Painter, stage designer, assemblage and installation artist, playwright, poet, writer.

Born in Ufa on July 17, 1956. Graduated from the Arts Department of Ufa State Institute of Arts (1975-1980). Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia since 1991. Merited Worker of Arts of the Republic of Bashkortostan (1989). Member of the Union of Theatre Workers (1986). Has worked for the Bashkir State Puppet Theatre since 1981 (stage designer, chief designer), becoming Artistic Director in 1994. Laureate of Jawaharlal Nehru International Prize (1988, India) for «Indian Legend» show after N. Guseva and S. Potabenko (based on «Ramayana» ancient Indian epic) produced by the Bashkir State Puppet Theatre (1987, Ufa).

Member of «Inzer» Creative Team (1989-1993).

Member of «Genghis Khan» Creative Association since 1993.

Produced over 30 shows as stage designer. Author and producer of conceptual performances in the context of exhibitions by «Genghis Khan» Creative Association. Participant in republican, all-Russian, all-Union, foreign, international, specialized and group exhibitions since 1981.

Major Exhibitions

1987 – All-Union Exhibition of Artists of Theatre and Cinema. Moscow, «Manege» Central Exhibition Hall.

1989 – Exhibition by «Inzer» Creative Team. Ufa, Central Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

1990 – Exhibition by «Inzer» Creative Team (jointly with «Mart» Creative Team). Ufa, Central Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union of the Republic of Bashkortostan; Exhibition by «Inzer» Creative Team (jointly with «Mart» Creative Team). Ufa, Bashkir State Arts Gallery named after M.V. Nesterov.

1991 – Exhibition by «Inzer» Creative Team (jointly with «Mart» Creative Team). Moscow, «Argumenty I fakty» Newspaper Editorial Office.

1992 – Exhibition by «Voyage» Creative Team (joint exhibition project of «Inzer» and «Mart» Creative Teams). Moscow – Paris – New York; Exhibition by «Ural» of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bashkortostan (part of the action programme of the Society for Promoting Economic and Cultural relations between the Republic of Bashkortostan and Austria). Saltsburg, Austria.

1993 – Exhibition by «Ural» of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Bashkortostan (part of the above programme). Vienna, Austria; Exhibition by «Miras» Gallery, «Genghis Khan» Creative Association, Central Exhibition Hall of the Artists’ Union of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Ufa.

1994 – Exhibition by «Miras» Gallery, «Moon’s Dreams», Central Artists’ House, Moscow.

1995 — «Genghis Khan», Ufa Arts Gallery, Ufa.

1996 — « Genghis Khan Returns», «Kazan» Culture Centre, Kazan.

1997 — «Collection of Miras Gallery», Central Artists’ House, Moscow.

1997, 1998 – FRG Embassy, Moscow.

1997, 1999 – «Nauruz bairam» Performance, Ufa Arts Gallery, Ufa.

1999 – Museum of Fine Arts, Yekaterinburg.

2000 – Personal Exhibition, «Miras» Gallery, Ufa; «Palitra» Gallery, St. Petersburg; «Lark in the Cobalt of Skies» Arts and Music Project, Central Artists’ House, Moscow; Embassy of Egypt, Moscow; "Princesses" Performance, Nesterov Picture Gallery, Ufa; Nesterov Picture Gallery, Ufa.

1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 – «Art-Manege» International Arts Fairs, Moscow.

2001 – «Art-Moscow» International Arts Fair, Central Artists’ House, Moscow; ART-design of the Interior of the Youth Theatre of the Republic of Bashkortostan.

2003, 2004 – Chief Designer of «Salavat Jyjyny» Republican Folklore Festival dedicated to the 250th birth anniversary of Salavat Yulayev, Republic of Bashkortostan.

2004 – «Illuminated Chariots» Performance. ART-MANEGE, Moscow, «Manege» Central Exhibition Hall; Commissar of «Hotline» Ethnic Festival. Moscow, Nationalities House.

"Life is ideal in the puppet theatre where Nail Baiburin works. Various unpleasant things may happen in the city where he lives. But he is not aware of all this: he has learned to see what gives joy. He says he does not feel the tragic of life because he does not want to be life’s surgeon.

Just like Marc Chagall created his Vitebsk, Nail adores the space of his own world. He created a coordinate system, Created the Earth, Skies and Water, he invented the Day and coloured the Night. He pulls the strings and is in control of everything. This is not an ivory tower, only certain people are admitted, only those who are loved.

Painting and poetry, public journalism and poetry, writing plays and producing. He is a whale in the ocean of art. Art for him is not a profession, not even a vocation, but a construction material in his universe.

The Sun rises in the East. That’s great! To the West with its humanism, eccentrism and other –isms, he opposes his egoism – clear and light, joyful. An utter egoist, Nail is in love with himself, with his work and us, characters in his gargantuan theatre. Long live Love!

Every morning, Nail Baiburin faces his easel or sits down to his table. He writes with his pen, mixes paints: cyan, cadmium, cobalt … love, sadness and joy.

He says he does not feel the quick pace of time, but that does not grieve him much. He just adores single-act plays."