Yuliya Sorokina is a writer, a lecturer at the T. K. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts, the director of the Asia Art+ Public Foundation, and an independent contemporary art curator. She holds a PhD in Film Studies.
During her residency, Sorokina studied the state of contemporary art in the region, wrote an essay about local artists, prepared materials for the digital archive of Central Asia, and lead workshops on contemporary art careers and archiving contemporary art.
