EDUCATION
1990 MFA, Kazakh National University of Arts, Astana, Kazakhstan
1996 Degree in Design (with Honors) at Almaty State Academy of Architecture & Construction
1998 Design course, Publishing Training Center, London, U.K.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
National Museum of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
State Museum of Arts named after A. Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Foundation 107, Turin, Italy
Zimmerli Museum of Fine Arts, New Jersey, USA
Richard Spooner Collection, USA
Servais Family Collection, Belgium, USA
Eurasian Cultural Alliance Collection, Kazakhstan
Almaty Museum of Arts Collection, Kazakhstan
Boranbayev Family Collection, Kazakhstan
TOVA Foundation, Switzerland
M HKA Collection, Antwerpen, Belgium
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Unofficial Urban Chronicles, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2023 MILESTONE, Pygmalion Gallery x Qazart x ECA, Astana, Kazakhstan
2022 BIZ QARAPAIYM HALIQPIZ , Dom 36, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2021 Plastic, the Last Hero of the Great Steppe. The Art of Saule Suleimenova, Andakulova Gallery, Dubai, UAE
2020 Ultimate Love, Art Korobka space, Bagratuni Gallery, Moscow, Russia
Sky above Astana, public art project, Zhetysu park, Astana, Kazakhstan
2019 Residual Memory, Artpoint space, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2017 Skyline, National museum of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
Somewhere in the Great Steppe, Aurora Space, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2015 Steppe Pastoral, plastic bags public art project, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Kelin (Bride) plastic bags, ARTBAT FEST 6, Almaty, Kazakhstan How Big is Big?, Tedx Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan
45.., Art Samal gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2014 Cellophane painting, Artspace Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Cultural value…?, B2A Project, Esentai Mall, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2013 KUANYSHTYN SAULESI, Eastern Kazakhstan State Museum of Arts, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
2012 I’m kazakh, Kazakh Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia
Wax-engraving, Has Sanat Gallery, Astana, Kazakhstan
Kazakh Bet, L.E.S. space, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2011 I’m Kazakh, Russkiy Mir gallery, Paris, France
Kazakh Chronicle, Ark Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan, Has Sanat Gallery, Astana, Kazakhstan
2010 Central Exhibition hall, Direction of Art Exhibitions and Auctions of Ministry of Culture of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2007 Buses and Bus Stops, Tengri Umay Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2006 KUANYSHTYN SAULESI-5, Tengri Umay gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2005 Asia Alive program, Asian art museum, San Francisco, USA
Kazakh: Paintings by Saule Suleimenova, Townsend Center, Berkeley University, USA
Kazakh Chronicle, Tengri Umay Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2004 KUANYSHTYN SAULESI-4, Central Exhibition Hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2003 About Love, Tengri Umay gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2002 KUANYSHTYN SAULESI-3, Tengri Umay gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
My Way, Capital Real Estate, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2001 KUANYSHTYN SAULESI, Capital Real Estate, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2000 KUANYSHTYN SAULESI, Tengri Umay Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1998 Flowers, ULAR gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1997 Love & Power, ULAR gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Trip of the three angels, Minoy Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Far East, Near West, Museum of Modern Art, Kyiv Biennial, Warsaw, Poland
Bukhara Biennial, Bukhara, Uzbekistan
Ancient Futures: Exploring Ancestry, Crafts and Ecology, moc hub, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Ancient Futures: Exploring Ancestry, Crafts and Ecology, Egin Art Space, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2024 Caravan Along the Roads of Memory, Esimde platform, Ololo Planet, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Fog of the War, Goethe Institut Tbilisi, Tbilisi, Georgia
Hunger Artist, Zwetajewa Zentrum an der Universität Freiburg e.V., Freiburg, Germany
2023 Of Their Time (7), A look at private collections, Frac Grand Large, Haute-De-France
Fog of the War, Goethe Institut Almaty, Dom 36, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Hunger Artist, Goethe Institut Baku, Baku, Azerbaijan
Kuzeu Displaced Identity, Delphi Space, Freiburg, Germany
Kazakhstan All The Time, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Jeonju, South Korea
2022 Life of Things, Republican Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Life of Things, Nur Alem Museum of Future energy, Astana, Kazakhstan
Into the Revolution, Morrow Collective, Foundry downtown, DIFC, Dubai
Unsettled Objects, Sharjah art foundation, the Flying Saucer, Sharjah, UAE
2020 between the sun and the moon, Lahore Biennale curated by Sheikha, Hoor Al Qasimi, Lahore, Pakistan
The Stories of the Great Steppe, Shymkent, Taraz, Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan,
2019 Planet Art, Festival of Nature, Kühlhaus Berlin, Germany
Re-Membering. Dialogues of Memories, Astana Art Show, TSE Art Destination, Astana, Kazakhstan
Exhibition of the finalists of Sovereign Asian Art Prize, Sotheby’s gallery, H Queen’s, Hong Kong
2018 Postnomadic Mind, Wapping center, London, UK
