/","title":{"rendered":"Art without Borders: The Coffee Artist Nurlan Duishobekov from Bishkek"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nurlan Duishobekov is a graphic designer and video illustrator. He studied graphic design in the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. His work took place in Almaty, London, New York and Los Angeles displayed at Coffee Festivals. The artist has been covered by various Media, including National Geographic<\/a>. A portrait.<\/strong>This article was originally published on Novastan\u2019s <\/strong>German website<\/strong><\/a> on 12 January 2021.<\/strong>\n\nSunday morning, a tangy smell of coffee and hot croissants and lounge music fill the environment in the Bishkek Caf\u00e9. Nurlan shows a slight smile, which radiates warmth and tranquillity. A young man with coffee-coloured eyes, which at first glance goes unnoticed. But inside him burns the bright fire of art.\n\nHe drank a sip of his coffee slowly and talked about his daily routine. \u201cI get up in the mornings, then I work, and in the evenings, I study in Online Format. It can seem boring, but I enjoy the time\u201d.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My father is my idol <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\nNurlan never studied painting, but he was taught by his father Duishobek Kapassovich Alayev, who from 1992 to 2006 worked at the Kyrgyz Republic National Academy of Arts. In 2001, he was appointed associate professor there. He was also an artist and painted landscapes in his studio.\n\n\u201cSince my childhood, I grew up in a creative atmosphere, communicated with students, saw them with colours on canvases and on their hands in the spacious corridors of the academy. My father was my main inspiration\u201d, Nurlan said nostalgically, while the snow gently taps on the window.\n\nIn 2006, Nurlan lost his father and stopped painting. Four years later, he studied Economics at the Kyrgyz National University. But during an internship at the tax office, he realised that he did not want to pursue this direction. \u201cIn my time, young people mostly studied finance or business, everything else has been seen as a disgrace. Today, young people choose their profession more consciously. But I do not regret my studies. In a way, it is also a useful experience\u201d.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Business to Art<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

\nLike most students in the capital, the young man also worked part-time during his studies. At the Caf\u00e9 shop chain \u2018Sierra Coffee\u2019, he first became interested in Latte Art<\/a>. With the warm atmosphere, the cosy room, the changing faces, he one day had an unusual and quite crazy idea: coffee itself as a colour to use. In his free time, he began painting with coffee on paper. \u201cI first tried to paint with espresso coffee, then with various other types. Finally, instant coffee seemed to be the cheapest and the best suited.\u201d, he recalls.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t

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