I am a London-based Uzbek multidisciplinary artist focusing on textiles, sculpture, new technologies, experimental costume and performance practices. 

My artistic approach is characterised by a fusion of collaboration and interdisciplinary methodologies that drive the creation of both physical and digital immersive experiences. Central to my practice is a deep-seated interest in participatory practices within local communities. This interest has led me to co-found Qizlar, a self-organised grassroots collective firmly grounded in principles of interdisciplinarity and intersectionality, as well as enacting social change.

In my projects, I explore a diverse array of themes, including migration, displacement, social invisibility, identity, decolonisation, feminism, and loss of language. These themes serve as focal points for my work, each offering a lens through which I examine societal dynamics and experiences of women within Central Asia and diaspora.


I am intrigued by the potential of XR/AR/VR and AI technologies to enrich artistic research, edutainment, and socially engaged practices. I seek to understand and harness the capabilities of these tools to facilitate deeper engagement and interaction within artistic, activist and cultural contexts.

In parallel, I dedicate myself to researching and experimenting with innovative ways of interacting with cultural heritage, particularly textiles and costume – media that have been traditionally labelled as ‘feminine’. Leveraging the latest technological advancements to reimagine traditional narratives and practices, I transform them to be more relevant to our contemporary experiences, and engage in a process of alternative mythmaking.

gallery enquiries: agnieszka @ east-contemporary.org

artist and portfolio enquiries: aziza @ azizakadyri.com

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS

2025

(upcoming) Bild und Macht. Zeppelinfotografie im Fokus (commission), Zeppelin Museum, Friedrichshafen, DE

(upcoming) Re-Constellations, 5th Hangzhou Triennial of Fiber Art, Zhejiang Art Museum, Hangzhou, CN

(upcoming) Ravenous Remediation: Documentary to AI Imaging from Eurasia, Cinematheque, Cleveland Institute of Art, US

2024

Don’t Miss the Cue, Uzbekistan National Pavilion, 60th Venice Biennale, Venice, IT

Soft Data (solo), eastcontemporary, Milan, IT

Swaying the Current, Zilberman, Berlin, DE

You are here. Central Asia, Fondazione Elpis, Milan, IT

Spinning Tales (solo), Pushkin House, London, UK

The New Subject. Mutating Rights and Conditions of Living Bodies, KINDL – Centre for Contemporary Art, Berlin, DE

Self-exoticisation archives @ ECHO, The Lab at Oaklands Rise, London, UK

2023

Her Stage (I), Stihia Festival, Navoi Region, UZ

9 Moons, Өmə, nGbK & Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, DE

9 Moons: imagined archives, TAEX platform, London, UK

Ciné Moon Mobile, D’EST/District * School without Center, Berlin, DE

2022

Museum of Moscow’s Subconscious, Athens Digital Arts Festival, Athens, GR

2021

De-canon, Sevkabel port, Saint Petersburg, RU

Android walks into a bar, Centre of Theater Mastership, Nizhny Novgorod, RU

Augmenting the shopping centre. Experiencing the Museum, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, RU

De-canon, New Skin: The Myth of a Technological Body, Sevkabel port, Saint Petersburg, RU

Body-Gap-Garment-Gap-Room, DECODING THE HABITUAL Symposium, 6th Tallinn Photomonth Biennial, Tallinn, EE

Urban.XYZ, MTS.Live Augmented reality theatre, various locations, RU

Over there, Praktika Theatre, Moscow, RU

OUTSIDE, Ermolova Theatre, Moscow, RU

Beyond the wind, Petr Fomenko Workshop theatre, Moscow, RU

Homeward, Evripideio Theatro Rematias, Athens, GR

RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

2025

Bow Arts Soho Connections Residency, UK

2024

Creative Technologies Fellowship Recipient and Resident at Somerset House Studios in partnership with UAL Creative Computing Institute (CCI), UK 

Delfina Foundation UK Associate, UK

2022

Auggie Award for Best Campaign, AWE USA

1st Place, Workshops Category, Athens Digital Arts Festival

2021

Winner, NOVA ART 8 Contest, Anna Nova Gallery

Feminist Translocalities Residency, RU 

2020

IZOLYATSIA. Platform for Cultural Initiatives, Landscape as a Monument Residency, UA

Artigit'l Residency, UK

Inteatro - Villa Nappi Polverigi, IT 

2019

Stiftung Reinbeckhallen, DE 

TALKS & WORKSHOPS

2025

(upcoming) Systems Overhaul: Disrupting the System, Architectural Association, UK

(upcoming) Stitching Luck: Talisman Crafting, Croydon Council, UK

Gallery and Exhibition Design, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Break Down and Stitch Up, Toneelacademie Maastricht, NL

Soft Techne: Crafting Futures. A conversation with Dr Vivek Gupta, Delfina Foundation, UK

Don’t Miss the Spin: Tales of Transcultural Geography, Women’s Agency and Intermedia Patterns. A conversation with Alyce Mahon, Pushkin House, UK

2024

Digital Activism in Grassroots Action, UAL: London College of Communication, UK

Suzani Reimagined, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK

Ha’m-neshini hosted by Morehshin Allahyari, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK

Break Down and Stitch Up, Critical Infrastructures and Image Politics (CIIP), UK

Monuments, Digital Activism, AR and Photogrammetry, Winchester School of Art, UK

Storyboarding for Costume Design, UAL: London College of Fashion, UK

Detours on Memory Lane Workshop, Pushkin House, UK

Confronting Mediocracy: Creative Agencies Pushing the Boundaries, 4th World Conference on Creative Economy, UZ

Re-practice Laboratory, Tselinny Center, KZ

Reimagining suzani with AI and AR, La Biennale, IT

2023

Digital Activism in XR, FemAgora Central Asia, KZ

Performative spaces of extended reality, Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague, CZ

2022

AR in Activism, 139 Documentary Center, UZ

Digital and AR fashion, 139 Documentary Center, UZ

2021

AR as a Medium for Social Commentary, Athens Digital Arts Festival, GR 

AR for Cyberfeminism, FemAgora Central Asia, KZ

PUBLICATIONS

2024

Don’t Miss The Cue, Exhibition catalogue

RARE Visions of Performance Design and Scenography, Theatralia: Journal of Theatre Studies, vol. 27, no. 1 (Guest editor)

EDUCATION

2018-2020  MA Performance Design & Practice, Central Saint Martins, London, UK

2013-2017 BA Fashion Design, Tsinghua University, Beijing, CN