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Alla Girik (Kazakhstan)


Alla Girik

Born in 1965. Lives in Rudny (Kazakhstan). Works in video, photo and installation.
Died in November 2006.

Projects and exhibitions (in co-partnership with Oksana Shatalova)

1997-2001: issuing Literature and Art Magazine “Pygmalion” (Rudny).

October 2004: International Festival “Videoidentity: The Sacred Places of Central Asia” (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

June 2005: took part in video program “Art from Central Asia: a contemporary archive” under the Central Asia Pavilion of the 51st Venice Biennale.

September 2005: the event “Capturing Utopia” (Fournos, Center for Digital Culture, Athens, Greece)

October 2005: 2nd Bishkek international exhibition of contemporary art “In the Shadow of Heroes” (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).

November 2005: VAD International Festival of Video and Digital Arts of Girona (Spain).

January 2006: SWGC Art Gallery’s Contemporary Film & Video Festival (Corner Brook, NL, Canada)

February 2006: The Soros Center for Contemporary Art-Almaty exhibition (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Alla Girik is participating in

  • media art show ://selfportrait – a show for Bethlehem – a show for Peace
  • Title of work:
    Self-portrait of woman, Digital photo, 2006

  • VideoChannel – Gender Identity
  • CologneOFF I – Identityscapes
  • Title:
    Warning! Woman (collaboration with Oksana Shatalova)

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    1. [...] Just today, I received the news that Alla Girik from Kazakhstan and participating artist in the show passed away already in November 2006 due to a heart desease. [...]

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