Professional experience
Since 2012 Graphic Desiner of the İNCƏSƏNƏT Art Magazine
Since 2007 Creative Director of the Center of Contemporary Art (MiM) in Baku
2006 - 2007 Graphic Designer at the KASPIAN Newspaper
Since 2006 Chairman of the the United Artists Club (BRK)
2004 - 2005 Art teacher at TISA / The International School of Azerbaijan
Since 2003 Official Representative of the International Artists Association / IAA, Azerbaijan
Since 1998 Member of the Artists’ Union
Education
1999-2001 Azerbaijan State Academy of Fire Arts (Magistrate / MFA, Art and Critics) / Baku, Azerbaijan
1995-1997 Pratt Institute (BFA, Painting) / Brooklyn, New York
1993-1995 Rockland Community College (AA, Design and Technologies) / Rockland, New York
1989-1992 Azerbaijan State University of Arts / Baku, Azerbaijan
1985-1989 State College of Fine Arts n/a A. Azirn-zade (Teaching Draftsmanship and Drawing) / Baku, Azerbaijan
Exhibitions
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2019 September \ To Be a Woman Project at the Maiden Tower Fest / Baku, Azerbaijan
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2019 May \ Tbilisi Art Fair (TAF) / To Be a Woman ,Video Art Project / Azerbaijan Pavilion / Tbilisi Georgia
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2018 June \ Art Colony / Soleil Festival Group Exhibition / Sozopol, Bulgaria
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2017 \ National Gallery of Macedonia | Galichnik exhibition / LINK / Skopje /
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2016 \ No Comment On Comment International Show / The Center of Contemporary Art (MiM) / Baku, Azerbaijan
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2013 \ PArt24/7 with the Caspian Biennale Convention in connection to The Center Of Contemporary Art at the Union of Azerbaijan Artists / Baku, Azerbaijan
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2013 \ Yellow Pages of Thoughts with Participating Cultures Venice with DAVID GOLDENBERG | PERSONAL STRUCTURES | 55ª Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte la Biennale di Venezia | PALAZZO BEMBO
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2012 \ “IMAGINE WE ARE NOT HERE” GROUP PROJECT, IDEA OF CHINGIZ, CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, Baku, Azerbaijan
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2011 \ "WMD"(Weapons of Mass Destruction), group exhibition , Centre of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
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2011 \ TRANSKAUKAZJA International Festival, project”USSR-remix”, Italian Passage,Warsaw, Poland
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2011 \ "Proximity" joint exhibition of PROUN Gallery, Docks on Seine, Paris, France
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2011 \ “Harmony” International exhibition, Yeoksam Culture center, Seoul, Korea
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2011 JUNE \ TRANSKAUKAZIJA 2011 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL / WARSAW, POLAND /
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2011 JUNE \ INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / PRAGUE, CZECh REPUBLIC /
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2011 March \ The International Harmony Exhibition, SEOUL, DAEJEON, KOREA /
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2010 SEPTEMBER \ INTERNATIONAL PROJECT “USSR-remix” / STAVANGER, NORWAY /
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2010 \ ISTANBUL 2010, CULTURAL CAPITAL OF EUROPE, OPENLY INTERNATIONAL EXHIBIT AT ANTREPO / TURKEY /
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2009 - International Forum of Contemporary Art - "Maiden Tower", Exh. "To be a Woman” / Center for Contemporary Art, Baku Azerbaijan
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2008 \ INTERNATIONAL PROJECT “USSR-remix”, CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2008 \ "Steps of Time", MODERN and Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Dresden State Museum of Art, Germany
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2008 – “USSR-remix” Contemporary art group exhibition, the Center of Contemporary Art, Baku Azerbaijan
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2008 JULY \ cOMEMORATING THE YEAR OF aZERBAIJAN IN GERMANY, sTEPS OF TIME EXHIBIT, “USSR-REMIX” PROJECT / Dresden,Germany
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2007 \ 52nd VENICE BIENNALE, AZERBAIJAN PAVILION, “OMNI” ECXHIBIT, “LAND ART” PROJECT PRESENTATION / VENICE, ITALY /
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2007 MARCH \ "ЦДХ– 2007" MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL ART SALON, UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA /
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2007 JANUARY \ OPENING OF THE CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ART EXHIBITION \ BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2006 FEBRUARY \ "ЦДХ– 2006" MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL ART SALON, UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA /
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2006 \ GROUP EXHIBITION AT THE ACADEMY OF THE ARTS IN IRAN /
