PROJECTS
The 11th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art 2026

EDEN project

The biennale’s exhibition programme includes works by seven artists participating in EDEN, an international curatorial project initiated by Julia Sysalova, curator, art critic, founder of the School of Art Communications, and Vice-President of the Institute of Mediterranean Culture (Greece).

Exhibition: 12 to 16 October 2026

The exhibition will open on 13 October at 5:00 PM

at the Gallery of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.



The EDEN project, previously presented by Julia Sysalova in Athens and Berlin, continues its international journey at the 11th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Art.

The 11th International Biennale of Contemporary Art, Event Horizon, will take place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 12 to 16 October 2026.

The biennale’s exhibition programme includes works by seven artists participating in EDEN, an international curatorial project initiated by Julia Sysalova, curator, art critic, founder of the School of Art Communications, and Vice-President of the Institute of Mediterranean Culture (Greece).

The works of Oxana Akopov (USA), Irina Metz (Armenia), Julia Flit (UK), Natalya Raduenz (Germany), Natalya Ponomareva (Russia), Veera Romanoff (Finland), and Viktor Vinichenko (Spain) were selected by the biennale’s chief curator, Zukhra Zainutdinova.

The exhibition will open on 13 October at 5:00 PM at the Gallery of Fine Arts of Uzbekistan in Tashkent.
On 15 October, Julia Sysalova will also speak at the international academic and practical conference Event Horizon: Contemporary Art in the Context of Sociocultural Transformations, hosted by the Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan.