Artist

Nazira Karimi

In her films, Nazira Karimi tells women's stories to explore Central Asian memory and environment impacted by colonization. Born in 1996 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the half-Tajik, half-Kazakh artist and her family repatriated to Kazakhstan in 2013. In Almaty, she studied scenography and painting, and since 2018, she has continued her artistic exploration in Vienna. Feminism and decoloniality aren't just themes in Karimi's works; they embody her artistic process. She is involved in multiple female artist collectives and platforms, fostering art and knowledge production and nurturing art communities in Central Asia. Karimi participated in documenta 15 (2022) as a member of the DAVRA Research Group initiated by Saodat Ismailova. Over the last five years, she has embarked on artistic residencies in Italy and the Czech Republic, showcasing her films and installations across Asia and Europe.

-Dana Iskakova