contemporary art & research
contemporary art & research
SANO IMPACT HUB
* BASED IN DUSHANBE
* CREATING worldwide
Our practice includes:
- personal and group mentoring
- curatorial accompaniment
- curating exhibitions and public programs
- researching intangible cultural heritage
- fostering awareness of marginalized groups
Sano (noun, Tajik)
From Persian-Arabic sanā (ثناء), meaning "praise", "glorification", or "commendation". The term is primarly used in poetic, literary, and religious contexts to denote the act of expressing admiration, gratitude, or reverence. In classical Persian and Tajik literature, sano often appears in hymns, panegyrics, and devotional texts as an invocation of praise directed toward a person, a ruler, or the divine.
From Persian-Arabic sanā (ثناء), meaning "praise", "glorification", or "commendation". The term is primarly used in poetic, literary, and religious contexts to denote the act of expressing admiration, gratitude, or reverence. In classical Persian and Tajik literature, sano often appears in hymns, panegyrics, and devotional texts as an invocation of praise directed toward a person, a ruler, or the divine.
SANO Impact Hub is the first creative hub in Tajikistan, built as an ecosystem. We provide creators with a space for collaboration, experimentation, and professional development.
The hub is a physical space located in Dushanbe & an online community of professionals.
The hub is a physical space located in Dushanbe & an online community of professionals.
our founders & members
our founders & members
Our creative hub is a growing and ever-changing community
There are constant members and founders, who started SANO Impact hub in the first place, but there are also invited artists and researches among us - people who take a great part in creative and research processes
There are constant members and founders, who started SANO Impact hub in the first place, but there are also invited artists and researches among us - people who take a great part in creative and research processes
Founder, Artist Lead & Curator
Theorist, Writer & Curator
Artistic director, Wales' new-writing theatre
Founder, Program director
Karolina Peskisheva
Catherine Chernova
Catherine Paskell
Parviz Saidov
art&research
SANO Collective
a group of artists and researchers united by an interest in cultural memory as a hybrid form encompassing both personal and collective experience
Our art practice (even when projected online onto the international stage) remains deeply rooted in Tajikistan and the history of Dushanbe, in Tajik poetics and traditions.
The group’s project work includes exhibitions, lectures, residencies, as well as analytical and pioneering practices that help shape the contemporary art scene in Tajikistan.
We work both online and offline in different countries.
introduction
Founder, Artist Lead & Curator
Karolina Peskisheva
Actor, Creator, Artist, Writer, Poet
Contemporary Artist,
Watercolorist
Watercolorist
Artist, architect
Artist
Researcher & Writer
Artist
Artist & Photographer
Artist & Painting Teacher
Catherine Chernova
Renat Almukhamedov
Nailya Ri
Husnoro Dzhuraeva
Shaima
Gulbekova
Gulbekova
Zarina
Fatullaeva
Fatullaeva
* * * Members * * *
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Dasha Dzhurabaeva
Nargis Abdulnazarova
Meet our over-growing community of creatives, thinkers & producers
