Master Profile

Jahongir Ashurov was born in a village just east of Bukhara. He studied European art at the Bencov College of Art in Tashkent. Afterwards, he studied miniature painting under Shamahmud Muhamadjanov, a master and historian at the Library of Manuscripts of the Institute of Oriental Studies of Academy of Science of Uzbekistan.

Mr. Ashurov has been painting for more than 10 years and has displayed his work throughout Central Asia. He particularly works in the traditional Bukharan School. He want to re-establish the forgotten style. Among his works you can see a lot of paintings in Muhammad Siyah-qalam (Black-pencil style or Muhammadi Style). They are painted using less colors and the objectives mostly are given with lines.

Most of his works are based on the stories which include deep philosophy and humanistic points of view.