"Closed. Series Shell" Painting

Elena Kambina

Painter, graphic artist, video artist, installation and performance artist, curator, and exhibition organizer.

Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, in 1970.


Teaching and Curatorial Activities:
• Since 2005 – Senior Faculty Member at the Institute of Architecture in Tashkent.
• Since 2005 – Head of the Laboratory of Contemporary Art.
• Since 1992 – Founder of the creative workshop ArtLab Kambina.

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Memberships:
• Since 2019 – Member of Rotary Club Kyiv Advance.
• Since 2012 – Member of the Association of Franco-Chinese Artists.
• Since 2002 – Member of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.

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Awards:
• 2023 – Order of St. Olga, Kyiv, Ukraine, for special contributions to the field of art.
• 2005 – Diploma of the 3rd Tashkent Biennale.
• 2004 – Special Prize at the VIDEIDENTITY: Sacred Places of Central Asia Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• 2003 – Diploma of the 2nd Tashkent Biennale.

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Grants:
• 2009–2010 – Grant from the Swiss Co-operation Office of the Swiss Embassy in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2004 – Grant from VIDEIDENTITY: Sacred Places of Central Asia Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• 2002 – Grant from the Soros Foundation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2000 – Grant from the Soros Foundation, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

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Publications:
• 2024 – OCAK 2024 ROTARY DERGISI.
• 2014 – Kambina (Catalogue, ISBN: 9785905 048623).
• 2012 – SAN’AT, Journal of the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.
• 2008 – 101 Pictorial Works from the Collection of R. Mirhaidarov.
• 2007 – Constellation (Exhibition Catalogue, Swiss Bureau).
• 1999 – Art of Uzbekistan. 20th Century (Catalogue).
• 1997 – 100 Works from the Collection of the National Bank of Uzbekistan.

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Collections:

Her works are in private collections in the UK, Greece, Cyprus, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, China, Hong Kong, and Uzbekistan.

They are also part of museum collections, including:
• Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia.
• State Museum of Arts of Uzbekistan.
• National Bank Gallery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• Sholom Aleichem Museum, Kyiv, Ukraine.
• Centre for Contemporary Art
Soviart, Kyiv, Ukraine (works acquired in
2009, 2022).
• Museum Ural, Beijing, China.

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Residency:
• Since 2022 – Lives and works in Germany.
• 2018–2022 – Lived and worked in Kyiv, Ukraine.
• 2008–2018 – Lived and worked in Beijing, China.