Dilyara Kaipova
Dilyara Kaipova (Tashkent, 1967) works with Uzbek textiles, reviving its centuries-long traditions, to make this medium relevant to current socio-cultural and ecological problems of the region and its post-modern history. Kaipova's practice is located at the intersection of folk artisan traditions and contemporaneity. The artist designs original patterns and produces her ikat fabrics in collaboration with traditional masters. She also sources and uses vintage fabrics and embroideries – local fabrics of the Soviet period and ‘naive’ homemade embroideries. Kaipova’s textile work was first shown in Tashkent in 2016 and since then has been displayed in exhibitions in Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Georgia and the UAE. Kaipova’s work is included in the following museum collections State Tbilisi Museum of Silk, Textile Museum at Georgetown, DC; Royal Museum of Ontario, Canada; RISD Museum of Art, Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University, MAKK Museum and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam.