The Pomegranate Garden is not just an exhibition, but a living artistic system that has been changing its shape over the years, expanding and continuing its movement through countries, cultures and audiences.

The history of this project began in 2015 at The Ritz-Carlton Moscow with the collection "When does the pomegranate blossom?". Then, for the first time, a series of fifteen canvases was presented to the viewer as a single artistic statement. Over the past decade, the exhibition has changed the space many times: the paintings traveled the world, complemented by new works, new colors, subjects and philosophical reflections.

Each new exhibition, while maintaining its foundation, acquired a different form of communication with the audience. Over time, the project went beyond the classical exposition and turned into an exhibition-performance, where painting, space and the viewer become part of a single action. So the pomegranate trees gradually turned into a "Pomegranate Garden".

A special place in the creative biography of Alexander Dilbazi is occupied by Almaty, a city where the artist has repeatedly made long stops in life over the past twenty—five years. The atmosphere of the city, surrounded by the ridges of the Trans-Ili Alatau, became for him a source of inner balance, reflection and creative inspiration. It is here that for many years he has combined active business activities with artistic search, and the city itself has become not only a space for the implementation of professional projects, but also a place of friendship, human meetings and deep creative dialogues.

Therefore, the exhibition at the Abylkhan Kasteev State Museum of Art of the Republic of Kazakhstan is of particular importance. This exhibition in Almaty is becoming a natural continuation of the artist's long-term personal and creative history with this city.

After Almaty, the Pomegranate Garden project will continue its international movement, enriching itself with new spaces, meetings and cultural contexts. The exhibition will be part of a series of further international shows, where each new country will bring its own cultural voice to this garden.

In July 2026, Almaty will become one of the most important cultural centers of this artistic route. The organizers invite the audience to visit the Pomegranate Garden exhibition and become part of an art space in which painting turns into memory, and memory into a living dialogue of time.