Published! Interview with Kazakh Artist Gulnur Mukazhanova for Times of Central Asia
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Born in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan, shortly before the end of the USSR, artist Gulnur Mukazhanovahas been working with textiles since beginning her practice, and influenced by Kazakh traditions, employs felt as a primary material.
Spiritual and emotional, her abstractions are informed by issues concerning identity and the transformation of traditional values of her native culture in the age of globalization.
I have interviewed the artist for The Times of Central Asia