Tolepbay Yerbolat is one of the most important contemporary artists of Kazakhstan. He is an Honoured Art Worker of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and Kazakhstan, a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize, a laureate of the Platinum Tarlan of 2001 Prize, an academician of the Academy of Arts of Russia, Czech Republic and Kyrgyzstan, a Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Literature.

Yerbolat Tolepbay was born in the village of Kaska-Su, Lenger district, Chimkent region. In 1977 he graduated from the Faculty of Art and Graphic Arts of Abay University. Since 1974 he has been a regular participant in republican, all-Union, and international exhibitions.

In his paintings, the artist combines European and Asian manners of work preserving national Kazakh coloring. Yerbolat Tolepbay’s works are not just distinguished by brightness and depth of colors – they give an idea of different stages of history and the spiritual development of the Kazakh people. The painting A New Child in the City. (Guest), presented in the museum’s exposition.