A Note About Me
I believe that the greatest pleasure of life is the ability to witness and appreciate global masterpieces of human creation firsthand. My appetite for such privilege is insatiable, and embedded into my very soul from a young age. From it stems my passion for making art accessible to all.
Born in Almaty, Kazakhstan, I spent my early years at Haileybury Almaty before moving to the United States at 15 to attend Northfield Mount Hermon. My lifelong fascination with art was shaped by childhood travels with my family through which I became exposed to global museums and the masterpieces that reside within at an early age. Despite growing up in a family of historians, doctors, and entrepreneurs—none of whom were involved in the arts—I always gravitated toward creative expression. However, it wasn’t until an internship in visual merchandising at Saks Fifth Avenue in Kazakhstan that I accepted that I belonged in the creative field professionally. Returning for two more summers, I gained confidence in my decision and set my sights on Parsons School of Design in New York City.
At Parsons, I pursued Strategic Design and Management, blending my artistic inclinations with a more structured and business-oriented approach into what I define as Cultural Strategy. Living in New York deepened my engagement with museums beyond childhood nostalgia, turning my visits into a passionate habit. Being tied to the city’s rich art gallery scene also played a crucial role in my understanding of the contemporary international art scene. A half-year period spend in Paris in 2023, where I worked on an art-historical walking tour around the Montparnasse neighbourhood for the world’s longest-running international artists’ residency, marked my first professional experience in arts and culture.
My professional experience was further enriched by a Cultural Strategist role at the Kasteyev Museum in Almaty, Kazakhstan’s largest art institution, and a current position as the manager and curator at the Mriya Gallery, located in Tribeca, New York. I am also the founder of Tengreen Collective, an initiative dedicated to promoting Neo-Tengrism through art in the face of the Anthropocene, redefining communal attitudes toward nature and cultural identity.
Based in New York, I remain committed to working with art, history, and cultural institutions, igniting and nurturing meaningful connections between heritage and contemporary discourse.
