Farhad Farzali (b. 1989) is based in Berlin. Farzali is a sound artist whose practice merges traditional and marginal cultures with contemporary music and popular aesthetic forms. His work is rooted in anthropological research into the cultural contexts of Azerbaijan and neighbouring regions, documenting emergent forms of neo-folklore. Recent presentations include: Freeing the Voices at Kunsthaus Graz, Austria, curated by Zdenka Badovinac (2025); the Istanbul Digital Art Festival at the Atatürk Cultural Center, Istanbul (2024); the Islamic Arts Biennale, Jeddah (2023), the first alternative Azerbaijani pop-up pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2019), 16th Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival (2014). Solo exhibitions in Baku, Venice, Moscow, and Paris. Collections: Museum of Modern Art, Baku; the National Museum of Fine Arts of Azerbaijan; YARAT Contemporary Art Space.

Aiganym Mukhamejan (b. 1999) is based in Amsterdam and is a multimedia artist who employs ironic self-portraiture to reflect on Kazakhstan’s evolving cultural and political identity. Her work often engages with themes of tradition and modernity, feminist perspectives, and the socio-cultural transformations occurring in contemporary Kazakh society.