Saodat Ismailova

*1981 / Uzbekistan

Works

Solo exhibitions

Melted Into the Sun

History and myth converge in this cinematic short film

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
12 Sep 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
Amanat, The Sacred Forest

LUMA Arles, Arles (FR)
4 Jul 2026 – 7 Jan 2027
Amanat: As We Sleep

Kunsthalle Bern, Bern (CH)
11 Sep 2026 – 22 Nov 2026
As We Fade

BALTIC Centre Contemp Art, Gateshead (GB)
8 Nov 2025 – 7 Jun 2026
When the Water Turns to Wind

Portikus, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
21 Feb 2026 – 10 May 2026
Amanat

Swiss Institute - Contemporary Art, New York (US)
21 Jan 2026 – 12 Apr 2026
Paths of Light

Montreal Museum FA, Montréal (CA)
13 Feb 2026 – 4 Apr 2026
I Compete with Time

angels barcelona, Barcelona (ES)
15 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026
Chillahona

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
20 Sep 2025 – 11 Jan 2026
HER JOURNEYS, HER LIVES

STUK Arts Centre, Leuven (BE)
7 Oct 2025 – 14 Dec 2025
IBB Video Space

The Haunted

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
29 Jan 2025 – 28 Apr 2025
Saodat Ismailova

Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milano (IT)
12 Sep 2024 – 12 Jan 2025
OTHER TIME AND DAVRA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE

JOAN, Los Angeles (US)
22 Feb 2024 – 30 Mar 2024
18,000 Worlds

Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Jan 2023 – 4 Jun 2023

Group

Turandot: To the Daughters of the East

Parasol unit foundation, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2026 – 31 Oct 2026

with Lida Abdul, Hera Büyüktaşciyan, Mona Hatoum, Daria Kim, Farideh Lashai, Tala Madani
Kyiv Biennial

A Bird That Cannot Land

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
11 Jun 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Lida Abdul, Geta Bratescu, Julija Cimafejeva, Anna Ehrenstein, Assaf Gruber, Mona Hatoum, Joyce Joumaa, Hiwa K, Dana Kavelina, Oleksiy Radynski, Aykan Safoğlu, Hito Steyerl …
Photography Now

V&A Victoria & Albert Museum, London (GB)
15 Nov 2025 – 12 Sep 2026

with Ignacio Acosta, Monica Alcazar-Duarte, Ana Teresa Barboza, Jonathas de Andrade, Carlos Garaicoa, Ilanit Illouz, Mari Katayama, Dionne Lee, Frida Orupabo, Xavier Ribas, Theo Simpson, Sheida Soleimani …
Magical Realism: Imagining Natural Dis/order

WIELS Centre d'art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
29 May 2025 – 28 Sep 2025

with Bianca Baldi, Gaëlle Choisne, Edith Dekyndt, Ann Veronica Janssens, Joan Jonas, Pauline Julier, Barbara + Michael Leisgen, Jumana Manna, Otobong Nkanga, Daniel Steegmann Mangrane, Adrian Villar Rojas
Five Acts of Love

AUS Centre Contemporary Art, Melbourne (AU)
27 Jun 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Abdul Abdullah, Hoda Afshar, Megan Cope, Khaled Sabsabi, Larissa Sansour, Yhonnie Scarce, Ali Tahayori
Freeing the Voices

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
28 Feb 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Noor Abed, Marina Abramovic, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Valie Export, Anna Jermolaewa, Katalin Ladik, Lucia Nimcova, Selma Selman, Mladen Stilinovic
Liquid Grounds

Villa Arson, Nice (FR)
8 May 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Elena Mazzi
Art that takes you places.

The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

with CAMP, Ishu Han, Charles Lim, Sarker Protick, Wang Tuo, Alexander Ugay, Kawita Vatanajyankur
In Between

Zwischen Nicht-Mehr und Noch-Nicht

Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (CH)
27 Sep 2024 – 17 Nov 2024

with Judith Albert, Brigham Baker, Bouchra Khalili, Klara Liden, Christian Marclay, Eva Nielsen, Ursula Palla, Marijke van Warmerdam
The Venice Biennale - The Milk of Dreams

The 59th International Art Exhibition

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022

with Noor Abuarafeh, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Eileen Agar, Monira Al Qadiri, Sophia Al-Maria, Oezlem Altin, Gertrud Arndt, Tomaso Binga, ZHENG Bo, Marianne Brandt, Eglė Budvytytė, Liv Bugge …
Breaking Water

Exploring approaches to the subject of water, liquidity, and feminism

CAC Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
6 May 2022 – 14 Aug 2022

with Martha Atienza, Cecilia Bengolea, Carolina Caycedo, Cleo Fariselli, Marcos Avila Forero, Paul Maheke, Carmen Winant
An Opera for Animals

Para Site, Hong Kong (CN)
23 Mar 2019 – 9 Jun 2019

with Lee Bul, Ali Cherri, Chto Delat International, Chitra Ganesh, Tao Hui, Yee I-Lann, Alexander Kluge, Euan MacDonald, David Medalla, Ciprian Muresan, CHEN Qiulin, Robert Zhao Renhui …
Neon Paradise. Shamanism from Central Asia

