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'''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]].<ref>{{Cite book|author=Rob Snow|title=Creative Pet Project: Animals and their artists drawn to one cause|year=2014|publisher=Humpback Press|ISBN=978-0-9903306-0-8|page=23|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Q2CAwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=Dilka%20Bear&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref> After working as an illustrator and a graphic designer for companies such as Cosmopolitan Kazakhstan, Grey Central Asia, Saatchi & Saatchi Kazakhstan,<ref>{{Cite book|author=|title=Dilka Bear|year=2013|publisher=Logos edizioni|location=Modena|ISBN=978-88-576-0650-7|p=152}}</ref> she devoted herself to painting.<ref name= Interview_mono>{{Cite web|author=la mono|url=http://lamonomagazine.com/interview-dilka-bear-light-in-darkness/#.VP1tuka3L74|title=Interview: Dilka Bear, light in darkness|accessdate=March 9, 2015|publisher= Lamono Magazine|date=November 22, 2012}}</ref> In 2005 she moved to [[Trieste]], where she currently lives.<ref>{{Cite web|author=|url=http://videodrome-xl.blogautore.repubblica.it/2012/08/22/dilka-the-wild-escape-a-mondo-bizzarro/|title=Dilka. The Wild Escape a Mondo Bizzarro|accessdate=March 9, 2015|publisher=La Repubblica XL - Videodrome|date=August 22, 2012}}</ref>

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

==Influences and style==
Influenced by the great masters of the past, such as Bruegel and [[Hieronymus Bosch|Bosch]], the [[Italian Renaissance]], but also by contemporary artists such as [[Marion Peck]] and [[Ray Caesar]],<ref name= Interview_mono /> [[Ray Caesar|and]] by ''[[Grimms' Fairy Tales]]'', Dilka Bear mainly paints with acrylics on table<ref name= Interview_Iva>{{Cite web|author=Iva Canceska|url=http://www.skin-artists.com/exclusive-interview-with-dilka-bear.htm|title=Exclusive interview with Dilka Bear|accessdate=March 9, 2015|publisher= Skin Artists|date=March 5, 2012}}</ref> and “creates beautiful […] illustrations of young girls and their frank expressions that mirrors the worlds around them”.<ref>{{Cite web|author=|url=http://www.juxtapoz.com/illustration/dilka-bear|title=Dilka Bear|accessdate=March 9, 2015|publisher=Lamono Magazine|date=November 24, 2011}}</ref>

Her “dreamy” works – to use her own words –<ref name= Interview_Iva /> is often categorized as belonging to the [[Pop surrealism]] visual art movement.<ref>{{Cite book|author=vv.aa.|title=Italian pop surrealism|year=2012|publisher=Mondo Bizzarro|location=Roma|ISBN=978-8896850060}}</ref>

== 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<ref>{{Cite web|author=|url=http://www.stuttgarter-kunstverein.de/samara_stuttgart.html|title=17 Jahre deutsch-russische künstlerische Begegnungen und ihre Auswirkungen|accessdate=March 9, 2015|publisher=Stuttgarter Kunstverein}}</ref>
* 2009 “Kokeshi: from Folk to Art Toy”, [[Japanese American National Museum]], [[Los Angeles]], United States
* 2011 “Italian Pop Surrealism”, Mondo Bizzarro, [[Rome]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=|url=http://www.artribune.com/dettaglio/evento/2480/italian-pop-surrealism/|title=Italian Pop Surrealism|accessdate=March 9, 2015|publisher=Artribune}}</ref>
* 2012 “Run Away Circus”, Auguste Clown Gallery, [[Melbourne]], Australia
* 2012 “Vanishing Point”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
* 2013 “Draw”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.augusteclown.com/draw.html |title=Draw - International Group Show, 19th April-2nd May 2013 |accessdate=March 9, 2015 |publisher=Auguste Clown Gallery |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114038/http://www.augusteclown.com/draw.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |df= }}</ref>
* 2013 “Blue Hour”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.augusteclown.com/bluehour.html |title=Blue Hours - An Exhibition for Eyes and Ears, June 21-July 5, 2013 |accessdate=March 9, 2015 |publisher=Auguste Clowne Gallery |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124936/http://www.augusteclown.com/bluehour.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |df= }}</ref>
* 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<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.augusteclown.com/sleepwalkersdreams.html |title=Sleepwalker’s Dreams |accessdate=March 9, 2015 |publisher=Auguste Clowne Gallery |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402134855/http://www.augusteclown.com/sleepwalkersdreams.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |df= }}</ref>
* 2014 “Forgotten Memories”, Auguste Clown Gallery, Melbourne, Australia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.augusteclown.com/forgottenmemories.html |title=Forgotten Memories |accessdate=March 9, 2015 |publisher=Auguste Clowne Gallery |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402121718/http://www.augusteclown.com/forgottenmemories.html |archivedate=April 2, 2015 |df= }}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*vv.aa., ''Italian Pop Surrealism'', Rome: Mondo Bizzarro, 2012
*''Dilka Bear'', Modena: Logos edizioni, 2013
*Dilka Bear, ''Su Anasi'', Logos edizioni, 2015

==References==
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[[Category:1977 births]]
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[[Category:Kazakhstani painters]]
[[Category:People from Almaty]]
[[Category:People from Trieste]]

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