CONTEMPORARY ART SHOW
WE SPEAK 2.0
GASTROBAR CULTURA
TASHKENT, SHARAF RASHIDOV AV., 40
2 APRIL 2026 - 2 MAY 2026
TASHKENT, SHARAF RASHIDOV AV., 40
2 APRIL 2026 - 2 MAY 2026
– Is it strange to buy art in a bar?
– No. It’s strange to leave behind something you liked
Imagine:
what would happen if
completely different artists were given total freedom in choosing their works?
No theme.
No selection.
No limits.
Would anything remain in common?
We tried it. Something did.
I
n December 2025 in Samarkand, five artists from Uzbekistan and Russia created a show where each decided for themselves what to speak about.
Instead of chaos, an unexpected alignment emerged. The works formed five themes: Identity. Community. Conflict. Myth-making. Space.
But during the experiment, something unplanned appeared.
Individualists who never meant to be a group discovered that they had become one.
what would happen if
completely different artists were given total freedom in choosing their works?
No theme.
No selection.
No limits.
Would anything remain in common?
We tried it. Something did.
I
n December 2025 in Samarkand, five artists from Uzbekistan and Russia created a show where each decided for themselves what to speak about.
Instead of chaos, an unexpected alignment emerged. The works formed five themes: Identity. Community. Conflict. Myth-making. Space.
But during the experiment, something unplanned appeared.
Individualists who never meant to be a group discovered that they had become one.
The exhibition “WE SPEAK 2.0,” which you are at now, is the second stage of this creative experiment
We deliberately chose a gastropub, not a gallery, for this show.
“Cultura” is a place where this happens every evening: people arrive as individuals, become “we” for a while, and then part ways again. Art doesn’t just “hang” on the walls here but reflects what is happening in this space.
You may have already noticed: the space itself is divided. In one room, you hear “I”; in the other — “we.”
You may have already noticed: the space itself is divided. In one room, you hear “I”; in the other — “we.”
Of the five themes, two remain: Identity and Community. Not because the others are exhausted, but because this is how closeness works.
When people truly get to know each other, everything comes down to the essentials: who I am and who we are.
When people truly get to know each other, everything comes down to the essentials: who I am and who we are.
Especially for the exhibition, the bar created a special cocktail. It’s also about Identity and Community: two forms that can be combined in one glass.
By ordering this cocktail,
you get the chance to control one of the artworks — quite literally. Details are available from your waiter or at the bar!
you get the chance to control one of the artworks — quite literally. Details are available from your waiter or at the bar!
All artworks in the exhibition are available for acquisition
A QR code next to each artwork lets you learn more and reserve it.
Maybe you’ll take home more than just an impression?
Maybe you’ll take home more than just an impression?
Look at the artworks.
Catch the moment.
Create your own version of “we.”
Catch the moment.
Create your own version of “we.”
Welcome!
artists:
curators:
Roma Soyerov, Alena Haubenwaller
producer:
manager:
author of exhibition special cocktail:
ALL ARTWORKS
WHO AM I?
WHO ARE WE?
WHO ARE WE?
IDENTITY
AND COMMUNITY
AND COMMUNITY
FEATURED ARTISTS
MUKHAMMADIYOR MUMINOV
Contemporary fine artist
Mukhammadiyòr Muminov (born in 2003 in Fergana, Uzbekistan) currently lives and works in Tashkent. He graduated from the Kamoliddin Behzod National Institute of Arts and Design in Tashkent in 2024. In his work, the artist often turns to what is unspoken and unseen: to moments when words are not enough and emotions reveal themselves through glances, gestures, and empty space.
Learn more about the artist
Contemporary fine artist
Mukhammadiyòr Muminov (born in 2003 in Fergana, Uzbekistan) currently lives and works in Tashkent. He graduated from the Kamoliddin Behzod National Institute of Arts and Design in Tashkent in 2024. In his work, the artist often turns to what is unspoken and unseen: to moments when words are not enough and emotions reveal themselves through glances, gestures, and empty space.
Learn more about the artist
NADINE DHIVER
Contemporary fine artist working with painting and drawing
Nadine Dhiver (born in 1990 in Magdeburg, Germany) currently lives and works in Moscow. She graduated from the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow in 2014 and later continued her studies at several institutions, including the Royal Drawing School ODDY24 in London, which she completed in 2025. Nadine’s works always exist at the boundary between the visible and the felt: in her practice she explores how a factual reality is layered with associations, memory, and lived experience.