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2006 \ LABYRINTH GROUP EXHIBITION “OIL”, GIZ GALASI GALLERY \ BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2006 \ LABYRINTH GROUP EXHIBITION Dadicated to children suffered from Katrina Hericane, GIZ GALASI GALLERY \ BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2005 FEBRUARY \ "ЦДХ– 2005" MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL ART SALON, UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA /
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2005 MURCH \ HOMME ET FEMME / GROUP EXHIBITION \ BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
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2004 JUNE \ AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS SUMMER GROUP EXHIBITION / UAA HUSI HAJIYEV St. CENTER OF MODERN ART \ MIM / BAKU, AZRBAIJAN /
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2004 SPRING \ "ЦДХ– 2004" MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL ART SALON ”ECOLOGY”, UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA /
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2003 SPRING \ "ЦДХ– 2003" MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL ART SALON ”NEW GENERATION UNION”, UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION /
MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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2002 MAY \ "CENTURY 21", AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, VAJIHA SAMEDOVA GALLERY, UAA / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2002 APRIL \ "EAST & WEST" INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY AVANT-GARDE ARTISTS / S. BAKHLUL-ZADE GALLERY / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2002 APRIL \ IN MEMORY OF V. MUSTAFA-ZADE "FORM, RYTHM, COLOR, MELODY / THE SQUARE"/ BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2002 MARCH \ EXHIBITION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS, S. BAKHLUL-ZADE GALLERY, MINISTRY OF CULTURE / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2002 FEBRUARY \ CELEBRATING "THE DAY OF THE YOUTH OF THE REPUBUC", AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION, UAA / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2001 MARCH \ "Earth Day" Celebration and the Art Exhibition at TISA , the International School of Azerbaijan Sponsored by BP Amoco, the International School of Azerbaijan Royal Park-Stonepay, Baku, Azerbaijan
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2001 OCTOBER \ 10th ANNIVERSARY OF AZERBAIJAN INDEPENDENCE DAY, YOUNG ARI1STS GROUP EXHIBITION, UAA / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2001 MARCH \ "NOVRUZ BAIRAM", LABYRINTH GROUP CHARITY EXHIBITION, HAYATT TOWER II / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2000 DECEMBER \ "WINGS OF TIME", YOUNG ARTISTS GROUP EXHIBITION, HAGANI CENTER / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2000 DECEMBER \ “AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS TO THE III-d MILLENNIUM” GROUP EXHIBITION / UAA HUSI HAJIYEV St. ART SALON / BAKU, AZRBAIJAN /
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2000 DECEMBER \ LABYRINTH ART GROUP EXHIBITION, HAYATT INTERNATIONAL CENTER, HAYATT TOWER II / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2000 OCTOBER \ AZPRBAIJAN ARTISTS’ GROUP SHOW AT "GIZ GALASI", RAF-LINE 2000 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL "MAN. COSTUME. ENVIRONMENT." /
BAKU, AZERBAUAN
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2000 JUNE-JULY \ YOUNG ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION AT THE MUSTAFAYEV STATE MUSEUM OF ART / HONORARY DIPLOMA / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN
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2000 APRIL \ "SPRING – 2000" THE AZERBAIJAN LANDART EXHIBITION AT THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TISA / STONEPAY, ROYAL PARK / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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2000 MARCH \ "ЦДХ– 2000" MOSCOW INTERNATIONAL ART SALON, UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS' GROUP EXHIBITION / MOSCOW, RUSSIA /
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1999 MARCH \ GROUP SHOW, CHARITY EVENT "TO CHILDREN 2000", BAKSOVET MANSARD / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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1998 JUNE \ GROUP SHOW, THE ART SHOW "MANSARDE ", BAKSOVET MANSARD / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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1998 FEBRUARY \ THREE PERSON SHOW, LA MAMA GALLERY / MANHATTAN, NEW YORK /
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1997 DECEMBER \ GROUP SHOW, LA MAMA GALLERY / MANHATTAN, NEW YORK /
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1997 NOVEMBER \ 12ARTISTS GROUP SHOW, "NEXT STEP", DEAD END PROJECTS / ALL ARTS IN ONE, THE RANGE GALLERY / BROOKLYN, NEW YORK /
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1997 OCTOBER \ 20 ARTISTS GROUP SHOW, "RANGE OF NEXT STEP" , DEAD END PROJECTS / ALL ARTS IN ONE, THE RANGE GALLERY /
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
