Our Artists
Farid Rasulov
B. 1985, Shusha, Azerbaijan. A doctor by training, Farid Rasulov suddenly became involved in the visual arts after his graduation from university, to the great surprise of his friends and family and made great strides in a relatively short period of time. He originally trained to be a doctor at the Azerbaijan State Medical University (2006), but since becoming an artist and working intensively
Rasulov is active across a wide range of artistic media – large scale paintings, installations, 3D graphics, animation and sculpture.
he has represented Azerbaijan at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009. Not accidentally, this con¬ceptual artist stubbornly denies charges of his art being multi-layered and profound. He insists that he has meant absolutely nothing, that he simply replicated the commonplace things that he saw around him. Solo Exhibitions: 2018 - 1001 Skewers, St. Louis, Laumiere Sculptural Park, MO, US. 2015 - #ONLYONECHANCE, MOMA, Baku 2014 - Dogs in the Living Room, Rabouan Moussion Gallery, Paris, France 2013 - ACTUAL TRADITION, Sharjah Islamic Art Festival, Sharjah, UAE 2012 - SEAFOOD. Personal exhibition, Aidan Gallery, Moscow, Russia 2010 - SUBJECTS, Solo Exhibition, Kichik QalArt Gallery Baku, Azerbaijan Selected group exhibitions: 2017 - ARTOMI residency group exhibition, upstate New York, US. 2017 - "Between the Sea and Mountains", YAY gallery, Azerbaijan 2016 - Teesside World Exposition of Art and Technology, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art 2016 - Moscow Young Biennale of Contemporary Art, Moscow 2016 - ArteLagunaPrize 10 - Winner of Sculptural and Installation Section 2015 - Meeting point, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai. 2014 – Pelicans in the Room, carpet installation, HERE TODAY international exhibition, London, UK 2012-2013 - FLY TO BAKU. Contemporary art from Azerbaijan', Kunsthistorisches Museum - Neue Burg, Vienna, Austria; Spazio D - Maxxi building National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy; Spazio D MAXXI building, National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Rome, Italy; Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia; me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany; Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris, France; Phillips de Pury& Company, London, UK 2013 - ORNAMENTATION, 55th Venice Biennale, Azerbaijan Pavilion, Venice, Italy 2013 - LOVE ME LOVE ME NOT, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan and its Neighbors, Collateral Event for the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy 012 BAKU PUBLIC ART Festival, organized by YARAT Contemporary Art Space Baku, Azerbaijan 2012 - COMMONIST, Contemporary art exhibition, organized by YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan 2012 - NEXT LEVEL, Contemporary art group exhibition, YAY gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan 2012 - MERGING BRIDGES, Contemporary art exhibition, Museum of Modern Art Baku, Azerbaijan 2011 - FORWORD, Alternative Art Place, YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku. 2011 - FIRED UP, Gazelli Art House, Show one of five. London, UK 2011 - FABULOUS FOUR, Kichik QalArt, Baku 2011 - BIG CAUCASUS, PERMM Gallery, Perm, Russia 2010 - AZERBAIJAN CONTEMPORARY ART, Aidan Gallery, Moscow 2010 - UNDER THE SCALDING SUN, painting project, Deutch Kyrkha, Baku, Azerbaijan 2009 - COGITO ERGO SUM. 53rd International Art Exhibition of Venice Biennale Azerbaijan Pavilion. Giudecca 95, Venice, Italy 2008 - STEPS OF TIME: Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Residenzschloss, Dresden, Germany 2008 - MINIMUM WAGE project, group-exhibition Center of Contemporary Arts Baku, Azerbaijan 2007 - REALITIES OF DREAMS. ALUMINUM 3, International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Baku Azerbaijan
Farid Rasulov's Paintings
His works are usually intellectually provocative.
