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
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
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