Almagul Menlibaeva

♀ *1969 / Kazakhstan

Works

Solo exhibitions

Contested Cosmos

Women, Myth, and Technology across Central Asia

Frieze No. 9, London (GB)
1 May 2026 – 30 May 2026
TRANSOXIANA DREAMS

De Groen Collection, Arnhem (NL)
5 Apr 2019 – 16 Jun 2019
TRANSFORMATION

Grand Palais, Paris (FR)
17 Dec 2016 – 2 Jan 2017
The Union of Fire and Water

Venice Biennale - BAKU, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015
Transoxiana Dreams

Videozone

Ludwig Forum, Aachen (DE)
16 Nov 2014 – 22 Feb 2015
Exodus

Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden (DE)
6 Nov 2011 – 18 Dec 2011
Les reves perdus d'Aral

Benamou Lage Maxe, Paris (FR)
27 Oct 2011 – 19 Nov 2011
Transoxiana Dreams

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York (US)
24 Mar 2011 – 14 May 2011
Daughters of Turan

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York (US)
8 Apr 2010 – 15 May 2010
Kurban

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York (US)
26 Feb 2009 – 11 Apr 2009
Kissing Totems

Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, New York (US)
28 Feb 2008 – 5 Apr 2008

Group

Between Fires

Irradiated Imaginations & Anti-Nuclear Solidarities

Framer Framed, Amsterdam (NL)
13 Feb 2026 – 17 May 2026

with Emilija Škarnulyte, Asel Kadyrkhanova, Kamila Narysheva & Vicky Clarke
THE OTHER KABUL. REMAINS OF THE GARDEN

Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun (CH)
3 Sep 2022 – 4 Dec 2022

with Parastou Forouhar, Monica Ursina Jäger, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Ursula Palla, Neda Razavipour
ALL THE PRETTY LANDSCAPES

curated by Olaf Stüber

Persons Projects, Berlin (DE)
5 Nov 2021 – 15 Jan 2022

with Bigert & Bergstroem, Maryna Makarenko, Lukas Marxt, Bjoern Melhus
Potential Worlds 1: Planetary Memories

migros museum, Zürich (CH)
7 Mar 2020 – 11 Oct 2020

with Monira Al Qadiri, Maria Thereza Alves, Alberto Baraya, Ursula Biemann, Carolina Caycedo, Mark Dion, Mishka Henner, Reena Saini Kallat, Kiluanji Kia Henda, Katja Novitskova, Tabita Rezaire, Zina Saro-Wiwa
Natürlich Kunst

Kühlhaus Berlin, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2019 – 21 Sep 2019

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Susanne Brodhage, Chung Chuha, Claudia Faehrenkemper, Matthias Koch, Hans-Christian Schink
HERO MOTHER

Momentum, Berlin (DE)
14 May 2016 – 12 Jun 2016

with Marina Abramovic, Nezaket Ekici, Sanja Ivekovic, Katarzyna Kozyra
Threads

Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
15 Mar 2014 – 17 Aug 2014

with Zarina Bhimji, Célio Braga, Yael Davids, Shezad Dawood, Nicholas Hlobo, Kimsooja, LIN Tianmiao
Female Power

Museum Arnhem, Arnhem (NL)
2 Mar 2013 – 19 May 2013

with Melanie Bonajo, Chitra Ganesh, Vidya Gastaldon, Cuny Janssen, Ana Mendieta, Nandipha Mntambo, Mai-Thu Perret, Nina Poppe, Mathilde ter Heijne, Miwa Yanagi
Latitudes Est

Benamou Lage Maxe, Paris (FR)
6 Jun 2012 – 26 Jul 2012

with ZHANG Huan, Wang Qingsong, YANG Yongliang
Between Heaven and Earth

Contemporary Art From The Centre of Asia

Calvert 22 Foundation, London (GB)
14 Sep 2011 – 13 Nov 2011

with Vyacheslav Akhunov, Said Atabekov, Galim Madanov & Zauresh Terekbay, Mariam Ghani, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev, Rustam Khalfin, Erbol Meldibekov, Alexander Nikolaev, Aleksey Rumyantseva, Oksana Shatalova
Fourth Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art - Rewriting Worlds