Laura Bulian Gallery, Milano (IT)
9 Feb 2017 – 17 Mar 2017

with Vyacheslav Akhunov, Said Atabekov, Gulnara Kasmalieva & Muratbek Djumaliev
WINTER

Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
1 Jun 2013 – 24 Nov 2013

with Ikuru Kuwajima, Aza Shade

Events

Rubaiya Qatar

Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha (QA)
21 Nov 2026 – 30 Apr 2027

with Bani Abidi, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Monira Al Qadiri, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophia Al-Maria, Sophia Al-Maria, Shaima Al-Tamimi, Kamal Aljafari, Nadia Belerique, Meriem Bennani, Mohamed Bourouissa, Liu Chuang …
16th Gwangju Biennale

You must change your life

The Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju (KR)
5 Sep 2026 – 15 Nov 2026

with Matthew Barney, James Benning, Mona Benyamin, Rossella Biscotti, CAMP, Lygia Clark, A K Dolven, Inci Eviner, Rafik Greiss, Amanda Heng, Tehching Hsieh, Sohrab Hura …
Nouveau Printemps 2026

Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (FR)
29 May 2026 – 28 Jun 2026

with Pilar Albarracin, Safouane Ben Slama, Nicolas Daubanes, Anne Deguelle, Caroline Déodat, Gala Hernández López, Smaïl Kanouté, Paul Maheke, Caroline Monnet, Manuel Outumuro, Ben Russell, Rebecca Topakian …
ARCOmadrid 2026

ARCO ARte COntemporáneo, Madrid (ES)
4 Mar 2026 – 8 Mar 2026

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Helena Almeida, Eugenio Ampudia, Ibon Aranberri, Paula Artés, John Baldessari, Jacopo Benassi, Cecilia Bengolea, Renate Bertlmann, Jorge Méndez Blake, Daniel Blaufuks …
SITE SANTA FE INTERNATIONAL

Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe (US)
27 Jun 2025 – 13 Jan 2026

with Korakrit Arunanondchai, Ali Cherri, Sky Hopinka, David Horvitz, Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill, Sidsel Meineche Hansen, Eliot Porter, Wael Shawky, Penny Siopis, Ana Vaz
LOOP Video Art Fair 2025

LOOP, Barcelona (ES)
18 Nov 2025 – 20 Nov 2025

with Erkan Oezgen, Yalda Afsah, Janet Biggs, Florian Braakman, Julien Discrit, Elyla, Dionis Escorsa, Gabriela Golder, Noemie Goudal, Claudia Joskowicz, Annika Kahrs, Stelios Kallinikou …
The 11th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art

Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
30 Nov 2024 – 27 Apr 2025

with CAMP, Ishu Han, Charles Lim, Sarker Protick, Wang Tuo, Alexander Ugay, Kawita Vatanajyankur
17th Gjon Mili International Exhibition of Photography and Moving Image

She Who Starts the Song…

National Gallery of Kosovo, Prishtine (XK)
23 Jan 2025 – 30 Mar 2025

with Ivana Basić, Semâ Bekirovic, Kristina Benjocki, Željka Gita Blakšić, Angela Blažanović, Vera Hadzhiyska, Majlinda Hoxha, Astrit Ismaili, Sejla Kameric, Lebohang Kganye, Klodiana Millona & Endi Tupja, Ana Likar …
14th Shanghai Biennale

Cosmos Cinema

Shanghai Biennale - Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai (CN)
9 Nov 2023 – 31 Mar 2024

with Julieta Aranda, Itziar Barrio, Lucile Desamory, Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Liam Gillick, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Tatsuo Kawaguchi, David Lamelas, Shuang Li, Maha Maamoun, Nicholas Mangan …
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, Maleonn (Ma Liang), Almagul Menlibaeva, 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 …
Amsterdam Art Week 2023

Amsterdam Art Weekend, Amsterdam (NL)
31 May 2023 – 4 Jun 2023

with Albarran Cabrera, Beni Bischof, Ernest Cole, Paul Cupido, Sara Cwynar, Ryan Gander, General Idea, Anouk Kruithof, Sem Langendijk, Willy Spiller
The 59th International Art Exhibition

The Milk of Dreams

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
23 Apr 2022 – 27 Nov 2022

with Noor Abuarafeh, Akosua Adoma Owusu, Eileen Agar, Monira Al Qadiri, Sophia Al-Maria, Oezlem Altin, Gertrud Arndt, Tomaso Binga, ZHENG Bo, Marianne Brandt, Liv Bugge, Miriam Cahn …
documenta 15 Kassel

documenta, Kassel (DE)
18 Jun 2022 – 25 Sep 2022

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Marwa Arsanios, Kiri Dalena, Yasmine Eid-Sabbagh, Pinar Öğrenci, Wakaliga Uganda
Tallinn Photomonth 2021

Tallinn Photomonth, Tallinn (EE)
1 Sep 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Gabriele Beveridge, Jasmina Cibic, Tanja Engelberts, Terike Haapoja, Maryam Jafri, Peeter Maria Laurits, Herkki-Erich Merila, Marge Monko, Kristina Norman, Mika Taanila