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Born 1969 in Kazakhstan
Lives and works in Berlin and Amsterdam |
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| EDUCATION |
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| 1987-92 | Academy of Art and Theatre, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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| SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2010 | Lonely at the Top, Europe at large #6, Museum
van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp, Belgium (forthcoming, July 16 - August 29, 2010)
Daughters of Turan, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2009 | Exodus, Tengri Umai Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kurban, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2008 | Kissing Totems, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York, NY |
| 2007 | On the Road, Galerie Davide Gallo, Berlin, Germany |
| 2004 | Steppen Baroque, Alma-Ata Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
| 2003 | Rudolff Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Arttra Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| 2002 | Arttra Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
International Visions, The Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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| 2001 | Color of Temptation, Tengry Umay Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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| GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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| 2012 | Off the Beaten Path: Women, Art and Violence, the Global Health Odyssey
Museum, Atlanta, GA (forthcoming, Jan. 25 – May 23, 2012) |
| 2011 | Off the Beaten Path: Women, Art and Violence, the Chicago
Cultural Center, IL (forthcoming, Jan. 22 – April 10, 2011) |
| 2010 | Tajarma/Translation, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell
University, Ithaca, NY (Aug. 21 – Oct. 24, 2010)
Off the Beaten Path: Women, Art and Violence, El Cubo-Tijuana Cultural Center, Tijuana,
Mexico; the Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City (forthcoming, Sept. 8 – Nov. 7, 2010) |
| 2009 | Off the Beaten Path: Women, Art, and Violence, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway; University Art Gallery, the University of California, San Diego, CA
Re-imagining October, Calvert 22, London, UK
Unconditional Love, 53rd Venice Biennale, Arsenale Novissimo 89, Venice, Italy
East from Nowhere, Arsenale II, curated by Enrico Marceloni, Valeria Ibraeva, Turin, Italy
Tajarma/Translation, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY |
| 2008 | Love Love Love, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
The Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, NY
The Distance to the Sun, Galerie Davide Gallo, Berlin, Germany
Asia, College of New Jersey Art Gallery, Ewing, NJ
Time Code, Mambo Museum of Contemporary Art, Bologna, Italy
I Dream of the Stans, curated by Leeza Ahmadi, Winkleman Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2007 | Live Cinema/The Return of the Image: Video from Central Asia,
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
Destination Asia, Galerie 88, Mumbai, India
Central Asian Project, in collaboration with Asia Art + Cornerhouse, curated by Yuliya Sorokina, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Bishek, Kirgizstan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Peristan, performance and screening for the opening of the 52nd Venice Biennale, Central Asian Pavillion, curated by Uyliya Sorokina, Venice, Italy
Time of the Storytellers, curated by Viktor Misiano, Museum of
Contemporary Art - Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
Thermocline of Art - New Asian Waves, ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
The Paradox of Polarity: Contemporary Art from Central Asia, curated by Leeza Ahmady,
Bose Pacia Gallery, New York, NY
Central Asian Project, Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK |
| 2006 | Catodica, curated by Maria Campitelli, Trieste, Italy
Actual Archives: Central Asian Contemporary Art, Rosamira Festival, curated by Viktor Misiano, organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Moscow, Russia
Caravan Seray, Zones of Contact, 2006 Sydney Biennale, curated by Dr. Charles Merewether, Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay, Sydney, Australia
International Biennial of Photography-Brescia, curated by Sarenco, Brescia, Italy
Art and Conflict in Central Asia, curated by Valeria Ibraeva, Haggerty Museum of Art,
Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
Polyzentral, art festival of Kampnagel, Hamburg, Germany
Art from Central Asia, curated by Viktor Miziano, Center of Contemporary Art, Zamok
Ujazdowskie, Warsaw, Poland
The Syndrome of Tamerlan: Art and Conflicts in Central Asia, Haggerty
Museum, curated by Valeria Ibraeva, Enrico Mascelloni and Sarenco, Milwaukee, WI |
| 2005 | On the Road, 51st Venice Biennale, Central Asian Pavilion, Venice, Italy
26th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Lublyana, Slovenia
Vom roten Stern zur blauen Kuppel, Islamic World Art and Architecture from Central
Asia, Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany
The Syndrome of Tamerlan: Art and Conflict in Central Asia, Palazzo dei Sette, curated by Valeria Ibraeva, Enrico Mascelloni and Sarenco, Orvieto, Italy |