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1997 JULY-AUGUST \ GROUP SHOW, INTERNATIONAL SALON II '97, WARD-NASSE GALLERY / MANHATTAN, NEW YORK /
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1997 MARCH \ FIVE PERSON SHOW, "THE STATE OF YOUNG ARTISTS", MUSEUM OF ETHOLOGY / BERLIN, GERMANY /
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1996 DECEMBER \ PERSONAL EXHIBITION, THE NEW GALLERY, PRATT / BROOKLYN, NEW YORK /
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1996 OCTOBER \ GROUP SHOW, AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS EXHIBIT, MUNICPAL GALLERY OF TACSIM / ISTANBUL, TURKEY /
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1996 AUGUST \ PERSONAL EXHIBITION, SECOND FLOOR GALLERY, PRATT / BROOKLYN, NEW YORK /
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1996 JULY-AUGUST \ PERSONAL EXHIBION AT VAJIHA SAMEDOVA GALLERY, THE UNION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS (UAA) / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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1996 APRIL-MAY \ GROUP SHOW, "DAYS OF AZERBAIJAN IN MOSCOW", BRANCH OF THE REVOLUTION MUSEUM / MOSCOW, RUSSIA /
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1996 NOVEMBER \ THIRD ANNUAL PRATT ARTISTS LEAGUE EXHIBITION, STUEBEN EAST/WEST GALLERIES / BROOKLYN, NEW YORK /
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1995 OCTOBER \ INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS EXHIBITION, NEW GALLERY, PRATT / BROOKLYN, NEW YORK /
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1994 WINTER \ SUPER SUPPER CLUB ANNUAL ARTS EXHIBIT / MANHATTAN, NEW YORK /
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1994 SPRING \ EXHIBITION OF AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS, "NOVRUZ" (NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION) / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
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1992 FALL \ AZERBAIJAN ARTISTS AGAINST WAR, S. BAHLUL-ZADE GALLERY / BAKU, AZERBAIJAN /
Organizational & Curatorial Experience
2020 / The BRK with Faber Castel at MiM / Children’s School Contest / ”My Future, Our Future, Ecosphere” at MiM / Baku, Azerbaijan
2016 / The Exhibition of Macedonian Artists in Azerbaijan at MiM / Baku, Azerbaijan
2013 / Coordinating Caspian Biennale Convention, Baku Azerbaijan
2013 / PAB (Post Autonomy Baku) / PArt 24/7 project event with DAVID GOLDENBERG | PERSONAL STRUCTURES | 55ª Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte la Biennale di Venezia | PALAZZO BEMBO
2013 / in the 55ª Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte la Biennale di Venezia | PALAZZO BEMBO as a part of D. Goldenberg’s “Participating Cultures” international project / the Part 24/7 / Yellow Pages of Thoughts (YPOT) interactive installation
2012 / March “Imagine We Are Not Here” Group Project / the Centre of Contemporary Art / Baku, Azerbaijan
2011 / "WMD"(Weapons of Mass Destruction), Group Project / Centre Of Contemporary Art / Baku, Azerbaijan
2010 / "WMD"(Weapons of Mass Destruction), Group Project / Centre Of Contemporary Art / Baku, Azerbaijan
2010 / “Openly” International Exhibition at Antrepo, Istanbul 2010 Cultural Capital of Europe / Istanbul, Turkey
2008 / www.USSR-remix Project / Centre Of Contemporary Art (MiM) / Baku, Azerbaijan
2007 / Participated in the 52nd Venice Biennale with the “Land Art Group” presentation at the first Azerbaijan Pavilion at the Judeca Pavilion
2007 March / "ЦДХ– 2007" Moscow International ART SALON, Union of Azerbaijan Artists', Curating a Group Exhibition
Moscow, Russia
2002 April / In memory of V. Mustafa-zade "Square, Form, Rythm, Color" Group show and renowned Jazz musician’s performance, UAA / Baku,Azerbaijan
2001 October / RAF-Line 2000 International Festival "Man. Costume. Environment" / Org. Committee and Art Projects' Participant
Baku, Azerbaijan
2000 World Press Photo Exhibition at the Vajiha Semedova Gallery, the Union of the Azerbaijan Artists (UAA) / Baku, Azerbaijan
2000 December / Land Art "Fire" Project's Catalog Presentation at Circa / Baku, Azerbaijan
1999 December / "Land Art II" Calendar Presentation & LABYRINTH group Art Exhibition Sponsored by BP Amoco, Union of Azerbaijan Artists, Ministry of Youth and Sport / Bakuvian Society Humai Achievement Award / Baku, Azerbaijan
Symposiums & Forums
2018 JUNE / Art Colony / Soleil Festival / Sozopol, Bulgaria
2016 / "No Comment On Comment" International Show / The Center of Contemporary Art (MiM) / Baku, Azerbaijan
2015 August 18 – 25 / Art Residency Galichnik Macedonia
2009 / International Forum of Contemporary Art - "Maiden Tower”
2001 May - June / "Reviving Old Ties", Days of Caucasus in Mongolia festival/Modem Arts Gallery exhibition / Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2001 April / "Baku - Ceyhan" International Street Painting Competition / Natavan Center / Baku, Azerbaijan
2000 July / "Best Model of the World" Street Painting for the Natavan Centre Millennium Competition / I-st Prize / Baku, Azerbaijan
2000 March / "Land Art" Symposium at Ganjlik / Zagulba, Azerbaijan
1999 October / Land Art II Symposium" In the Search of the Lost Paradise" Gakh, Azerbaijan
Languages
Azeri
Russian
English
2010 - present