June 2018, Artmeken Gallery, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Group exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, organized with support from the Soros Foundation Kazakhstan and the UN Human Rights Office for Central Asia. Eleven artists responded to human rights violations in Kazakhstan through irony and satire, addressing internet censorship, the ban on blue balloons, media trials, and police reform. The exhibition later traveled to Astana.
Artists: Bakhyt Bubikanova, Elena and Viktor Vorobyev, Yerbossyn Meldibekov, Erden Zikibay, Zoya Falkova, Mansur Smagambetov, Nurbol Nurakhmet, Pavel Ovchinnikov, Rashid Nurekeev, Saule Dyussenbina. Curator: Valeria Ibrayeva.