Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist

forgiving

This story is about overcoming trauma. 

It’s about my personal experience of violence from an intimate partner. 

As my trauma was unprocessed it manifested in PTSD years later, along with guilt and self-blame. 

Though it might seem unusual, one of the biggest challenges has been forgiving myself. 

This project is a history of my own voice, from the moment I lost it to the process of regaining it.

2020 — 2021



Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist

Exhibitions

2022       MoFA+, Meykindik — Erkindik Exhibition, group exhibition, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
2022       139 Documentary Center, NeUyat Group Exhibition, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2022       Open Art House, Pop-Up Group Exhibition, Tbilisi, Georgia

Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist
Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist
Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist
Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist
Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist
Forgiving. Mayya Kelova artist

Central Asian Museum of Feminist and Queer Art (MoFA+),

Meykindik — Erkindik Exhibition, group exhibition, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, 2022

Publications

2024       Der Greif X MPB: Behind the Image with Mayya Kelova
2024       Der Greif, Guest Room selection, project Forgiving
2023       Broad Magazine, publication of the project Forgiving
2023       ArtDoc Photography Magazine, publication of the project Forgiving
2023       L'Œil de la Photographie Magazine, publication of the project Forgiving
2023       FK Magazine, publication of the project Forgiving
2023       Nowhere Diary, publication of the project Forgiving