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Zoya Falkova

Born in 1982 in Alma-Ata (now Almaty), USSR, Kazakh Republic

M.Arch., Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Languages: Russian – fluent, English – Intermediate 

CV, eng, docx


Solo exhibitions:

2018Disappearing Peninsula / Southern Siberia, Kyiv, Ukraine

2017PLAYINGTHEWOMAN, Esentai gallery, Almaty
curator – Valeria Ibraeva(Almaty)

Group exhibitions: 

2020

Food for thought, ARTBATFEST, Almaty, Kazakhstan

50 shades of Blue, Artmeken Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

First of April Competition-2020, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Connections, STYQ festival, Artmeken Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan

This world is not invented by us: the female word and gender agenda, WINZAVOD Contemporary Art Center, Moscow, Russia

2019

1st Feminnale of
contemporary art
, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Living Memory, Open mind project, Almaty Museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Death. Longing. Love.,
Laboratoria C, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The Method of Creation™, Electromuseum, Moscow, Russia

Lanzarote Art Festival Lanzarote, LAS PALMAS

PortraitNow!, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Wanted pavilion, non-official pavilion of Kazakhstan, Venice, Italy

PortraitNow!, Denmark, Copenhagen

Sheroes, @FemAgora,
Almaty, Kazakhstan

PortraitNow!, Lviv, Ukraine

Bad Jokes, PlatformA, Astana, Kazakhstan
curator – Valeria Ibraeva

Parabiennale, Astana, Kazakhstan

2018

Bad Jokes, Artmeken gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
curator – Valeria Ibraeva

The Eurasian Utopia: Post Scriptum, Suwon, South Korea
curator – Yulia Sorokina

Bread&Roses, Berlin, Germany
curators – David Elliott, Almagul Menlibayaeva, and Dr. Rachel Rits-Volloch

Reload, Astana, Kazakhstan
curator – Aigul Ibraeva

On the corner, Tselinny, Almaty, Kazakhstan
curator – Meruert Kalieva

There is nothing to see at the basement, Almaty, Kazakhstan

In/visible: Gender and Art in Azerbaijan and Central Asia, Prague, Czech Republic

Blue Container, Duisburg/Dusseldorf, Germany
curator – Francesca Jordan

Red Pill, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
curators – Laboratoria C

2017

QWAS – Migrating Dialogue // bilocal transcultural exhibition //, Almaty, Kazakhstan / Zurich, Switzerland

Human rights. 20 years after. Artmeken gallery,  Almaty, Kazakhstan
curator – Valeria Ibraeva

Young artists exhibition, ARTBATFEST2017, Almaty, Kazakhstan
curator – Vladislav Sludskiy

Odessa biennale of contemporary art

Jugooceanje 2017, DAC, Kotor, Montenegro
curator – Yuriy Shabelnikov

Embracing the neighborhood, DAC, Kotor, Montenegro
curator – Alexander Zhuravlev

Limited liability pavilion 3.0 , Venice, Italy
curators – Vladislav Sludsky(NY) and Olga Vesselova(Almaty)

Limited liability pavilion 2.0 , Kiev, Ukraine
curators – Vladislav Sludsky(NY) and Nikita Kadan(Kiev)

First of April Competition-2017, Bishkek
curators – Ulan Japarov, Chingiz Aydarov, Marat Raiymkulov

2016

The Open International Festival of Contemporary Art “Parallels”, Kurgan, Russia

«Changes. Time research» exhibition, Almaty
“MNEMOZINA’S DREAM” videoart.

Luciano Benetton Collection , Italy-Kazakhstan
Curator – Valeria Ibraeva (Almaty)

“Kotorый” exhibition of DAC Summer School, Kotor, Montenegro.
curator – Petar Ćuković

Astana Artfest2016,  Astana, Kazakhstan

“Symbiosis” exhibition, botanic garden, ARTBATFEST2016, Almaty, Kazakhstan
curator – Yana Malinovskaya

Young artists exibition, tram depo, ARTBATFEST2016, Almaty, Kazakhstan
curator – Yuliya Sorokina

ArtEnergy festival, Almaty

Post/Начало, Almaty
curator – Alexandra Tsay(Almaty)

2015

«8th River» exhibition, installation.  Almaty.
Curator – Yana Malinovskaya

 «Eurasia» exhibition of Kazakhstan art, Erart Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

«We Rivers» exhibition,   Almaty.
Curator – Yana Malinovskaya

«The Feast» exhibition, Almaty
Curator – Yana Malinovskaya

2014

«Life is a legend» exhibition of Kazakhstan art, Strasbourg, France
Exhibition curatorship: Dimitri Konstantinidis, director of Apollonia, Daria Evdokimova, artistic projects manager, Apollonia, and Estelle Pietrzyk, director of MAMCS

2013

“Second gender” exhibition,  Almaty.
Curator – Maria Vilkoviskaya (Almaty)

“GLACIER MUSIC” project & contest,  Almaty-Tashkent-Dushanbe-Bishkek
Curator – Lillevan (Germany)

public art festival ARTBATFEST:

ALA Legal graffiti wall,   Almaty.
Curator – Kendal Henry(NYC)

“Seashell hearing” exhibition,   Almaty. 
Curator – Gulnur Kulkybaeva.  

“Rape of Europa” exhibition,  Almaty.
Curator – Valeria Ibraeva (Almaty)

“Women’s deal” exhibition,  Almaty.
Curator – Maria Vilkoviskaya (Almaty)

 

2012

 public art festival ARTBATFEST,  Almaty.
Curator – Dmitriy Pilikin (SPb)

2011

video art exhibitions “Climat&arts” in Tashkent, Bishkek, Dushanbe, Almaty

public art festival ARTBATFEST, Almaty. Illustrations

Omnibus ensemble’s (Tashkent) “Mnemozina” project, videoartist

 


Poetry

2013-2014, 2015-2016 Student of Open Literature School Almaty

2019

Publication at «Daktil» #1 literary magazine

Nominated to «Poetry»(«Поэзия») prize, Moscow, Russia

Nazarbayev University, Poetry Seminar, Astana, Kazakhstan

Nazarbayev University, Poetry Readings, Astana, Kazakhstan

2018

Under one cover, qweer poetry collection

TEDxAbayStWomen, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Poetry Readings, Public Library, Lawrence, KS, US

University of Kansas, Poetry Seminar, Lawrence, KS, US

2017

Big Almaty poetry SLAM

Illustrated guide to the meanings of Almaty

2016

poetry&illustrations in “YSSO ODYN ” poetry paper, #5

“Polutona”

“Лиterraтура”

«Literaturnaya Alma-Ata» literary miscellany

2015

“Polutona”

“Polifonia” International Literature Festival, Almaty

2014

Open Literature School of Almaty(OLSA), Poetry workshop

OLSA students’ best texts issue.

“Polifonia” International Literature Festival, Almaty

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