Aflatun Israilov

Aflatun Israilov is a professional seascape and landscape painter from Azerbaijan.
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Before his art career, as a Master of sports Aflatun taught Jiu-Jitsu and Karate at local schools and had many young students all across Azerbaijan.
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Inspired by the beauty of the Caspian Sea and swift mountain rivers of the Caucasus, he developed and patented a new Martial Arts style 'Su-Yolu', translated from Azeri as "Water flow".
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Water has always been a key element in his work. He made a transition to painting in 2010, when he first took a brush in the most challenging period in his life.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Aflatun's art is not just about seascapes.
It conveys an intuitive feeling of nature's power.
It unites opposites, showing human life is filled with challenges but that the sunshine always triumphs.
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In his oil paintings the artist uses traditional multiple layer technique to show movement of water, at the same time doing it playfully in a 'loose' manner and improvising a lot.

Aflatun’s ability to render colour and light is phenomenal. Water being one of the most difficult objects for a pa...

2024 15 October – 2025 15 January – The First Annual ASMA Awards, American Society of Marine Artists

2024 5 November – 2025 12 January – TEN by TEN, Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago, USA

2024 20 September – 15 December – International Guild of Realism Fall Salon Exhibition, USA

2024 1 September – 30 November – The 2024 Almenara Art Prize Online Exhibition

2024 12-19 August – Galleria San Giorgio, Portofino, Italy

2023 14-27 September – Art Unlimited Gallery Exhibition, Bridport, the UK

2023 26-30 June – London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, the UK

2023 27 May – 6 June AUTOGRAPHS2, QGallery, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN

2023 19 May – SHUSHA, Museum Center, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN

2023 22-25 February “SU YOLU - WATERWAY”, Personal Exhibition at QGALLERY BAKU, Azerbaijan

2021 15 JUNE “MY MOTHERLAND AZERBAIJAN”, Personal Exhibition at International Book Center “Azerkitab” Baku, Azerbaijan



2023 27 May – 6 June AUTOGRAPHS2, QGallery, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN

2023 19 May – SHUSHA, Museum Center, BAKU, AZERBAIJAN

2021 26-28 November ART 3F Brussels, BRUSSELS BELGIUM

2019 September Exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts of Azerbaijan devoted to days of ARGENTINA IN AZERBAIJAN, BAKU AZERBAIJAN

2018 June Exhibition at national festival ...