Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Baku, Heydar Aliyev Center
2016 Tbilisi, Georgian National Museum
2015 London, The Saatchi Gallery
2014 Berlin, Gallery of Berlin City Administration
2012 Moscow, Central House of the Artists
2011 London, The Great Room 1508, London
2008 Moscow, The State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow
2007 Baku, The State Museum Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan
2004 Berlin, Gallery of Berlin City Administration
2000 Paris, La Cite Internationale des Arts
Awards and Honours
2012 Awarded the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts
2008 Honourable Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
2006 Awarded the Grand Prix prize at the Teheran Biennale
2002 Awarded the title, Honoured Artist of Azerbaijan
2000 Awarded the Chevalier Award in Literature and Art
2000 Awarded the Gold Medal by the Artists’ Union of Russia, in honour of the bicentenary anniversary of A. Pushkin
1987 Awarded the Silver Medal of the USSR Academy of Arts
Education
1966 Graduated from Public Art School, Baku
1968 Studied at Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts, Moscow
1969 Member of the Artists’ Union of the USSR
1975 Graduated from Moscow Polygraphic Institute
1987 to date Chairperson of the Artists’ Union of Azerbaijan.
Elected Deputy of Azerbaijan Parliament of XI and XII convocations