Saodat Ismailova

Saodat Ismailova is an artist and filmmaker based in Paris whose work weaves personal and collective memories, myths, and rituals into everyday life, evoking the layered histories of Central Asia. She studied at the State Institute of Arts in Tashkent (Uzbekistan), Fabrica (Italy), and Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains (France). Recent solo exhibitions include Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (2024–2025), Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam (2023), and Le Fresnoy, Tourcoing (2023). Her work has been featured at the Venice Biennale (2013, 2022), documenta fifteen (2022), and in leading international film festivals. In 2021, she founded DAVRA, a collective dedicated to Central Asian cultural knowledge.