Farhad Farzaliyev
b. 1989, Baku
He lives and works in Baku
Farhad completed an MFA with distinction at the Azerbaijan State Architecture and Construction University in Baku in 2012. Since, he has worked predominantly in the medium of installations, but also with paintings, graphics, photography and sound. He has been a member of the Artists' Union of Azerbaijan since 2011 and a member of YAY Gallery, the social enterprise element of YARAT Contemporary Art Space, since 2013. He has participated in a large number of group exhibitions around the world and is represented in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Baku.
Some of Farhad’s recent work, the Granny’s Vocabulary series from 2014, considers nostalgia for the Soviet era, combining rudimentary Soviet textiles with neon slogans from his grandparents generation. Using Cyrillic script, which was replaced by Turkic script after independence in 1991, his work immediately speaks of the pre-independence era of Soviet rule and the tumultuous history of Azerbaijani script, which has changed officially three times in the last seventy years.
Farzaliyev has featured in many exhibitions in his native Baku, and a growing number around the world including Russian and Germany.
Selected Exhibtions
2014
Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
2013
Different Cultures – One World, 7th Tashkent International Contemporary Art Biennial, Central Exhibition Hall of the Academy of Arts, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Завод, Baku Air-Conditioning Plant Building, Baku, Azerbaijan
Eko Art, Museum Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
From Waste to Art, Qala Archeological and Ethnographic Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
The World Is Yours. The World Is Mine, Kicik QalArt Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
Process 2013, The Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
2012
Group Exhibition of Members of the Artists’ Union of Azerbaijan, Vaciha Samadova Exhibition Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Aluminum 5, International Contemporary Art Biennale, Museum Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011
Group Exhibition of Members of the Artists’ Union of Azerbaijan, Vaciha Samadova Exhibition Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan
Artist-in-Residence 2011, Ausstellungsraum des BMUKK, Vienna, Austria
2010
At the Cross of the XX Century, Azerbaijan State Museum of Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009
Aluminium 4, International Contemporary Art Biennale, Museum Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
2008
Steps of Time, Group exhibition, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany
2007
Aluminum 3, International Contemporary Art Biennale, Museum Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
