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Kazakh Artist Honors Memory and Heritage Through Textile Art

1/17/2026

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Gulnur Mukazhanova, a Kazakh artist, has gained recognition for textile art, felt works on memory, heritage, and loss.
Her CHAT installations include suspended sculptures from old wedding textiles and 262 portraits honoring lives lost during the 2022 Qandy Qantar protests in Almaty.
Mukazhanova's work probes globalization versus traditional Kazakh culture.
The exhibition 'Dowry of the Soul' at CHAT runs through March 1, 2026, blending grief with memory using felt.

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Story summary

Gulnur Mukazhanova, a Kazakh artist, has gained recognition for textile art, felt works on memory, heritage, and loss.
Her CHAT installations include suspended sculptures from old wedding textiles and 262 portraits honoring lives lost during the 2022 Qandy Qantar protests in Almaty.
Mukazhanova's work probes globalization versus traditional Kazakh culture.
The exhibition 'Dowry of the Soul' at CHAT runs through March 1, 2026, blending grief with memory using felt.