Syinat Zholdosheva

Artist, Designer, Writer, Zine-Curator
Co-Founder of Bishkek School of Contemporary Art,
Co-Founder of Art-Residence of BiSCA "Bulbul",
Brand Design Manager at University of Central Asia.

Bishkek School of Contemporary Art

The Bishkek School of Contemporary Art (BiSCA) is a socially engaged art platform that offers to accumulate and promote art practices, reflections and experiences in their various manifestations, both at the level of mediums and at the level of artistic decisions / gestures / acts.
https://bishci.com/

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Art-Residence "Bulbul"

Nestled in the foothills of the Kyrgyz Ala-Too mountains, the Bulbul Art-Residence is a living home for contemporary art, collective making, and cultural exchange. Founded by the Bishkek School of Contemporary Art (BiSCA), it invites artists, researchers, curators, thinkers, and dreamers from Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, and the world to gather, create, and grow together. We offer an environment rooted in care, community, and experimentation — a gentle resistance to burnout, a nest where new things are born.
http://bulbul.org.kg/

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Curated Zines

Aralash 3

A collection of creative works about the pandemic by authors from Kyrgyzstan, reflecting the new reality that has emerged in the world, in everyday life, and in our consciousness.

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Aralash 5

Dedicated to an art expedition to Talas and the Talas region, undertaken by the BiSCA team in spring 2021. The aim was to organize the festival Talas. Cinema. Art, hold workshops with local residents and cultural workers, and visit all the local museums.

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Aralash 6

A zine-catalogue of the ecological art festival TRASH-3, held in 2021 as part of the research project Art + Ecology and dedicated to the issues of environmental justice.

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Aralash 8

A collection of poems by Zhabay Uulu Tolgon, presenting the works of a talented young poet. The collection was compiled and illustrated by Syinat Zholdosheva, with the aim of supporting representatives of Kyrgyz poetry.

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Aralash 10

A zine-catalogue of the eco-art festival TRASH-4: Follow the Trash River, which took place in 2022.

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Aralash 13

This short story by Syinat Zholdosheva was written in 2014 and first published in the literary almanac “Many Languages — One World” in the same year.

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