CCA Artist Residencies: New Voices, New Dialogues

For over three weeks in September, the CCA Artist Residencies welcomed four new artists in Tashkent, each bringing a unique practice that expands the dialogue between cultures, disciplines, and histories.

Paria Farzaneh, a British-Iranian artist and fashion designer, explores clothing as a vessel of memory and resistance. Her work merges Persian iconography and textiles with contemporary silhouettes, challenging stereotypes while creating a cross-cultural language of heritage and transformation.

Dishon Yuldash, an artist and founder of the platforms ISSMAG and Prolog.Vision, works at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, and migration. Born in Uzbekistan, raised in Kazan, and now based in Bangkok, her practice embraces cultural hybridity and displacement, weaving cycles of trauma and healing into sculptural forms that blur the organic and the technological.

Dr. Vivek Gupta, a historian and curator, investigates the art and architecture of the Indian subcontinent, Central Asia, and Iran. His research examines cultural flows from the Timurid era onward, highlighting entanglements between South and Central Asia. Supported by leading fellowships, Vivek is currently curating an exhibition on music and Mughal art at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Sami El-Enany, a London-based Egyptian artist, works with sound across electroacoustic composition, installation, and film. His award-winning practice spans from scoring feature films to developing improvisational tape collages, exploring sound as a medium of solidarity and resonance.

Together, these residents reflect the richness of global artistic voices, offering new perspectives that connect histories, identities, and futures through fashion, sculpture, research, and sound.