Rashit Suleymanov is a sculptor, member of the Academy of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan, author of numerous monuments and projects including the first monument to Babur in Andijan, ‘The Pearl of Uzbekistan’, ‘The Alley of Poets’, ‘Monument to 26 Pilot-Heroes of WWII’, and ‘The Horse’ at the entrance to the city of Asaka are now well known works of cultural interest in Uzbekistan.

His works are in private collections not only in Uzbekistan and across many of the former Soviet Union republics, but also in Turkey, Germany, Czechia, Italy, Britain and other countries. Small bronze “Sirtaki” is exhibited as part of the permanent collection in the Museum of Oskar Kokoschka in Austria, and several ice-age theme related works are in the Timiryazev Museum in Moscow. In July 2009 Rashit presented the US Embassy in Tashkent with a sculpture he made in memory of the people who died when Hurricane Katrina.

Awards and exhibitions

In 2022 Rashit exhibited in Prague, Czechia. In 2012 he was awared Oscar Kokoschka prize in Austria. In 2007 Rashit has exhibited Trier, Germany. During 2002-2005 Rashit worked in Moscow with a group of palaeontologists from the Academy of Science on the Mammoth Fauna restoration project. Some of his works inspired by the Ice Age fauna are exhibited in Timirayzev Museum, Moscow. He is also a Laureate of the International Babur Foundation, 2001. He created the first monument when he was only 14 years old when he studied at Moscow Fine Arts School. He went on to study at the Almaty Fine Arts College and Tashkent Fine Arts Institute.

Rashit has not limited himself to major public monuments, and more decorative ornamental commissions have been carried out for organisations and private clients. His works span a wide stylistic and thematic range and are masterly executions in different materials, such as brass, marble, granite, onyx, fireclay, ceramics, plaster and bronze.