Moscow Biennale, Moscow (RU)
23 Sep 2011 – 30 Oct 2011

with Ahmet Oeguet, Victor Alimpiev, Kader Attia, Katerina Belkina, Bernadette Corporation, Michael Bielicky, Beni Bischof, Sergey Bratkov, Jim Campbell, Daniel Canogar, Marina Chernikova, Olga Chernysheva …
Expanded Cinema. Part 1

Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow (RU)
14 Jun 2011 – 3 Jul 2011

with Doug Aitken, Victor Alimpiev, Johanna Billing, Boris Eldagsen, Harun Farocki, Taus Makhacheva, Anri Sala, Fiona Tan
Videonale 13 - Festival für zeitgenössische Videokunst

Videonale, Bonn (DE)
14 Apr 2011 – 29 May 2011

with Shimon Attie, Anna Baumgart, Janet Biggs, Ascan Breuer, Daya Cahen, Keren Cytter, Shezad Dawood, John di Stefano, Sam Easterson, Peter Freund, Christoph Girardet, Nate Harrison …
Sharjah Biennial 10

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
16 Mar 2011 – 16 May 2011

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Hala Alani, Ziad Antar, Atfal Ahdath (Vartan Avakian, Hatem Imam & Raed Yassin), Yto Barrada, Judith Barry, Bahar Behbahani, Ammar Bouras, Jem Cohen, Trisha Donnelly, Harun Farocki, Mariam Ghani …
21st Century: Art in the First Decade

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
18 Dec 2010 – 28 Apr 2011

with Francis Alys, Pierre Bismuth, Candice Breitz, Olaf Breuning, Justine Cooper, Thomas Demand, Parastou Forouhar, YANG Fudong, Shaun Gladwell, Bill Henson, Emily Jacir, Isaac Julien …
21st Century: Art in the First Decade

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
18 Dec 2010 – 25 Apr 2011

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Pierre Bismuth, Candice Breitz, Olaf Breuning, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Parastou Forouhar, YANG Fudong, Shaun Gladwell, Romuald Hazoumé …
Rencontres Internationales Paris / Madrid / Berlin

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
29 Jun 2010 – 4 Jul 2010

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Emmanuelle Antille, Mohamed Bourouissa, Marco Brambilla, Jem Cohen, Pedro Costa, Eléonore de Montesquiou, Bea de Visser, Peter Downsbrough, Harun Farocki, Dora Garcia, Ken Jacobs …
Unconditional Love

Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
4 Jun 2009 – 5 Nov 2009

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Artists Anonymous, Angelo Bucarelli, Wim Delvoye, Miltos Manetas, Youssef Nabil
Off the Beaten Path: Violence, Woman and Art

MUNCH, Oslo (NO)
20 Jun 2009 – 9 Aug 2009

with Marina Abramovic, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Icelandic Love Corporation, Amal & Abd El Ghany Kenawy, Yoko Ono
International Video Art

mostra a cura di Anita Beckers

Centro di Cultura Contemporanea Strozzin, Firenze (IT)
18 Sep 2008 – 2 Nov 2008

with Marina Abramovic, Victor Alimpiev, Laura Belem, Guy Ben-Ner, Candice Breitz, Rae di Martino, Kota Ezawa, Harun Farocki, Charlotte Ginsborg, Philippe Grammaticopoulos, Cao Guimaraes, Frank Hesse …
The Distance To The Sun

Galleria Davide Gallo, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2008 – 1 Oct 2008

with Andrea Dojmi, Hetain Patel
TIME CODE

Time Code is a project dedicated to time in video art

MAMbo - Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna (IT)
15 Nov 2007 – 12 Jun 2008

with Knut Asdam, Riccardo Benassi, Pavel Braila, Loulou Cherinet, Pierre Coulibeuf, Simonetta Fadda, Frederic Moser & Philippe Schwinger, Shona Illingworth, Ottonella Mocellin, Nicola Pellegrini, Roberta Piccioni, Sara Rossi …
Time of the Storytellers

