Exhibitions 2023
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A State Of Acceptance
Kalliopi Lemos and Nancy Atakan 19 Nov 2023 - 24 Feb 2024 Baku Surveying both artists’ individual creative journeys, alongside collaborative works, A State Of Acceptance will excitingly debut never before seen artworks. Lemos’ bold and striking animated video Wasps and Jewels (2023) features the artist’s first twelve unique NFTs. While Atakan’s Searching for The Scent of Time (2023) delivers an immersive projection... Read more -
Reinventor
Derek Boshier 13 Oct - 18 Nov 2023 London In 7 Self Portraits, Boshier reassembles his artistic output, themes, and contexts and, in-so-doing, redefines the notion of a self-portrait. In what Boshier terms “Archival Self-Portraits” his journey is presented as a visual narrative that charts especially transformative years, intertwining life and art. Each distinct work is intricately woven with... Read more -
Chromatic Reveries
Lali Binyatova, Rufana Mamedova, Farhad Nikfam and Shalala Salamzadeh 6 Oct - 10 Nov 2023 Baku Chromatic Reveries unites a collective of emerging contemporary artists who deftly employ palette as a fundamental element in their work, crafting mesmerising experiences for the viewer. Through the approaches to form and perspective, Lali Binyatova, Rufana Mamedova, Farhad Nikfam and Shalala Salamzadeh offer a glimpse into unique worlds of imagination... Read more -
GEN/GEN: Generative Generations
8 Sep - 7 Oct 2023 Project Space , London Gazelli Art House in collaboration with tech partner Verisart is thrilled to introduce their first co-curated exhibition GEN/GEN: Generative Generations, taking over all three floors of Gazelli Art House’s central Mayfair gallery. This exhibition continues the gallery’s longstanding interest in and promotion of digital art, intertwining with the historical angle... Read more -
Wanqi Wang
7 Sep - 7 Oct 2023 Window Project For over a decade, this opportunity has provided a valuable platform for art school students and recent graduates, offering a prominent Dover Street façade as a unique space for displaying their work. Previous winners have created visually enchanting and conceptually complex installations reflecting on social, political, and environmental concerns. For... Read more -
Fluxus Frequency Collective
Elnara Nasirli 23 Jun - 24 Sep 2023 Baku Gazelli Art House Baku is pleased to announce upcoming solo exhibition by Elnara Nasirli, co-curated by Huseyn Jalil. Read more -
Always I Distrust
Cheng Ran | In Partnership with VIVE Arts 2 Jun - 15 Jul 2023 Project Space Playing out in a fictional setting, Always I Distrust thrusts the viewer into a virtual reality (VR) whereby liquid spaces and interconnected portals are traversed in a nine-minute fantasy experience. As sequel to 2014’s Always I Trust, this 2020 work continues Cheng’s explorations into the emotional isolation of city life... Read more -
Data • Glitch • Utopia
Jake Elwes 2 Jun - 15 Jul 2023 London In their first solo exhibition at Gazelli Art House, Jake Elwes looks to demystify the black box of artificial intelligence.In Data • Glitch • Utopia, Jake Elwes brings together a body of work that demystifies, opens up, and plays with Artificial Intelligence (AI). From past to present, artworks range from digital pieces combining strange properties of data with human traces in technology, to more recent investigations seeking out alternative and more hopeful queer futures through AI and drag performance collaboration. The V&A commissioned Elwes to make a new iteration of The Zizi Show in 2020. This exhibition at Gazelli coincides with a display of Elwes’ commission at the V&A, on view from May 2023 to April 2024. Read more -
Ent-er the Garden of Forking Paths
Libby Heaney 30 Mar - 13 May 2023 Project Space What if we could peer beyond the limitations of our perception? As the first Artist to use quantum computing as a functioning artistic medium, Dr. Libby Heaney is leading a timely contemplation on the near-future of lived experience. Prompting thought on determinism, Ent-er the Garden of Forking Paths hinges on... Read more -
Out of the Rectangle
Jann Haworth 30 Mar - 13 May 2023 London The upcoming exhibition, Out of the Rectangle, challenges the ubiquitous rectangle framework that shapes much of our visual art and defines our everyday lives. Renowned artist Jann Haworth breaks away from the constraints of fine art traditions and embraces a more process-oriented approach to create pieces that are softer and... Read more -
Suppressed Memories
Aidan Salakhova, Sitara Ibrahimbayli, Ramina Saadatkhan, Fakhriyya Mammadova, Afet Baghirova, Ayna Moazzen, and Narmina Khalilova 9 Mar - 15 Jun 2023 Baku This group exhibition challenge social norms and cultural biases related to gender and race. From Salakhova's powerful social messages to Khalilova's concept of beauty in black and white, and Baghirova's linguistic research to Ibrahimbayli's gender-based formulae in clothing, the exhibition unveils the intimate consciousness outside established patterns. Mammadova's Transformation further... Read more -
Refracted Bodies
Matteo Zamagni 10 Feb - 18 Mar 2023 Project Space Refracted Bodies is the distillation of Zamagni’s latest artistic endeavours, combining established artistic media alongside XR (Mixed Reality) experiences. Realms composed of physical and non-physical elements bid visitors to occupy and consider their role within the intricate technosphere and biosphere that constitutes the contemporary age. Sculptures and found objects dispense... Read more -
Sapient
Recycle Group 10 Feb - 18 Mar 2023 London In solo exhibition Sapient, Recycle Group deliver visions of a utopia conjured by an eternal AI. Reflecting on the power-imbalances and opacity of current governmental structures, the artists conceived Sapient, an imagined open-code algorithm combining the will of the living and the infinite to enact bureaucratic rulings. Supplanting orthodox government,... Read more -
King of Hearts loop
Aziz + Cucher 10 - 21 Jan 2023 Project Space We are excited to announce the extended date (21st of January) for You’re Welcome and I’m Sorry, an exhibition at Gazelli Art House of significant pieces that mark three decades of artistic collaboration between Anthony Aziz and Sammy Cucher (Aziz + Cucher). Encapsulating the duo’s cross-disciplinary practice, the exhibition offers... Read more -
Ashraf Murad, Niyaz Najafov, and selected artists
22 Dec 2022 - 3 Mar 2023 Baku Gazelli Art House Baku presents an exhibition of Ashraf Murad’s selected works on canvas alongside other prominent Azeri artists. Ashraf Murad is one of the great masters of Azerbaijani art in the twentieth century. He made a significant contribution to the development of the culture and became a real source... Read more -
You're Welcome and I'm Sorry
Aziz + Cucher 25 Nov 2022 - 21 Jan 2023 London Encapsulating the duo’s cross-disciplinary practice, You’re Welcome and I’m Sorry offers familiar and never-before-seen artworks in a multidimensional display. In the video installation, You’re Welcome and I’m Sorry (2019, originally commissioned for MASS MoCA), elements of the carnivalesque signal the theatre of our global financial system. Within six flat screens... Read more