Ayan Aziz Mammadova

I am Ayan Aziz

Ever since I was little, I remember spending a lot of time in my father’s workshop, watching him passionately work on his paintings and dreaming that one day I will find my own passion. These are my earliest childhood memories, which in fact inspired and shaped me into the creative individual I am today.

Being surrounded by vibrant and talented artists from a young age had a great influence on my artistic formation. However, as I grew and became older my artistic style changed, I acquired a host of expressions, emotions, and moods that capture feminine warmth, sensitivity, and emotional complexity. My art is a reflection of my inner world, a mirror to my soul. I use the colours of my works to assign rhythm and deep meaning in an abstract ornament, as well as saturated patterns that can be found hidden in still life or landscape.

The language of art is an unparalleled force of my expression, the freedom of visual expression where even the most paradoxical ideas can touch and be united is the underlying concept that I live by…

2018 Doctor of Philology
2009-2011 Master Degree at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts.

2023 CICA Museum, Solo Exhibition
2023 CICA Museum, Breath Exhibition
2023 Tokyo Art Fair, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Galeria AZUR, Berlin, Germany
2022 Nice Art EXPO, Nice, France
2022 Represented by Agora Gallery, New York, USA

2021 Florence Biennale "Eternal Femininity", Florence, Italy

2019 Florence Biennale, Florence, Italy
2019 London Biennale, London, UK
2019 La Galleria Pall Mall, The Summer Show 2019, London, UK
2018 Nur Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2018 "Ag Sheher", Baku, Azerbaijan 

2015 IV International Art Exhibition in Qabala city
2014 International Festival "Vera", Lisbon
2013 "Lights of Baku" organized by Azerishig III International Art Exhibition

2012 Project "Land of Fire", Azerbaijan, Baku
2012 University of Leeds, Leeds, UK 

2011 Exhibition of Female Divinity, Giz Galasi Gallery, Azerbaijan, Baku
2010 Exhibition "Silk Road" in Baku, Azerbaijan 
Participant of the International Korea Exhibition
2010-2012 Silk Road. Korea, Seoul