BIOGRAPHY
Hassan Kurbanbaev is photographer based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He is also co-founder of
studio/ imprint Invisible Island, located in the southwest of Tashkent
Past
Projects
Between 2016 and 2021, Hassan made three projects that reflect modern Uzbekistan
Introduction
In 2016, large-scale political changes have been
taking place in Uzbekistan, including the partial lifting of censorship by the
authorities, easing control over the media, and improving working conditions
for independent artists. For Hassan, this becomes an impulse to rethink his relationship
with photography and focus on the creation of personal series.
Keeping in mind the state slogan -
"Uzbekistan is a country with a great past and a great future", the
photographer is trying to understand what is in the middle.
Projects
Untitled ( Portrait of Uzbekistan)
Tashkent. Youth
Logomania: Owning the World at Half Price
CV (pdf)
Education
2000 - 2004
State Institute of Arts and Culture, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Grants / Awards
2024
Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards; First Photobook Shortlist
2023 Polycopies & co, winner
2023 Prince Claus Seed Award, recipient
2023 Aperture Portfolio Prize, finalist
2020 New East Photo Prize;
Calvert 22 Foundation
Books
One Head and Thousand Years,
Art Paper Editions, 2024
Solo exhibitions
2024 Logomania : Owning the world at half price,
Micki Meng Gallery - San Francisco, USA
2020 Homework, 139 Documentary Center
- Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Group exhibitions
2023
New East
Festival: A celebration of contemporary photography, IDEAL - Barcelona, Spain
2023 Kin, Guts Gallery - London, UK
2020 All In This Together, Photo Vogue Festival - Milan, Italy
2020 Young Curators: Tell Me, Noorderlight Foto Festival - Groningen, the Netherlands
2020 The Real Thing, Fashion Space Gallery - London, UK
2018
Post-Soviet Visions: image and
identity in the new Eastern Europe, Calvert 22 Foundation - London, UK
CONTACT
For all inquires, please email to
kurbanbaevhassan@gmail.com
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