Vusal Rahim
b. 1987, Ganja, Azerbaijan
He lives and works in Ganja and in Baku
Vusal studied in the department of Theatre and Decorative Design at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Art, in the workshop of People’s Artist Kamil Najafzadeh from 2007 to 2011. Rahim started his artistic activity a little after graduation, in late 2011. He chiefly works in painting, graphic art, decorative theatre and stage design, video art, photography and sculpture, often involved in more than one medium simultaneously, with numerous different techniques.
In his art works, Vusal mainly expresses a new perspective on figurative images, using the human form as inspiration for a large part of them, both individually and together as families, as well as confronting some other major life questions. Key features of his style are the deconstruction of human images and their unconventional reconstruction using a large and imaginative palette. Viewers of his works are challenged to consider how we take the human form for granted and how changes in form and colour can introduce vastly different impressions and suggestions about people as individuals and in social groups. His education and continued involvement in theatrical costume and decoration can be seen in his work through the application of vivid colour and stark, confident lines, that give his paintings a starkly dramatic, theatrical look.
His works have been exhibited around the world, most notably in France and Italy, and he exhibited a solo exhibition in YAY Gallery, Baku. Rahim is also a major contributor to the BACARART project, as one of the artists who teaches and inspires children to create art.
Solo Exhibitions
2013
Black Woman, YAY Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Blue Background, YAY Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013
Home, Sweet Home, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijani, Cultural Center in Paris, France
The Circle of Peace, Art Action, Writers House of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
2012
Commonist, organised by YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
Energy of Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
IV International Symposium on Turkic Culture, Art and Cultural Heritage, Milan, Italy
2011
Trace, Azerbaijan National History Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
Stage and Decorative Design Experience
2013
Ashkash, based on Abdulla Shaig’s play, Baku Children’s Theatre, Baku, Azerbaijan
Impostures of Scapeni by Jean Baptiste Moliere, performed by Azerbaijan State Theatre of Comedy, S. Vurghun Russian Drama Theatre, Baku, Azerbaijan
2012
Celebration of 140th Anniversary of Mammad Said Ordubadi, Muslim Magomayev Baku Philharmonic, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011 - 2012
A Flower in Mist, Public Television of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
