Islam Doorov

Doorov Islam (Doorov Islamidin Abdilaatovich), painter, conceptual artist, poet. Participant in international and group exhibitions in Kyrgyzstan. Doorov has held solo exhibitions titled “Meluun,” “Kara,” “Abzac,” and “I.” This artist’s paintings are found in private collections around the world and in museum collections such as the G. Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, the Tolon Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Prince Allada and King Uida Dada Bokpe Uezreuehe Museum in the Republic of Benin.

Islam Doorov explores the “small, lost person” in a contemporary space filled with noise, war, and indifference. His primary media are painting and text (poetry, prose). The subject of his research is the human being—specifically, how this “little person” changes the world around them, or how they themselves change under its influence. Doorov’s primary method is to restrict himself to certain frameworks (time, color, or theme). Main themes: migration, ecology, and the sociocultural situation in Kyrgyzstan. His works are also often autobiographical.