Birth Year
Country of birth
Country of residence
1979
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Rashad Babayev, is a painter and installation artist belonging to a young generation of Azerbaijani artists that are transforming the contemporary art landscape of Baku / His artistic style reflects an entrenched expressionist yet minimalist approach utilizing different colors as his language / His debut solo exhibition was in 2004 / In 2005 he became a member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan and ever since he has taken part in numerous international exhibitions across the globe, as well as the 55th Venice Biennale / Babayev’s works are held in the Museum of Modern Art in Baku, ‘20th-21st Century Azerbaijani Painting’ Museum, Yarat Contemporary Art Space and other private collections / Babayev was handpicked to be a part of ‘Fly to Baku’ a travelling contemporary art exhibition showcasing the finest Azerbaijani talent across Moscow, Rome, Baku, Vienna, Paris and Berlin / He recently expanded his artistic practice into scriptwriting and filmmaking - for which he was awarded Azerbaijan Cinematographists Union promotional diploma/
2014 ‘Island’, MOMA, Baku
2004 Q Gallery, Baku
2018 Screenwriting and Cinematography Debut, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016 ’12?’, MOMA, Baku
2015 Yarat Contemporary Art Space opening, Baku
2014 ‘Love me, Love me not’, Heydar Aliyev Centre, Baku
2013 55th Venice Biennale
2013 ‘Home Sweet Home’, MOMA, Baku
2013 ‘Home Sweet Home’, Azerbaijani Cultural Centre, Paris
2012-2013 ‘Fly to Baku’ travelling exhibition, Baku, Vienna, Rome, Moscow, Berlin, Paris and London
2012 ‘Commonist’, Alternative Art Space, Baku
2012 ‘Merging Bridges’, MOMA, Baku
2012 ‘012’ Baku Art Festival, Baku
2011 ‘Foreword’, Alternative Art Space, Baku
2011 ‘Land of Fire’, Paris
2011 ‘Harmony’, Yeoksam Cultural Centre, Seoul
2009 ‘Black & White’, Museum Art Centre, Baku
2009 ‘Aluminium’, Contemporary Art Centre, Baku
2008 Central House of Artists, Moscow
2007 Union of Artists, Astana
2007 VI International Art Biennial, Tehran
2006 ‘Transformation of Oil in Artworks’, Q Gallery, Baku
2006 ‘Art and New Technologies’ International Festival of Contemporary Art, Baku
2005 ‘Man and Woman’, Baku
2004 14th Istanbul Art Fair
2004 ‘Art Caucasus’, International Fair of Contemporary Visual Art, Tbilisi
2004 Young artists group exhibition, Baku
Painting is a mysterious and intimate process for me. I believe that personal intuition and irrationality dictates my style. I often find inspiration from old eastern miniatures and their visions of colour. Colour is the absolute essential element for me in a painting. This way I feel like I am continuing the work of a previous generation of Azerbaijani artists.