1965

Atabekov was born in 1965 in the city of Bes-Terek, Tashkent region of Uzbekistan. After studying at Shymkent Art College, he continued to train future artists and organize exhibitions of their work. In 1993, he founded the Kyzyl Traktor group ("Red Tractor"), the first avant-garde art group in Southern Kazakhstan. He has exhibited three times in the Central Asian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2011, 2007, 2005).