Elena Kambina

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, Uzbekist...

Education:
• 2005 – Directing Course by Mark Weil at the Ilkhom Theatre, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2004 – Video Art Course as part of VIDEIDENTITY: Sacred Places of Central Asia, International Video Art Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• 1993 – Graduated from Tashkent State Pedagogical University named after Nizami, Faculty of Art and Graphics (TSPU).

Selected Exhibitions:
• 2023 – Transformation, solo exhibition (painting, graphics, performance), Elisabeth-Krankenhaus, Mönchengladbach, Germany.
• 2023 – Exhibition at SAP, Waldorf, Germany.
• 2021 – Nord Art, special project Central Asia Identity, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
• 2016 – 3rd International Silk Road Festival, Xi’an, China.
• 2015 – 20th Guangzhou International Art Fair, Guangzhou, China.
• 2013 – ART Beijing 2013, Beijing, China.
• 2013 – Art Capital, Paris, France.
• 2008–2010 – Signs of Time: Moment and Eternity, International Exhibition, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2007 – 69th Exhibition of the Mookwohoe Fine Artist Association, Seoul, South Korea.
• 2007 – 1st Thessaloniki Biennale: Heterotopias, Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 2007 – 52nd Venice Biennale, Central Asian Pavilion, Venice, Italy.
• 2006 – The City and Its Residents, conceptual exhibition, National Bank Gallery, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2005 – 3rd Tashkent Biennale, Central Exhibition Hall, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
• 2004 – VIDEIDENTITY: Sacred Places of Central Asia, International Video Art Festival, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
• 2004 – 38th Parallel – Horizon, exhibition dedicated to the Athens Olympics, Athens, Greece.
• 2003 – 2nd Tashkent Biennale, Central Ex...