Diana Ridaf is a visual artist from Tashkent (Uzbekistan).
Graduate of the Docdocdoc school of contemporary photography (St. Petersburg).
Winner, prize-winner, finalist and laureate of international competitions, including Gomma Photography Grant, College Photographer of the Year (CPOY), SEnECA Photography Award, IOM CA Photostory Project, 10th International Photography Competition “Young People in the 21st Century”. Participant of collective exhibitions in the USA, Belgium, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan. Her work has been published in 6MOIS, Post Pravda Magazine, Open Asia Online and others.
In her personal projects she explores themes of gender, physicality and sexuality.
In her recent projects, she focuses on the representation of the female body in mass culture — in magazines, cinema, and advertising. Through absurdity and irony, she draws attention to how various media often turn women into objects or products of consumption. In her works, the artist invites the viewer to consider how deeply objectifying strategies are woven into visual culture and how they shape our perceptions of the body, desire, and freedom.
Exhibitions:
2022 – group exhibition “CPOY/POY Awards” at the Missouri School of Journalism (Columbia, Missouri);
2021 – group exhibition “CPOY/POY Awards” at the Missouri School of Journalism (Columbia, Missouri);
2019 — group exhibition “Capture the essence of Central Asia in a picture” at the BOZAR Fine Arts Center (Brussels, Belgium);
2018 — group exhibition “Young People in the 21st Century” (Kaunas, Lithuania);
2017 — group exhibition “Migrants: An Invisible Force in Central Asia” (Almaty, Kazakhstan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan).
Awards:
2025 – Gomma Photography Grant (Winner GOMMA New Flavour Award at the 2024 Gomma Grant);
2025 – College Photographer of the Year (Finalist in the Illustration category);
2022 – College Photographer of the Year (Award of excellence in the Portrait category);
2021 – College Photographer of the Year (Silver in the Portrait category);
2019 — SEnECA Photography Award (winner);
2018 – 10th International Photography Competition “Young People in the 21st Century” (finalist in the nomination for creative search);
2017 — IOM CA Photostory Project (3rd place).
Education:
2023 – 2025 – School of Contemporary Photography Docdocdoc (Saint Petersburg, Russia);
2020 – 2022 – School of Contemporary Photography Docdocdoc (Saint Petersburg, Russia).
Film festivals:
2025 — No Reason Short Film Festival (Official Selection);
2025 — Lift-Off Sessions 2025 Volume 11
Publications:
Works have been published in Trois Points Mag, 6MOIS, Post Pravda Magazine, Open Asia Online and others.