“News from Central Asia” Exhibit

News from Central Asia brings together Central Asian artists, artisans, and designers whose inspirational works reflect political protests, environmental issues, collective memory restoration, the role of women, objects as reminders of historical events, and the transformation caused by modernization.

Curator Aida Sulova invited artists and designers from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan to share the news from their home countries in the form of an object. “For many artists in Central Asia, making art is the only way to respond and talk about the events taking place today. Although the concept of this exhibition has a geographical representation, the themes of the news are relevant to what we are witnessing in the world.”

Central Asia stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to the borderlands with China and Mongolia in the east. Since gaining their independence following the collapse of the Soviet Union, Central Asian countries have been undergoing a number of major political, social, and cultural transformations.

Participants:

Altynai Osmoeva, Kyrgyzstan @altynarty

Chinara Niyazova, Kyrgyzstan @niyazovachinara

Diana Rahmanova, Tajikistan @diana_rahmanova

Dilyara Kayipova, Uzbekistan @crazy_for_ikat

Galina & Evgeny Boikov, Kyrgyzstan @evgenyboikov

Guzel Zakir, Judy Ai, Kazakhstan @guzelzakirart

Humairo Muhammad @humairojewelry

Jakshylyk Chentemirov, Kyrgyzstan @chentemirovzhakshylyk

Jennet, Turkmenistan @jennet_sanatullina

Jol Jol, Kazakhstan @joljoljwlry

Saule Dyussenbina, Kazakhstan @saule_dyuss

Shailoo Djekshenbaev, Kyrgyzstan @shailo_djekshenbaev

Timur Karpov, Uzbekistan @timur_karpov

Zalkar Askaraliev, Kyrgyzstan @zalkaraskaraliev05

Aida Sulova, Kyrgyzstan @aidasulova