Bread and Roses. Four Generations of Kazakh Women-Artists, Momentum Worldwide, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Somewhere in the Great Steppe, State museum of arts, Novosibirsk, Russia
2017 Somewhere in the Great Steppe, Erarta museum of contemporary art, St.Petersburg,R ussia
Astana ArtFest, Astana, Kazakhstan
Culture Summit, Abu Dabi, UAE
2016 Dis/Possessed. A Question of Spirit and Money, Manifesta 10, Folium, Zurich, Switzerland
Changes. Time Research, Kazakh- British university, Almaty, Kazakhstan
One Belt One Road, Sotheby’s gallery, Hong Kong Women Federation, Hong Kong
2015 Topographica, American university of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Astana Art Fest, Astana, Kazakhstan
Why Self, Adventures of Social Identities, Palazzo Ca Zanardi, Venice Biennale, Italy
2014 National traditions and the openness to the world, National museum of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan
2013 Zhoktau. 1937. Territory of Remembrance, State Museum of Arts named after A.Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Exhibition to the 80th anniversary of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan, State
Museum of Arts named after A. Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
ABOUT LOVE, Tengri Umay Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Woman deal. Portrait of a woman in perspective, Friedrich Ebert Foundation
Kazakhstan, Umai gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Ultramemory, Paris-Astana, Nivet-Carzon Gallery, Palace of Independence, Astana, Kazakhstan
2011 Ultramemory, Paris-Almaty, Nivet-Carzon Gallery, State Museum of Arts named after A. Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Migrants, 5-th Moscow Contemporary Art Biennale, Russian State Humanitarian University, Moscow, Russia
Rape of Europe, ARTBAT FEST 2, Umai gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Ancestors Spirits, ARTBAT FEST 2, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Art in Open Space, Goethe institute, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Art of Choice, Palace of Independence, Astana, Kazakhstan
Bologna art fair, Chiostro gallery, Bologna, Italy
2010 Group exhibitions, Foundation 107, Turin, Milan, Italy
2009 East of Nowhere, Foundation 107, Turin, Italy.
Union of Artists of Kazakhstan, State Museum of Arts named after Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2008 Vision Angle, 10th anniversary of Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
16th October Art Nomad Charity Auction, Christie’s Auction House, London, UK
Exhibition of Graphic and Prints of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Art Nomad, Central Exhibition Hall, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2007 Kazakhstan Modern Art Night, Victoria & Albert Museum, London International Symposium of Artists, Astana, Kazakhstan
Kulanshi Art Forum, State Museum of Art named after Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan &
Museum of the First President, Astana, Kazakhstan
2006 Exhibition of the Union of Artists dedicated to 20th anniversary of Independence of
Kazakhstan, Central State museum, Almaty, Kazakhstan
People of Kazakhstan, Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Flying Tatar Man, State Museum named after Nevzorovs, Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan
SOMUART Festival, KIMEP, Almaty, Kazakhstan
2005 ART-DESANT ALMATY, Hall of Ministry of Culture, Aktobe, Kazakhstan & Eurasia gallery, Brussells, Belgium
ASKAR-SAULE-MARAT, Tengri Umay gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
International art festival Tengri-Umay, Almaty, Kazakhstan
New Realms, New Realms Ltd, London, UK
2001 World Assembly of Citizens, Lille, France
Days of Culture of Almaty, Moscow, Russia
2000 International Biennial of Drawings and Script, Novosibirsk, Russia Sky, Tengri Umaygallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1998 EXPO-98, Lisbon, Portugal
Reflections of Women’s Vision, Central State Museum of Art, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
N THE STYLE OF MAKINTOSH, SOROS Center of Contemporary Arts, Almaty, Kazakhstan 1997 Nomads, Humay gallery, London, UK
Back to Back & Face to Face, ARK gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Zhiger International Festival of Art, State Museum of Arts of Republic of Kazakhstan named after A. Kasteev, Almaty, Kazakhstan
First Republican exhibition of non-traditional search in art, Direction of Exhibitions and Auctions, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1990 UNESCO Exhibition of Soviet artists, Madam Cola Collection, Paris, France
Group of young artists Green Triangle, Almaty, Kazakhstan
PERFORMANCES & WORKSHOPS
2024 ‘Cellophane Painting’ workshop, Esimde conference, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2022 ‘Plastic Su’ workshop of cellophane painting at Freiburg, Germany
‘Cellophane Painting’ workshop for Young Leaders of Central Asia, Astana, Kazakhstan
‘Cellophane Painting’ workshop for Tabigat Labs, Atyrau, Kazakhstan
2019 ‘Cellophane Painting’ workshop for 40 people. Berlin, Germany
‘Cellophane Painting’ workshop for 200 people. ‘Children drawing the World’, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1998 Performance Spontaneous Cinema consisting of the artists group Action of Four, cinema festival Eurasia, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Performance Unswaddling consisting of the artists group Action of Four, Soros Center of Contemporary Art, Almaty, Kazakhstan
1997 Summer workshop, Central exhibition hall, Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan Fifth Continent, ARK gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