Narrative and Distant Gaze in Post-Soviet Art

Kiasma Museum, Helsinki (FI)
21 Jun 2007 – 30 Sep 2007

with Vahram Aghasyan, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Said Atabekov, Pavel Braila, Olga Chernysheva, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev, Dmitry Gutov, Hamlet Hovsepian, Yelena Vorobyeva, Viktor Vorobyev
The Paradox of Polarity: Contemporary Art from Central Asia

Curated by Leeza Ahmady

Bose Pacia Gallery, New York (US)
12 Jan 2007 – 17 Feb 2007

with Said Atabekov, Rustam Khalfin, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Julia Tikhonova, Yelena Vorobyeva, Viktor Vorobyev
Biennale Internazionale di Fotografia di Brescia 2006

Biennale Int. di Fotografia, Brescia (IT)
7 Jun 2006 – 14 Sep 2006

with Berenice Abbott, Marina Abramovic, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Colette Alvarez Bravo, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Lillian Bassman, Lillian Bassman, Letizia Battaglia, Vanessa Beecroft, Ruth Bernhard, Lynn Bianchi …
15th Biennale of Sydney

Biennale of Sydney, Sydney (AU)
8 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Anas Al-Shaikh, Navjot Altaf, Fikret Atay, Rebecca Belmore, Zarina Bhimji, Stella Brennan, Elina Brotherus, Olga Chernysheva, CHEN Chieh-Jen, Calin Dan, Tacita Dean, Evelina Deicmane …
Art from Central Asia

Curator: Viktor Misiano

Centre for Contemporary Art, Warszawa (PL)
25 Feb 2006 – 17 Apr 2006

with Vyacheslav Akhunov, Said Atabekov, Maxim Boronilov, Elena & Victor Vorobyev, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev, Rustam Khalfin, Roman Maskalev, Sergey Maslov, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Alexander Nikolaev, Julia Tikhonova, Sergey Tychina …
Féminités en question

Mains d'oeuvres, Saint-Ouen (FR)
18 Nov 2005 – 29 Nov 2005

with Jananne Al-Ani, Brice Dellsperger, Arnaud Delrue, Majida Khattari, Alfredo Piola
Vom roten Stern zur blauen Kuppel.

Kunst aus Zentralasien

ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
4 Feb 2005 – 19 Mar 2005

with Said Atabekov, Elena & Victor Vorobyev, Galim Madanov & Zauresh Terekbay, Marina Lyubaskina, Erbol Meldibekov, Naomi Tereza Salmon, Zitta Sultanbaeva & Ablikim Akmullaev
La mossa delle idee

Cinema Alfieri Atelier, Firenze (IT)
13 Dec 2004 – 30 Dec 2004

with Brooke Alfaro, Simone Armelani, Marco Baroncelli, Joel Bartolomeo, Stefano Boccalini, Valentine Borlant, Antonio Borrani, Stefan Constantinescu, Michele Dantini, Arjen de Leeuw, Tessa Manon Den Uyl, Raffaele Di Vaia …
Islamische Welten: Vom roten Stern zur blauen Kuppel.

Kunst und Architektur in Zentralasien

ifa-Galerie, Berlin (DE)
26 Mar 2004 – 30 May 2004

with Said Atabekov, Elena & Victor Vorobyev, Galim Madanov & Zauresh Terekbay, Marina Lyubaskina, Erbol Meldibekov, Naomi Tereza Salmon, Zitta Sultanbaeva & Ablikim Akmullaev

Events

LOOP Festival 2024

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
13 Nov 2024 – 23 Nov 2024

with Gabriel Abrantes, Amie Barouh, Lenka Clayton, Johan Grimonprez, Elena Kovylina, Metahaven, Laure Prouvost, CHEN Zhou
POSITIONS Berlin Art Fair 2024

Positions Berlin, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2024 – 15 Sep 2024

with Moritz Berg, Tina Berning, Giovanni Castell, Laurent Chehere, Goetz Diergarten, Charles Johnstone, Mischa Kuball, Ralf Peters, Luzia Simons, Gregor Toerzs, Thomas Wrede, Luo Yang
The Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2024

