Aika Akhmetova

Aika Akhmetova (b. Almaty, Kazakhstan) is an interdisciplinary artist based between New York City and Almaty. Their practice consists of installation, video, and performance exploring intimate corners of being.

They’ve had solo exhibitions at Ortega y Gasset Projects in 2023 and A.I.R. Gallery in 2021 and have participated in numerous group shows across the US, Central Asia and Europe, including Fondazione Elpis in Milan, Smack Mellon, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Jewish Museum in NYC, GAMU (The Gallery of the Academy of Performing Arts) in Prague as well as ARTBAT FEST in Almaty. Akhmetova was an AIM fellow at The Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2022 and an artist in residence at LMCC Arts Center on Governors Island in 2023. They work as a teaching artist at Harlem School of the Arts and a visiting instructor at Pratt Institute.  

M.F.A. in Visual Art from Columbia University

B.F.A. in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design