Safarova Guldana

Born in 1965 in Almaty. Currently lives in Karaganda.

1982-1987 Degree in teaching Russian Language and Literature, department of Philology, Karaganda State University

1995-1999 Degree in Art Science and Fine Art Museum, Moscow Graduate School of Art Science of the Russian Academy for re-training of specialists in Arts, Culture and Tourism

 

Professional Experience

1989-1990 Director, Teenager Club for Aesthetic Education, Karaganda

1990-1992 Junior researcher, Karaganda Oblast Museum of Art

1992-1994 Instructor, Industrial-Pedagogical College

1994-1999 Head of the Science and Information Section, Karaganda Regional Museum of Art

1999-2001 Deputy Director, Karaganda Regional Museum of Art

Participant in “Center for Communal Connections Kenes” project of the Soros Foundation

2000-2002 Coordinator of educational program of the “Desht-i-Art” Center of the “Laboratory for Communal Development”

 

Curatorial Projects

1997 “Colour of Time”(from History of Karaganda art of the late 30s-early 60s), Kasteev State Museum of Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Bridge. Almaty-Akmola”(Co-curator), Kazakhstan

1999 “XX century through the eyes of artists”(from archives of Karaganda Art Museum), Karaganda

2000 “New Reality. Contemporary art in Kazakhstan”(with L. Pletnikova), Karaganda Art Museum, Kazakhstan
2nd Exhibition of Soros Center for Contemporary Art-Almaty“, “Communications: Experience in Interaction”. member of the curator group (“Atakent” exhibition Hall, Almaty)

2001 “The Fate’s Trajectory. The roots of Karaganda Art” (with L. Pletnikova), “Desht-i-Art” center, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
“Endless comprehension of E. Vazzoler”(with L. Pletnikova), “Desht-i-Art” center, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
“Simply koo” – exhibitions of young Karaganda artists (with G. Safarova), Karaganda, Kazakhstan

2002 “Minus six”(with L. Pletnikova), Karaganda, Kazakhstan
“Minus six”(with L. Pletnikova), Festival “Tengri-Umai”, Almaty, Kazakhstan
“Eurasian syndrome”(with L. Pletnikova), Karaganda, Kazakhstan; Ekaterinburg-Nizhni Tagil, Russia

Organized or Participated in the Following Exhibitions:

1997 organized 3 exhibitions of Karaganda German artists, German House, Almaty

 

Publications

Catalogues

1996 “A-la prima Frolov. Watercolours.” Karaganda

Digests

1999 Art by repressed German artists in Karaganda (late 30s-early 60s)”(with L. Pletnikova)
“Culture of Kazakhstan’s Germans: History and Modern Times”(Materials from International Conference, 1998), Almaty

2001 “When Art faded from memory... Karaganda Art of 1930-50s”, “Closed Pages of History”, (with L. Pletnikova), Karaganda

2002 “Kunst im Gulag”(with L. Pletnikova) in digest “Abseits der Seidenstrasse”, Berlin, Germany
“Returning to Art”(with L. Pletnikova), Almanac Tamyr, vol. 6, Almaty

Newspapers

1991 “A Natural Cycle”(about Polish folk art), Industrialnaya Karaganda, September

1995 “When art has been fading. Even from memory.”, Industrialnaya Karaganda, September