Rinat Kharisov (born in 1953) – Honored Artist, whose works are kept in private collections in Austria, Germany, Holland, Turkey, USA, France, Canada, Finland.

Graduated from the art department of the State Institute of Arts (1978).
In 1978 and to the present, he has been teaching at the art and graphic faculty of the Pedagogical University, since 1996 he has been an associate professor at the department of fine arts.
Since 1973 he has been a participant of international exhibitions (Austria, Hungary, Germany, Holland, Turkey, England, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Ethiopia).