About
Work

* Hoope / 2023
* In the city of L. / 2023
* Elastics / 2022–present 
* Stones / 2021













Zhanar Bereketova is an artist and tutor from Moscow, Russia. Currently resides in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

zhanarbereketova@gmail.com





Personal exhibitions

2023
In the City of L., Egin Art Space, Almaty, Kazakhstan

Duo exhibitions

2022
Dasha+Zhanar, INDUSTRA Gallery, Brno, Czech Republic

2021
Dasha+Zhanar, Peresvetov Gallery, Moscow, Russia


Group exhibitions & festivals

2023
Ecosistem Festival, Bucharest, Romania
Artbat Festival, Cultura.kz, Almaty

2022
25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire,
Museum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Sidewalk Video Gallery, Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, USA
2nd International Ecoperformance Festival, S.o Paulo, Brasil
Kino Club, Helsinki, Finland
Over the Hump, Localize Festival, Potsdam, Germany
Frictions, Performance Garten Festival, Cologne, Germany





















2021
Art For Demolition, Electrical Workshops, Moscow
Waiting Horizon, Polytechic Museum, Moscow
Unreal Bonfires, One Night Public Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Interstice, MOTOR, Los Angeles, USA
Creating by Destruction, Nagornaya Gallery, Moscow
Aesthetics of Hybrid Surfaces, 22 Gallery, Moscow
Paadmaan Video Event, Sharif Gallery, Tehran, Iran
Mykolaiv ART Week: Connect, 8 Prichal, Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Default, Round Lemon, London, United Kingdom

2020
The Radical Cleansing, Park Gallery,
VII Biennale of Contemporary Art in Moscow

2019
The Rooms, We See Items, Moscow,
Dysmorphophobia, MMOMA, Moscow
Zines, Zines, Zines, Nekrasovka, Moscow

2017
Artwerk Forum, Moscow
British Higher School of Art & Design Degree Show, Moscow
Upcycle Festival, Moscow

















Awards

2022
Golden Aesop Grand Prix in section contemporary art, 25th Gabrovo Biennial of Humor and Satire,
Museum of Humor and Satire, Gabrovo, Bulgaria
Special Mention, 2nd International Ecoperformance Festival Cine Bijou, S.o Paulo, Brasil


Residencies

2021
Open Studios, Winzavod, Moscow


Qualifications

2021
Associate Fellowship, Advance HE, England, United Kingdom

2014–2017
BA (Hons) Graphic Design, First Class Honours, University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom

2013–2014
Pediatric Internship, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

2007–2013
Pediatrics, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University

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