Our Artists

Shamo Abasov

Painter

Born in 1955 in Jabrayil, Azerbaijan 1970-1974 – A. Azimzade State Art College, Baku 1978-1984 – V. I. Mukhina Leningrad Higher School of Art and Industry Since 1986 – Member of the Union of Azerbaijan Artists Since 1986 – Member of the Union of Soviet Artists, 1989 – First-degree Diploma, Union of Azerbaijan Artists 1996 – Second Prize of the Azerbaijan Ministry of Culture EXHIBITIONS 2

Shamo Abasov felt deeply the originality of the Azerbaijani national colors in finely captured characters and comic situations. The relationships between his heroes feature the painfully familiar images of Absheron and the people residing on this amazing peninsula. Even the traditional feast of Baku under a pomegranate tree in his paintings conveys the feeling of not the fleeting but the completeness of joyful moments of life, understanding that it is impossible to achieve such an "incredible lightness of being” without a certain carelessness.

017 Pomegranates and high mountains, exhibition of the Azerbaijani artists, «Kunstation Kleinsassen» gallery, Germany 2015 solo exhibition, Azerbaijan Cultural Center, Vienna, Austria 2014 solo exhibition, Galerie Berlin-Baku, Berlin, Germany 2005 Man and Woman group exhibition, Sattar Bahlulzade Exhibition Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan 2003 November Salon, Gallery Vladislav Marzik gallery, Kraljevo, Serbia 2000 solo exhibition, Exhibition Hall of Mercy Corps, Baku, Azerbaijan 1996 Novruz international exhibition, Ankara, Turkey 1991 Baku Art Center exhibition, the UAE Cultural Center, Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 1990 Baku Art Center Exhibition, Rigas Modes gallery, Latvia 1990 Young Artists of the USSR and the GDR, Erfurt, Germany 1989 Baku Art Center Exhibition, Avignon, France 1989 XIII International Symposium on Ceramics, Prague, Czechoslovakia 1989 Baku Art Center Exhibition, Moscow Palace of Youth, Moscow, Russia 1988 XIII International Symposium on Ceramics, Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia 1986 USSR young artists exhibition, Manezh, Moscow, Russia 1985 XLIII International Contest on Ceramics конкурс керамики, Faenza, Italy 1983 autumn exhibition of the Leningrad artists, Manezh, Moscow, Russia Artworks by Shamo Abasov are housed in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, Baku; Azerbaijan State Picture Gallery, Baku; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; State Museum and Exhibition Center ROSIZO; Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts, Saint Petersburg; South Bohemian Gallery, Czech Republic; the Azerbaijan Embassy in the USA; as well as in the private foreign collections and galleries. Shamo Abasov passed away on May 7, 2014 in Baku. Shamo Abasov is a real artist of Absheron who sees the world in completely unexpected and incomprehensible ways. He is able to play the customary forms, transforming them beyond recognition, while commonplace in his paintings is reborn as the grotesque associative array of symbols and hidden meanings. The artist passed serious schools as the graduate of the art school named A.Azimzadeh and Leningrad higher school of art named after Mukhina, where he received professional education and mastered the skill of drawing, composition and painting. Shamo Abbasov carries a very multi-faceted potential. He worked with ceramics and wood, which is also reflected in a certain approach when creating shapes and volumes, using local color in a contrast, sonorous combination. Shamo Abasov felt deeply the originality of the Azerbaijani national colors in finely captured characters and comic situations. The relationships between his heroes feature the painfully familiar images of Absheron and the people residing on this amazing peninsula. Even the traditional feast of Baku under a pomegranate tree in his paintings conveys the feeling of not the fleeting but the completeness of joyful moments of life, understanding that it is impossible to achieve such an "incredible lightness of being” without a certain carelessness. Artworks by Shamo Abasov are in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, Baku; Azerbaijan State Picture Gallery, Baku; Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow; International Confederation of Artists, Moscow; Stieglitz Museum of Applied Arts, Saint Petersburg; International Museum of Ceramics, Bechyne, Czech Republic; the Azerbaijan Embassy in the USA; and in international private collections. The artist passed away on May 7, 2014 in Baku.

Shamo Abasov 's Paintings

Getting into the world of fantasy of artist Shamo Abasov, you unwittingly feel like a guest on an unknown and beautiful planet, which is inhabited by fabulous characters in whom you recignize yourself.