Anvar Musrepov is a curator, artist, editor-in-chief and art publicist who lives and works in Almaty, Kazakhstan. He graduated from the Rodchenko Moscow School of Photography and New Media and is currently studying for a master’s degree at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Musrepov works in different directions and uses new media to develop the decolonisation of future narratives. As a curator, he works sustainably on educational projects focusing on the evolution of the emerging contemporary art scene and […]
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Born and based in Bangkok, Siributr employs weaving and embroidery in his artworks to weave and stitch unofficial individual stories about conflict between religious and political beliefs which are often overshadowed by a grand narratives. Recently, he has conducted workshops and realised collaborative works with communities of stateless people in South Thailand so that their voices can be heard. Siributr participated in important international exhibitions including Phantoms of Asia: Contemporary Awakens the Past at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, U.S.A […]
Enoch Cheng is an artist whose practice spans moving image, installation, curating, dance, events, theatre, writing, fashion, performance, and pedagogy. His works explore the boundaries and connections between various disciplines and traditions, with recurrent themes of belonging, travel, care, cross-cultural history, fiction, memory, time, migration, and extinction. His most recent works include TO ARRIVE (2022, Hong Kong City Hall 60th Anniversary Performance), Handle with Care (2022, Museum of Arts and Design, New York) combine elements of Chinese opera, fashion and […]
Ayrat and Zafar Nalibayev are the duo behind the cryptographic art of NoolOdin. They were born in Uzbekistan and currently reside in the European Union. Using the jester persona as a means to express their ideas, they believe that art is the most effective way to address sensitive topics without being intrusive. They create their art by coding messages and embedding them in interactive environments. NoolOdin’s art encourages the spectator to think critically, leaving the final interpretation up to the […]
Yang Yeung is a writer on art and an independent curator. She devotes herself to following how artists think, move and make sense of the world. She founded the non-profit soundpocket in 2008 and is currently its Artistic Director. She was co-curator for The Listening Biennial (2021). Her recent publications include ‘What Good is This?’ for After Hope at The Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, ‘caring is a quality: on being touched by Alecia Neo’s Care Index’ for Dance Nucleus, […]
Lena Pozdnyakova is an artist from Almaty living between Berlin and Los Angeles. Currently, she is a doctoral student at the Art History Institute, Free University in Berlin She is an alumna of the Design Theory and Pedagogy programme at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. She holds a Bachelor Degree in Architecture from Sheffield University and a Masters in Architecture from Anhalt University of Applied Sciences. Lena has previously worked in UrbanDATA and 3Gatti Architectural Studio […]
Anna Pronina is an interdisciplinary researcher, curator and cultural historian of the Soviet Union, with an emphasis on Central Asia, currently based between Tashkent and Vienna. Pronina pursues a PhD degree in History at Central European University (Vienna). Her research interests include architecture, performing arts, (post)colonial world, nation-building processes and cultural policy in Central Asia. Previous to her PhD research at CEU, Pronina received MA and BA in Cultural studies from Moscow State University. She is also an editor and […]
Aisha Jandosova is a Kazakh-Kyrgyz diasporic artist, designer, learner and educator, currently based in Providence, United States. Jandosova’s work is centred around making room for and creating healing spaces with/for her people. She is co-founder of BABALAR PRESS, an experimental research, writing and publishing initiative for relearning, reclaiming and reimagining Kazakh ancestral knowledges. In parallel, Jandosova is engaged in a long-term, process-based re-existencia (Achinte 2009, Tlostanova 2017) research, whereby she (re)makes and learns from the everyday cultural practices of her […]
Aida Issakhankyzy is an architect who is also engaged in artistic practices. She works in a variety of techniques, including traditional hand-drawn graphics and paintings, digital media, software and tools, photography and scenography. Her artistic practices can be described as research-based art or art-based research. She states all her practices as dedicated to the questions of space, time, light and architecture, while languages of art give her wider access to the forms of investigations and freedom to explore those questions. […]
Dana Iskakova is an artist born in 1997 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her practice mainly focuses on interactive, ‘imaginary’ art and explores human perception and imagination. She studied finance at the International IT University and Liberal Arts at St. Petersburg University. She is currently working on a project about contemporary art and culture of Central Asia called Steppe Space at Artcom Platform. She is a member of the MATA artist collective. Iskakova has participated in international projects such as QWAS – […]