Alibay Bapanov was born in 1953 in Kzil-Orda region. In 1973 he finished the Art School of Almaty. In 1979 he was graduated from Moscow State Art Institute.
Since 1981 Alibay Bapanov and Saule Bapanova have been members of the Artists Union of Kazakhstan. They took part in republican, All-Union and international exhibitions. Bapanovs’ works are found in state museums of Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine, China, Turkey, Poland, Denmark. Selected works are now in private collections in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Moscow, Russia, Germany, England, France, USA, Liechtenstein.