Gayane Umerova
Uzbek art critic (born 1985)
Gayane Olegovna Umerova (born 22 April 1985, Tashkent, UzSSR, now Republic of Uzbekistan) is a curator and public figure in the field of culture in Uzbekistan.
She is the Head of the Department of Creative Economy and Tourism of the Administration of the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Chairperson of the Uzbekistan Art and Culture Development Foundation (ACDF), and Chairperson of the National Commission of Uzbekistan for UNESCO Affairs under the Cabinet of Ministers (since 2020). In these positions, Umerova has played a key role in promoting Uzbek historical and contemporary art internationally.
Early life and education
Umerova developed an early interest in the arts, supported by her family and education.
In 2004, Umerova graduated from the School of Integrated Arts in West Yorkshire, and in 2008, she earned a BA in Business Management from Westminster International University. She later completed a degree in "Culture, criticism and curation" at Central Saint Martins College of Arts in 2009.
She also holds an MA in Contemporary Arts and Art Business from Sotheby's Institute of Art (2011) and the University of Manchester (2012). Since 2017, she has been a researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford (UK), in cultural diplomacy, foreign cultural policy.
Since 2017, she has been a researcher at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford, focusing on cultural diplomacy and foreign cultural policy.
Career
Early projects
From 2008 to 2017, Umerova worked as a leading specialist in the Department of Exhibitions and Funds at the Fine Arts Gallery of Uzbekistan, curating several notable exhibitions including Gerhard Richter (2008), Günther Uecker (2009), Oganes Tatevosyan (2012), and the Tashkent International Contemporary Arts Biennale in 2009 and 2011.
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