Naila Hazell

Contemporary British artist Naila Hazell was born in 1981 and grew up in Baku, Azerbaijan.
She was taught by renowned Soviet social realism painter Boyukagha Mirzezade while studying fine arts and getting her MA at the Azerbaijani Fine Arts Academy.
Hazell has had numerous solo and group shows in Baku and now, with her studio based in West London, she is continuing her work and exhibiting in the UK.
A figurative artist, working mainly in oil, she's also expanding her practices with different media for some of her future conceptual art projects. Hazell is preparing work for a solo exhibition within the next year.

Hazell is passionate in her exploration of the stillness to be found in short precious moments, which can be seen instantly throughout one’s life, but which can also be ignored and lost in the haste of life. Her paintings transform those unconscious moments to create conscious reminiscences that can be activated by every viewer. The diversity of the deep colours and structures around her figures, can lead viewers to many dimensional connections.
The extraordinariness to be found in her work is that her themes hold many stories, her unassuming ‘moments' are linked to ordinary human life experiences, but which can contain ...

MA in arts, Azerbaijan State Art Academy (2002-2004)
BA in arts, Azerbaijan State Art Academy (1998-2002)

Group Shows:

2025 The Other art Fair

2024 presented by Unix Gallery NY

2024 “Figuratively speaking “ Maximillian Wolfgang Gallery

2024 Portrait drawing Workshop. The National Gallery

2024 “Women in Art Fair” Mall Galleries

2024 “Cass Art Prize” Copeland Gallery.

2024 “Can you see me” Daa Art Gallery

2024 “Chelsea Art Society Summer Exhibition”

2024 "The Other Art Fair " London

2024 “Intimate Spaces” Maximillian Wölfgang Gallery

2023 Art on Postcard (Auction)

2023 “Carrying My Landscape” Marie Jose Gallery

2023 “Face to Face” Marlborough Gallery till 14th July 2023

2023 “Skin Deep” Studio West

2022 “Face to Face” Gillian Jason Gallery

2022 “Politics of Charm” group show. Cicek Gallery

2022 “Distortion & Dissonance” group show. Where’s The Frame? Gallery

2022 Winners: Award Winning Artists. Mall Galleries.

2022 “Inspire 2022” group exhibition at D Contemporary. Mayfair

2022 Clayton Hotel. Chiswick

2022 Speaker. Xhibit Professional Development Day. Chelsea College of Art Lecture Theatre

2022 Featured by Saatchi Arts homepage week collection.

2022 Represented by Cicek Art Gallery

2021 Figurative Art Now. Mall Galleries

2021 Lyon and Turnbull Award

2021 RSA Annual exhibition. Online


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