Learn more about the artist
Contemporary fine artist working with painting and drawing
Nadine Dhiver (born in 1990 in Magdeburg, Germany) currently lives and works in Moscow. She graduated from the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow in 2014 and later continued her studies at several institutions, including the Royal Drawing School ODDY24 in London, which she completed in 2025. Nadine’s works always exist at the boundary between the visible and the felt: in her practice she explores how a factual reality is layered with associations, memory, and lived experience.
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ROMA SOYEROV
Contemporary interdisciplinary artist
Roma Soyerov (born in 1993 in Moscow, Russia) currently lives and works in Tashkent. His professional background shapes his distinct architectural approach to how viewers perceive his works. The artist works across different media and techniques, but what unites his paintings, installations and sculptures is a continuous search for balance between the architecture of form and the element of chance, between the author’s intention and the viewer’s interpretation.
Learn more about the artist
Contemporary interdisciplinary artist
Roma Soyerov (born in 1993 in Moscow, Russia) currently lives and works in Tashkent. His professional background shapes his distinct architectural approach to how viewers perceive his works. The artist works across different media and techniques, but what unites his paintings, installations and sculptures is a continuous search for balance between the architecture of form and the element of chance, between the author’s intention and the viewer’s interpretation.
Learn more about the artist
SITORA BREJNEVA
Contemporary interdisciplinary artist
Sitora Brezhneva (born in 1984 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan) currently lives and works in Tashkent. She is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of contemporary art, cultural inquiry, and visual storytelling. Sitora believes that art must act upon the viewer — shift thinking — and therefore chooses to work with themes of freedom and constraint, women’s roles in society, fear, solitude, and inner resilience.
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Contemporary interdisciplinary artist
Sitora Brezhneva (born in 1984 in Bukhara, Uzbekistan) currently lives and works in Tashkent. She is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection of contemporary art, cultural inquiry, and visual storytelling. Sitora believes that art must act upon the viewer — shift thinking — and therefore chooses to work with themes of freedom and constraint, women’s roles in society, fear, solitude, and inner resilience.
Learn more about the artist
EXHIBITED WORKS
The section with the artworks will go live on the opening day. We don’t reveal the works in advance — come see them in person!
IMPRESSUM
Featured artists
Mukhammaddiyor Muminov
Nadine Dhiver
Roma Soyerov
Sitora Brejneva
Concept and selection
Roma Soyerov, curator
Mukhammaddiyor Muminov
Nadine Dhiver
Sitora Brejneva
Producer
Marina Zavartseva
Manager
Georgiy Shvanov
Texts
Roma Soyerov
Marina Zavartseva
Georgiy Shvanov
Mukhammaddiyor Muminov
Nadine Dhiver
Sitora Brejneva
Graphic design
Roma Soyerov
Marina Zavartseva
Promotion and media
Georgiy Shvanov
Marina Zavartseva
Digital punx
Special thanks
The team of gastropub “Cultura”
Kirill Runtov
Pavel Bezchastnov
Kristina Khabarova
Vitaliia Bronchenko
Ilya Bryanskiy
The project continues the curatorial research of Alena Haubenwaller, initiated during the first phase of the project
Mukhammaddiyor Muminov
Nadine Dhiver
Roma Soyerov
Sitora Brejneva
Concept and selection
Roma Soyerov, curator
Mukhammaddiyor Muminov
Nadine Dhiver
Sitora Brejneva
Producer
Marina Zavartseva
Manager
Georgiy Shvanov
Texts
Roma Soyerov
Marina Zavartseva
Georgiy Shvanov
Mukhammaddiyor Muminov
Nadine Dhiver
Sitora Brejneva
Graphic design
Roma Soyerov
Marina Zavartseva
Promotion and media
Georgiy Shvanov
Marina Zavartseva
Digital punx
Special thanks
The team of gastropub “Cultura”
Kirill Runtov
Pavel Bezchastnov
Kristina Khabarova
Vitaliia Bronchenko
Ilya Bryanskiy
The project continues the curatorial research of Alena Haubenwaller, initiated during the first phase of the project
CONTACTS
+998 90 014 63 82
FOR VISITORS
Address: Sharaf Rashidov Avenue, 40, Tashkent
Gastrobar hours:
Mon–Thu: 10:00–00:00
Fri–Sat: 10:00–02:00
Sun: 09:00–00:00
Gastrobar hours:
Mon–Thu: 10:00–00:00
Fri–Sat: 10:00–02:00
Sun: 09:00–00:00