Ulan Dzhaparov is an architect, independent contemporary art curator and artist from Bishkek. He graduated from the faculty of architecture, Frunze Polytechnic Institute in 1983. Currently, he works as the general director at the architectural studio ‘MUSEUM’ in Bishkek. As an artist, he uses various mediums including performance, video and graphics and participated in a number of international contemporary art exhibitions.
As a curator, he has curated the annual Bishkek April Fools’ competitions since 2003, as well as the annual Lazy Art workshops on the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul since 2009. He is the former editor of Central Asian Almanac KURAK as well as Literary and Artistic Almanac Urbi et Orbi.