Alexander Ugay

Born in 1978, Alexander Ugay is a Kazakh-Korean photographer, video artist and creator of cinema-objects. He comes from a Korean family deported to Central Asia during the 1930s. Ugay has shown his work at the Busan Biennial of Contemporary Art (2022), Sapar Contemporary in New York (2019); Lunds Konsthall in Sweden (2018); Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2016); Strasbourg Museum of Contemporary Art (2014); Museum of Contemporary Art (2011); Venice Architectural Biennale (2010); Centre Pompidou in Paris (2010); in the New Museum, New York (2009); Central Asian Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale (2007); as well as various other biennials and international projects around the world.His work is part of international private and public collections. The latter includes Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland; National Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, and Lunds Konsthall, Lund, Sweden.