Profile
Asli Samadova is an interdependent curator, art manager and museum specialist from Baku, Azerbaijan. Prior to the shift to art and culture, she worked as a strategy consultant with a CEMS Masters in International Management from Bocconi University and LSE. She worked on the ‘Silk Treasures. 16-18th century embroideries from Azerbaijan’ accompanied by a bookcatalogue, Azerbaijan (2017-2018), ‘Turandokht. Radio Riddles’ migrating sound installation in Venice’s oldest botanical garden (2019) and a group show of three generations of Azerbaijani artists titled ‘Off the Velvet Chest’, Russia (2019-2020). She currently manages Ta(r)dino 6 Art Platform (TAP), a Baku-born self-organised non-hierarchical initiative, and is focused on turning TAP into a self-sustainable organisation that contributes to a discourse on contemporary art from Azerbaijan and beyond. Recently TAP was registered as a cultural NGO.