Pakhlava Painting

Elchin Houssein was born on September 1, 1996 in Baku. He graduated from high school in 2002-2013, and studied at the Department of History of Art of the Azerbaijan State Art Academy in 2013-2017. The young artist Elchin Houssein has been working as a senior researcher in the Scientific-restoration, methodical and exposition department of the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery in 2018, and he has been working as the head of that department since 2019. The artist has been a member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan since 2019. Despite the fact that he was a new step in creativity, he quickly began to demonstrate his unique artistic and technical characteristics. Elchin Houssein is the author of the these paintings such as; "Ganja style pakhlava", "Sacrifice for the sake of humanity", "Corpse cleaner of Haji Sultanali mosque", "Still life with pakhlava", "Guba genocide", "Tired", "Hidden lover", "Martyr's father", "Sugovushan", "Sacrificial", "Tea Table", "Landscape", "Mastan", "Refugee", "Baku Nights", "Baku Panorama", "Flowers" so on. In his works, we see the artist as a connoisseur of our national traditions and clothing culture. Elchin Houssein has been an active participant of the Republic exhibitions since 2013. The first art work of the young artist, who approaches his art works from a philosophical point of view, called "Two Buddhas", was exhibited at the art exhibition "From Past to Today" organized by the Union of Artists and was awarded a diploma. In 2019, he represented Azerbaijan in the exhibition and plein air organized within the framework of the International "Francophone" festival in Sozopol, Bulgaria. Besides, Elchin Houssein was a participant of, an open-air exhibition of decorative applied art works called "Spring Freshness of Colors", an exhibition called "AXIN" dedicated to Youth Day, a "Nowruz" event organized with the participation of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, a charity event called "Blessing", "An Online Sales Exhibition of Azerbaijani Artists”, the "Towards the Sea" (2022) exhibition organized by "Chagh Art Platform" and dozens of similar exhibitions and projects, and was awarded with various diplomas and awards. In 2021, he was awarded the "For successful activity in 2020" award by the Ministry of Youth and Sports and Youth Foundation of the Republic of Azerbaijan. In 2022, the article "Art in the Metaverse" was published in the "Culture" magazine.