Published! Interview with Sonata Raiymkulova for Times of Central Asia
Sonata Raiymkulova’s work moves between the personal and the political, exploring the human body as well as Bishkek’s changing urban landscape. In 2025, she produced ink drawings of plots of land suspended in space, inspired by local land seizures.
On April 1 that year, she walked from a city park to a museum wearing her Nomadic Museum, an embroidered coat that unfolds to display small works by other Kyrgyz artists. Her latest series turns inward, mapping the objects inside a flat and exploring how they shape the lives of its occupants. I have spoken with the artist for Times of Central Asia.
