Aziza Shadenova b. (1989,Uzbekistan)
(BA) Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, 2011
Aziza Shadenova is a Kazakh artist who grew up in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.
Her work includes painting, photography, moving image and installation.
She reflects on her cultural upbringing during the turmoil of the post-Soviet period, while exploring the issues of identity, memory and perception of life. The majority of Aziza's work is based on humour and absurdism involved in untangling of her roots and upbringing. The observations and engagements with the past and present, and an investigation of how it may reflect on the future are the key elements in her work. "The challenge is to see beyond history and capture something that has been left in the NOW." - Aziza Shadenova
E: az.shadenova@gmail.com
Solo Shows:
- Textures of grieving, HOP Projects, Folkestone, UK. 2018
- My Cocoon Tightens-Colours Tease, Ainalaiynspace, London, UK. 2022
Selected Group Shows:
- I Swear I Saw That - Mathaf Museum of Modern Art, Doha - Qatar - 2024
- How to Hold Your Breath - Asian Art Biennial, Taichung - Taiwan - 2024
- Parcours - Asia NOW Art Fair, Paris - France - 2023
- Preconscious Landscape - AinalaiynSpace - London - UK - 2023
- Thinking Historically in the Present - Sharjah Biennial 15 - Sharjah - UAE - 2023
- Clouds & Power - MILL6CHAT - Hong Kong - China - 2023
- New Mythologies of Central Asia - Sapar Contemporary - New York - USA 2020
- Racing The Galaxy - Astana Art Show 19 - Palace of Independence - Astana - Kazakhstan 2020
- Post-Nomadic Mind - Focus Kazakhstan - Wapping Hydraulic Power Station- London - UK 2018
- Metamorphosis - TSE Gallery - Astana - Kazakhstan 2018
- The Return of Memory - HOME Gallery - Manchester - UK 2017
- In Search of the Present - EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art - Espoo - Finland 2017
- At the Crossroads: Contemporary Art from Istanbul to Kabul - Sotheby's - London - UK 2014
- IV Moscow International Biennale for Young Art - RuArts Gallery - Moscow - Russia 2014
- Winter: Poetics & Politics - Central Asian Pavilion - 55th Venice Biennale - Italy 2013
- At the Crossroads: Contemporary Art from Central Asia and the Caucasus - Sotheby's - London -UK 2013
Collections:
- LACMA, Los Angeles, USA
- Moving Image London, London, UK
- National Museum of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
Artist Residencies:
- Protagonists - The Invisible Pavilion of Kazakhstan - IADA - 56th Venice Biennale
Thank you!