| Saule Suleimenova |
| Saule Suleimenova (b. 1970) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, graphics, and public art. She graduated in 1996 from the Kazakh Leading Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering with a degree in architectural design. Much of her work investigates collective memory, drawing on archives, photographs, and the semiotics of contemporary cities, while engaging deeply with the layered histories of Kazakhstan. Her ongoing series Cellophane Paintings employs recycled plastic bags as material, transforming them into vivid compositions. The works traverse subjects from the socio-political—such as Asharshylyk, Karlag, human rights, and the Uyghur genocide—to the deeply personal, including portraits of family members, flowers, and urban landscapes. Suleimenova is a laureate of the Zhiger, Shabyt, and Tengri Umai prizes. Recent exhibitions include Between the Sun and the Moon at the Lahore Biennale (curated by Sheikha Hoor Al Qasimi, 2020), Plastic, the Last Hero of the Great Steppe at Andakulova Gallery, Dubai (2021), Of Their Time (7): A Look at Private Collections at Frac Grand Large, Hauts-de-France (2023), and Kazakhstan All the Time at the Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea (2023). In 2025, Suleimenova will present her work at the Bukhara Biennial (Uzbekistan), the Kyiv Biennial, and the group exhibition Ancient Futures in London. Her works are included in numerous private and public collections, among them the Sharjah Art Foundation, Servais Family Collection, TOVA Foundation, Almaty Museum of Arts, M HKA, the Tselinny Shagylys Collection, and the Eurasian Cultural Alliance Collection. |
Plastic bags on recycled polyethylene
150 x 150 cm
Plastic bags on recycled polyethylene
150 x 150 cm
Plastic bags on recycled
polyethylene
150 x 150 cm