| 2004 | Sacred Places of Kazakhstan, video festival organized by
The Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
M and Others, 1st Bishkek International Exhibition of Contemporary Art-Bishkek, State Museum, Kirgizstan
Art-Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk, Russia
International Visions, The Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Vom roten Stern zur blauen Kuppel, Islamic World Art and Architecture from Central
Asia, Ifa Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Pueblos y Sombras, Canaja Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
Natural Women, Visible Voice, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 2003 | Art-Novosibirsk, Novosibirik, Russia
Almaty Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Caravan Café, Rocca di Umbertide - Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea, Perugia, Italy |
| 2002 | Catmania, Illuzeum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
State Museum of Modern Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Nomad Land, Art and Culture from Central Asia, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
First Festival of Video Art, Kazakhstan
Re-orientation: Art on Central Asia, ACC Gallery, Weimar, Germany
Fourth Biennial of Graphics, Novosibirsk, Russia |
| 2001 | Inner Asia, traveling exhibition of graphics from Kirgizstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Siberia,
Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Bishkek, Kirgisztan; Novosibirsk, Russia (2001 – 2003)
The Days of the Culture of Kazakhstan in Moscow, Moscow Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
Collection 2000, International Vision -The Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Communication and Experience of Interaction, Central Asia Festival of Contemporary Art in
VDNH, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Handmade, Pushkinskaya 10, Saint Petersberg, Russia
Nomads Culture in the End of the Centuries, State Museum of Modern Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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| FILM FESTIVALS |
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| 2010 | INVIDEO 2010 (forthcoming, November 11 – 14, 2010), Milan, Italy
Shoot the Shooter, SANFIC, Santiago International Film Festival (forthcoming, August 17 – 23, 2010)
21st Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival (August 19 - 27, 2010) Sau Paulo, Brazil
Oberhausen International 56th Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Jeu de Paume National Museum and Centre Pompidou, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (forthcoming, July 2010); Reina Sofia National Museum and the Spanish Cinematheque, Madrid |
| 2009 | La Nit de l'Art, Project Space I, La Caja Blanca, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Golden Drum International Video Festival, Hanti-Mansiisk, Russia
Native Dancer, dir. Guka Omorova, 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Jeu de Paume National Museum and Centre Pompidou, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Reina Sofia National Museum and the Spanish Cinematheque, Madrid |
| 2008 | Oberhausen International 54th Short Film Festival, Oberhausen, Germany
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Jeu de Paume National Museum and Centre Pompidou, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Reina Sofia National Museum and the Spanish Cinematheque, Madrid
37th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2007 | Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain |
| 2006 | Scanners: NY Video Fest, Film Society of Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany; Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
35th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 2005 | Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin/Madrid, Jeu de Paume National Museum and Centre Pompidou, Paris; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Reina Sofia National Museum and the Spanish Cinematheque, Madrid |
| 2004 | Sacred Places of Kazakhstan, video festival organized by
The Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Haus der Kulturen
der Welt, Berlin, Germany |
| 2003 | Les Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France;
Podevil Arsenal, Brotfabrik, Berlin, Germany
20th World Wide Video Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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| FILM PROJECTS |
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| 2008 | Art Design for “Native Dancer” dir. Guka Omorova, screened at the 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands |
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| AWARDS |
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| 2010 | Prize de la Nuit (Night) Award for Exodus at the 8th International Festival Signes de Nuit, Paris |
| 2009 | Gold Tambourine Prize: Video Art, 1st Prize, Golden Drum International Video Festival, Hanti-Mansiisk, Russia |
| 2003 | Sacred Places of Kazakhstan, 3rd Prize, Center of Contemporary Art, Soros Foundation, Kazakhstan |
| 2002 | First Video Festival, 2nd Prize, Center of Contemporary Art, Soros Foundation, Kazakhstan
Tarlan, an independent prize of Kazakhstan |
| 1995 | Asia Art, Grand Prix, Second Biennial of Central Asia, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Darin, the state Grand Prix for artists, Khazakstan |
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