LAURA BULIAN GALLERY

 

Said Atabekov was born in 1965, in Besterek village, Uzbekistan. Graduated from the Shymkent Art College, he lives and works in Shymkent (Kazakhstan).

 

Selected solo Exhibitions

 

2012

Said Atabekov. Solo  show,

Videoinsight Center, Turin, Italy.

In collaboration with Laura Bulian Gallery, Milan

 

2011

The Dream of Gengis Khan, curated by

Marco Scotini, Laura Bulian Gallery, Milan, Italy

 

2009

Son of the East, Laura Bulian Gallery, Milan, Italy

 

2007

Way to Rome, SCCA, Almaty, Kazakhstan

 

1993

I am Not We, Fonkor Gallery, Chymkent, Kazakhstan

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2015

Life is a legend, curated by Dimitri Konstantinidis,

Daria Evdokimova, Estelle Pietrzyk, Museum

of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasburg, France

Early Too Late. Middle East and Modernity,

curated by Marco Scotini, Pinacoteca Nazionale

di Bologna, Bologna, Italy.

 

2014

The Other & me, curated by Jassim Alawadhi and

Colin Reaney, Sharjha Art Museum, Sharjha, UAE

Central Asia and The Caucasus, Curated by

Slavs and Tatars, Marker - Art Dubai 2014.

The empty pedestal, curated by Marco Scotini,

Museo Archeologico, Bologna, Italy

 

2013

More light, 5th Moscow Biennale 2013,

curated by Catherine de Zegher, Moscow, Russia

At the Crossroads: Contemporary Art from Central Asia and the Caucasus, selling exhibition, Sotheby’s London, 03.2013

 

 

 

2012

Migrasophia, curated by Sara Raza,

Sharjah Museum , Maraya Art Center , UAE

Girls or boys? Who cares?!, curated by Julia Draganovich, Elena Forin and Claudia Loffelholz, Context Art Miami Pavillon, Miami, USA, 2012

 

2011

Winner of Prince Claus Fund for Culture

and Development 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

54th Venice Biennale, Central Asia Pavilion,

Venice, Italy

Proches, Docks en Seine, Paris, France

Ostalgia, curated by Massimiliano Gioni,

New Museum, New York, U.S.A.

Between Heaven and Earth. Contemporary Art from

the Centre of Asia, Calvert 22 Foundation,

London, UK

The eye is a lonely hunter- Images of humankind,

4.Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen,

Heidelberg, Germany

 

2010

In – Difesa, Foundation 107, Turin Italy

Rites without myths, Laura Bulian Gallery,

Milan, Italy

 

2009

Lonely at the Top, Muhka Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

Photoquai 2009, Biennale des Images du monde, Paris, France

Changing Climate, Kunsthalle Wien, Austria

Scènes Centrales, LILLE-3000, Lille, France

East of Nowhere, Contemporary Art from Post-Soviet

Central Asia, Turin, Italy

 

2008

Destination Asia – Flying over stereotypes,

Gallery ELEMENTA, Dubai, UAE

Old/New Routes- A Selection of video Art

from Central Asia, BizArt , Shanghai, China

I Dream of the Stars, Winkleman Gallery,

New York, USA

 

2007

52st Venice Biennale,

Central Asia Pavilion, Venice, Italy

Time of Storytellers, Kiasma Museum,

Helsinki, Finland

Live Cinema, The return of the Image,

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, USA

La Biennale de Montreal 2007, Montreal, Canada