Saodat Ismailova: Amanat

Jan 21 - Apr 12 2026

Saodat Ismailova is an Uzbek filmmaker and artist living and working between Paris and Tashkent. She graduated from the Tashkent State Art Institute and Le Fresnoy — National Studio of Contemporary Arts in France. In 2021, she initiated Davra, a research collective dedicated to developing the Central Asian art scene. Ismailova participated in both the 59th Venice Biennale and documenta fifteen in 2022. The same year, she received The Eye Art & Film Prize (Amsterdam). In 2025, she received Foundation Pernod Ricard’s Nouveau Programme Award, was named an Art Basel Golden Awardee, and received the Han Nefkens Award for a new commission together with the Reina Sofía Museum (Madrid), Walker Center (USA), and the Singapore Museum of Arts. Her works are included in the collections of Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centre Pompidou, Paris; TBA21; FRAC Corsica; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; and the Almaty Museum of Arts, Kazakhstan; among others.

Image: Saodat Ismailova, Amanat, 2026. Courtesy of the artist