Aziza Kadyri

Aziza Kadyri Aziza Kadyri is a multidisciplinary artist based in London and Tashkent.

Aziza Kadyri is a London-based multidisciplinary artist with a focus on experimental costume, textiles, live/digital performance, extended reality., and immersive tech She is also cofounder of Qizlar Collective, a grassroots feminist community of artists and creators based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Aziza’s work is grounded in a fusion of collaboration and interdisciplinary methodologies that drive

the creation of both physical and digital immersive experiences. She is interested in participatory practices with local communities and her projects explore the themes of migration, displacement, social invisibility, identity, decolonisation, feminism, and language.

I’m very grateful to be named a medallist in this year’s Art Basel Awards. It means a great deal to have a practice like...
16/04/2026

I’m very grateful to be named a medallist in this year’s Art Basel Awards. It means a great deal to have a practice like this recognised, one that continues to take shape through an ongoing across unlikely intersections of the material and digital. Big thanks to the organisers and the selection committee, and congratulations to the fellow medallists - I’m honoured to be in your company!

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First day of my month-long residency at - already full of surprises and discoveries. Feeling really excited to dive int...
02/04/2026

First day of my month-long residency at - already full of surprises and discoveries. Feeling really excited to dive into R&D for my upcoming projects, and to work on reanimating my performance practice with a new technological twist. I’ve admired the artistry of ever since my first baby steps in the world of theatre - and it feels special to be able to find inspiration now in this beautiful residency space he created, surrounded by incredible people, art and knowledge.

Hong Kong and sisterhood photo dump 🧡 thank you my dearest little sister for joining me on this spontaneous short adven...
28/03/2026

Hong Kong and sisterhood photo dump 🧡 thank you my dearest little sister for joining me on this spontaneous short adventure, miss you already

Now on view: ‘Her Stage (IV)’ at in Hong Kong as part of “Threading Inwards” group show curated by A new iteration ...
27/03/2026

Now on view: ‘Her Stage (IV)’ at in Hong Kong as part of “Threading Inwards” group show curated by

A new iteration of the project with interactive soft sculptures, accompanied by the original 2024 two-channel moving image work, supported by

If you’re in HK don’t miss this wonderful exhibition! Feeling very honoured and excited to be surrounded with works by 13 amazing fellow artists.

09/03/2026

Final week to experience the immersive world of PLAY NICE at ! Come visit the show before it closes, open daily from 10am to 6pm, G31 space in the New Wing, final day March 15 🌺

What a joy and privilege it is to present my ‘Self-Exoticisation Archives’ series at the National Museum of Norway ! And...
20/02/2026

What a joy and privilege it is to present my ‘Self-Exoticisation Archives’ series at the National Museum of Norway ! And during an event titled ‘Azizam’ 🤩

My heartfelt thanks to Håkon and Noor for including me in the wonderful programme of Deviant Ornaments ❤️

The fog splits under a crashing beam, false routes fading away, and the lone electric track that survives glows with gra...
10/12/2025

The fog splits under a crashing beam, false routes fading away, and the lone electric track that survives glows with grave intent, even though the pulse running through it crackles with a kind of mischievous disbelief at its own theatrics

Thank you for the lovely portraits (and also .surin )

Only 2 weeks left to see my work at ! 'Subject to Change' runs until Dec 19 ✨. Limited edition 'Self-exoticisation Archi...
04/12/2025

Only 2 weeks left to see my work at ! 'Subject to Change' runs until Dec 19 ✨.
Limited edition 'Self-exoticisation Archives' prints are still available - DM for details.

Day 2 of my takeover of .io 🩵This print series is a part of my solo show “Play Nice” at Somerset House. When the viewer ...
25/11/2025

Day 2 of my takeover of .io 🩵

This print series is a part of my solo show “Play Nice” at Somerset House.

When the viewer sits on the school chair facing a wall, a row of cold tube lights snaps on. Their harsh flicker reveals a set of artworks arranged like the portraits of “great men” that once hung in my classrooms: white male writers, scientists and thinkers presented as the universal standard.

Here, that familiar format becomes a reconstructed pantheon of the archetypes and stereotypes that shaped my experience as a migrant raised inside a colonial system that denies its own coloniality. Each portrait is synthesised using AI through image-to-image pipelines that I fine-tune with my own datasets, combining Suzani embroidery imagery, classroom portraits of so-called “remarkable persons,” and images of my own face. By training AI on these materials and generating new images from them, the work reflects on how identity is constructed, imposed and continually reimagined.

Photos by Tim Bowditch.

A direct way to donate and support - order prints now via link in bio, and at circa.art/palestine ...
24/10/2025

A direct way to donate and support - order prints now via link in bio, and at circa.art/palestine

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From one big screen to another ✨ My 2020 work “Kadyrova Street” is now showing daily from 27 September 2025 to 6 January...
16/10/2025

From one big screen to another ✨ My 2020 work “Kadyrova Street” is now showing daily from 27 September 2025 to 6 January 2025 on the Big Screen Southend , alongside moving images works of the amazing .arif.art and . Thank you for including me in this programme! Happy to see this work in new exciting contexts. And of course thanks to for letting me film in his kitchen with his camera back in lockdown times!

Photos by Anna Lukala

Gold medal 🥇 at the 18th International Triennial of Textile hosted in in Łódź. I didn’t anticipate receiving this award...
12/10/2025

Gold medal 🥇 at the 18th International Triennial of Textile hosted in in Łódź. I didn’t anticipate receiving this award, and I feel both humbled and thankful for this recognition!

‘Her Stage’ series is dedicated to my maternal grandmother - to her strength, her unrealised dreams - and is about the systems that surrounded her, as well as the unexpected ways memory lives through the body.

Thank you to the jury, curators, and museum team for your care and belief in this work, and to all the artists and friends I have the privilege of showing alongside in this wonderful event.ariza.gonzalez .men .kowalewska.165

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Created with support from
*images are from the 2024 exhibition in Berlin

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