Duisenbayev Kenzhebay is a Kazakh painter, a member of the Union of Artists of the Republic of Kazakhstan since 1974, the Honoured Art Worker since 1991, a Full member of the Academy of Arts of Kyrgyzstan since 2006, and the Laureate of platinum award “Tarlan” in 2005.

He was born in the village of Abai, South Kazakhstan region, and graduated from the Tashkent Theatre and Art Institute named after A.N. Ostrovsky in 1972. Duisenbay had been a teacher of drawing, painting, and composition in the art school named after Gogol since 1972. From 2000-2003 he worked as a teacher of drawing and painting at KazNAI named after T. Zhurgenov.

Duisenbayev’s creativity is multifaceted. He began his creative path with thematic paintings dedicated to war and the life of native aul (Kazakh village). One such work belonging to the early period of the artist’s creative life is Father’s Spring.