Laureate of the UNESCO World Competition “Achievements in the World of Art” (1994, Paris, France), laureate of the art competition for the 50th anniversary of the UN “Habitat” (1995), laureate of the Youth Union of Kazakhstan award in the nomination “For achievements in the field of art” (1996) , laureate of the Zhiguère arts festival (award for graphics, 1989). Scholarship from the Foundation named after. Henry Clews of the French Ministry of Culture (1993), the Union of Artists of the USSR (1989-1991). Since 1990, member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Cinematographers of Kazakhstan.
Galym Madanov was born on May 29, 1958. In 1977 he graduated from the Almaty Art School. N.V. Gogol, then in 1985 - the first graduate of the department of costume designers of feature films of the art department of the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK, Moscow) and in 2004 - the cultural department of the master's degree of the faculty of philosophy and political science of KazNU. al-Farabi. Master of Philosophy. 1977 worked in animation, then on landmark projects in cinema, is a costume designer for the films: “Sultan Baybars” (director B. Mansurov, 1987-1990), “Wormwood” (director A. Ashimov, 1986-1987) “The Sword of Makhambet” (director S. Bodrov, 2004), “Zhangir Khan” (director R. Orynbasarova, 2010), member of the working group of the preparatory period of the cartoon “Er-Tostik” (2010) and other projects of the Kazakhfilm film studio named after. Sh. Aimanov, as well as Kazakh television programs, joint programs of the BBC and the OSCE. Developer of the design of the first Kazakhstan “Human Development Reports” of the UN in the early 90s. and design for joint government programs with UNESCO, UN and ADB.
Galym Madanov began his exhibition activities in 1985. He held 11 personal exhibitions, including with the support of the US Embassy in Almaty (1992), Chateau de la Napoule (France, 1993), at the State Museum of Arts. A. Kasteeva. Participant in more than 100 exhibitions and international projects in the country and abroad, curator of art projects and exhibitions, received and mastered more than 10 grants from international organizations and foundations for the creation of creative projects to present them on the international stage. Since 1995 he has been working together with the famous artist Zauresh Terekbay.
In 2017, Galym Madanov was invited by an international expert commission to represent Kazakhstan in the global project “Imago Mundi” (“Image of the Earth”). He was repeatedly elected to the boards of creative unions and international foundations for visual arts programs.
Madanov’s painting is elite; it opens up to those who are inclined to reflect and analyze. It is, rather, a philosophy embodied in paintings, whose high spiritual and aesthetic qualities serve as a tuning fork in revealing its meaning.