CONTACT Festival, Toronto (CA)
1 May 2024 – 31 May 2024

with Alishah Ahmad, Sara Angelucci, Nuits Balnéaires, Anne Balneg, Lorna Bauer, Arielle Bobb-Willis, Felicia Byron, Holly Chang, June Clark, Andrew Dadson, Danielle Dean, Claudia Faehrenkemper …
Thailand Biennale, Chiang Rai 2023

Thailand Biennale, Bangkok (TH)
9 Dec 2023 – 30 Apr 2024

with Maria Thereza Alves, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Kader Attia, Pablo Bartholomew, CHIA-WEI HSU, Pierre Huyghe, Michael Lin, Ernesto Neto, Anading Poklong, Shimabuku, Kamonlak Sukchai, Sarah Sze …
ASIA NOW - Paris Asian Art Fair 2023

Asia Now Fair, Paris (FR)
20 Oct 2023 – 22 Oct 2023

with Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Said Atabekov, Ala Ebtekar, Saodat Ismailova, Maleonn (Ma Liang), HUANG Xiaoliang, Nhu Xuan Hua, Sarp Kerem Yavuz, YANG Yongliang
Sharjah Biennial 15

Thinking Historically in the Present

Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah (AE)
7 Feb 2023 – 11 Jun 2023

with Erkan Oezgen, John Akomfrah, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Brook Andrew, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Pablo Bartholomew, Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Carolina Caycedo …
Cairo Biennale 13

Eyes East Bound

Palace of Arts , Cairo (EG)
10 Jun 2019 – 10 Aug 2019

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Ammar Al Attar, Ljubodrag Andric, Mohamed Bourouissa, Max de Esteban, Maimouna Guerresi , Kim Heecheon, Brigitte Kowanz, Youssef Nabil, Ursula Palla, Eva Petric, Tobias Putrih …
Fo.To - Fotografi a Torino 2019

Fo.To - Fotografi a Torino, Torino (IT)
3 May 2019 – 16 Jun 2019

with Ravi Agarwal, Giorgio Avigdor, James Balog, Gabriele Basilico, Mario Cresci, Raphael Danke, Lili Dujourie, Francesca Galliani, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Steve McCurry, Ryuji Miyamoto, Daniel Pype …
The 7th Guangzhou Triennial 2023

SYMPHONY OF ALL THE

Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou (CN)
21 Dec 2018 – 10 Mar 2019

with Xu Bing, Li Binyuan, Peter Campus, YAN Changjiang, Zhang Ding, SONG Dong, Shen Fan, CAO Fei, AN Ge, Gary Hill, Liu Jianhua, ZHU Jinshi …
Videoart at Midnight Festival 18

Videoart at Midnight, Berlin (DE)
12 Dec 2018 – 16 Dec 2018

with Ulf Aminde, Yuri Ancarani, Ed Atkins, Michel Auder, Yael Bartana, John Bock, Candice Breitz, Filipa Cesar, Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller, Chto Delat International, Phil Collins, Keren Cytter …
Contemporary Istanbul 2018

Istanbul Convention and Exhibition Centr, Istanbul (TR)
20 Sep 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Ali Alisir, Fatma Bucak, Nilbar Gueres, Murat Germen, Candida Hoefer, Renata Poljak, Yusuf Sevincli
Art Paris Art Fair 2018

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Gabor Oesz, Ignasi Aballi, Peter Aerschmann, Dieter Appelt, Edgar Arceneaux, Eric Aupol, Jessica Backhaus, Jose Manuel Ballester, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Guido Baselgia, Vanessa Beecroft …
KINO DER KUNST

KINO DER KUNST, München (DE)
19 Apr 2017 – 23 Apr 2017

with AES+F, Halil Altindere, Shoja Azari, Clement Cogitore, Sue de Beer, Víctor Erice, Dionis Escorsa, Omer Fast, Simon Fujiwara, Johan Grimonprez, Noa Gur, Michal Helfman …
Videoart at Midnight #98

Babylon Mitte, Berlin (DE)