Äwlep

Äwlep (b. 2000, Nukus, Qaraqalpaqstan) is a visual artist currently based in Tashkent. Working primarily with acrylic airbrushing on canvas, she captures the quiet warmth and heavy, invisible memories embedded in daily life. Her paintings bring a hyper-focused, soft-edged intimacy to everyday subjects.

Utilizing the distinct, dreamlike textures of airbrushing, she explores memory and belonging through mundane objects, local iconography, and personal stories. Her practice connects tender human anatomy, local domesticity, and shared cultural imagery, balancing a specific post-Soviet sentimentality with sincere, sometimes ironic social observation. The result is a deeply personal emotional map of contemporary Qaraqalpaqstan.

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01.
“ILY”

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90,5 x 54,5 cm 

acrylic on canvas

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1/2    ILY
2/2    ILY

02.
"Bir-birin súygenler ushın💖"
archive
78 x 30 cm 

acrylic on canvas

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1/2   "Bir-birin súygenler ushın💖"
2/2    "Bir-birin súygenler ushın💖"
03.“0,5”

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Series

acrylic on canvas

Qarataw is the name of a mountain range in Qaraqalpaqstan, but in my hometown of Nukus, it is better known as the label on a bottle. 

“0.5” is an ongoing series about my hometown, my childhood, and the liquid architecture of where I belong.

1/5    «0,5» 59 x 43 cm 
2/5    qarataw classic yet cheaper “0,5” 90x60 cm
3/5   mixed media on paper  “0,5”  42x55 cm 
4/5  acrylic on canvas“ 0,5” 100x80 cm
5/5
04.“Ryumka”

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Series

acrylic on canvas



1/2    “Ryumka” 50x78 cm
2/2  “Ryumka”

05.untitled

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1/5 untitled
2/5 untitled 120x70 cm
acrylic on canvas
3/5 untitled
4/5 “araq shisha” 
55x36 
Acrylic and black marker on canvas
5/5  untitled 30x45 acrylic on paper

06.
“ushirasiw”
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80 x 60 cm 

acrylic on canvas

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1/2   “ushirasiw”
2/2    “ushirasiw”
07.«пацан поет песню Махабат, кайфует»

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82 х 40 cm

acrylic airbrush on canvas

Махаббат багындагы сайраган булбул едим
Сол бактагы кызыл гулдерди тандаганым сен един
Сайрайын булбул болып жаныма сен келгенде
Сагынарсын анимди тындап капа болма суйген жарына

1/1   
08.“Where are we galloping, anyway?”

Atlar
95 x 60 cm

acrylic airbrush on canvas

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1/1    “Where are we galloping, anyway?”
09.“I miss you🌹”

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76 x 53 cm

acrylic on canvas

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1/1  “I miss you🌹”
010."love at first sight"

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82 x 58,5 сm

acrylic on canvas

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1/1  "love at first sight"
011.“кiрпiяз”

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50x65 cm

acrylic on canvas

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1/2 “кiрпiяз”
2/2 “кiрпiяз”
012.“Bet-alpet”

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90x70 cm

mixed media on canvas

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1/2  “Bet-alpet”
2/2  “Bet-alpet”
013.“super nice sideniye”

(for couples)
100 x 63 cm

acrylic on canvas

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1/1  “super nice sideniye”
014.“oooooo”

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82 x 36 cm

acrylic on canvas

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1/2  “oooooo”
2/2  “oooooo”
015.“Portrait”

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90 x 60 cm

acrylic on canvas

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1/1    “Portrait”