Alexey Ulko

Alexey Ulko (MEd TTELT) is a consultant on contemporary art, researcher and filmmaker from Samarkand. He has a diverse range of interests, including postcolonial studies, contemporary Central Asian art, new metaphysics, and esotericism. He graduated from Samarkand State University in 1991 and obtained his master’s degree from the University of Exeter in 2001. In recent years, he has authored or contributed to several books, including ἀγάπη (2021), Censoring Art (2018), and Culture Smart! Uzbekistan (2017). He conducted research for the award-winning exhibition We Treasure Our Lucid Dreams (2020) at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. He has co-curated several exhibitions, artistic, musical and educational projects in Central Asia, written over 50 articles and made more than 20 experimental films. From 2025, the chairman of the Uzbekistan Amateur Film Makers’ Association, he is a member of the Association for Art History, the International Association of Art Critics, the European Society for Central Asian Studies and the Central Eurasian Studies Society.