Lola Ulugova (Lolisanam) has been an art manager/activist in Tajikistan since 2000. She has contributed in writing and producing the nation's first 3-D animation film, a short designed to promote awareness of environmental issues among children. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1sKbVfoEcY&t=2s&pbjreload=101
She holds a Master’s degree from the University of Turin, Italy and an undergraduate degree in Russian Language and Literature. She was a Global Cultural Fellow at the Institute for International Cultural Relations of the University of Edinburgh during academic year 2017-18 http://www.ipsonet.org/publications/open-access/aia/131-publications/open-access/aia/413-aia-vol-2-no-2-spring-summer-2017
and participated in Central Asian-Azerbaijan (CAAFP) fellowship program at the George Washington University at Elliott School of International affairs for Fall 2019.
https://centralasiaprogram.org/archives/14147
She has co-produced "After the Curtain" documentary along with Emelie Mahdavian (USA) (2012-2016), covering the intimate stories of a few Tajik women dancers https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6807924/, also a “Youth for Laws Supremacy” (2019) performance that indicated her protest torture and violence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aayuF9vNXE&t=6s
Since 2019 she has been a freelance art journalist and researcher contributing to VOCA (Voices on Central Asia), Transitory White, the Diplomat, the Curator Space
https://voicesoncentralasia.org/feminism-and-central-asia-what-went-wrong/?fbclid=IwAR06k8QMQeyGgQnzvhbJA3poX1pymjv3sPJbSN6WseE2lajS-QaFifNpteo
https://voicesoncentralasia.org/tajik-fashion-and-the-challenges-of-achieving-an-international-breakthrough/?fbclid=IwAR2I3oTpbJYl2Nvo9uGOm2f5fJV2gs7rjcW7NFqR1cFPO8H2P7AGC0Fis6U
https://voicesoncentralasia.org/contemporary-art-in-central-asia-an-interview-with-a-curator/?fbclid=IwAR1dqeFikMtUSYOqgXmXNHUVfN3eeszkxFGcmO4cId39Dis5FiLZwkgLaeU
https://voicesoncentralasia.org/what-do-theaters-in-tajikistan-tell-us/
https://transitorywhite.com/articles/nude-art-as-a-mirror-of-society
https://thediplomat.com/2020/05/how-to-talk-about-feminism-in-tajikistan/?fbclid=IwAR121mwOiadr4VdmuNpedZsgs9amWyHA41MD5Fmw7S4NjlefqY9uHZ36_ZA
https://www.curatorspace.com/about/news/lolisanam-ulugova-i-and-kovid/111
Besides the publications, she has produced a few performances staging her own scripts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy8MnpCyyHk&t=8s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auw40zOS2Sw&t=42s
She has produced two artworks recently, an animation 2D film of a sexually abused child story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jr9Q4QWgfss
and a documentary “Dancing Men” concerning on stigma of male dancers https://youtu.be/LDRHF736wxY