Rashad Alakbarov graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts in 2001, where he specialized in Decorative Arts. Rashad's work was among the work chosen to represent the art of Azerbaijan at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007. He creates innovative installations which challenge the viewers' expectations by using incongruous objects to create shadows that resemble familiar scenes or patterns.
(b. 1979)
Selected Exhibitions:
2012 - "Fly to Baku" - Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Philips de Pury & Company, London, United Kingdom
2011 - "Foreword" - Contemporary art exhibition organized by YARAT! Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011 - "Fabulous Four", ArtExEast Foundation, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011 - "Big Caucasus", PermM gallery (Marat Hellman), Perm, Russia
2010 - "Azerbaijan Contemporary Art", Aidan gallery, Moscow, Russia
2009 - "Baku Unlimited” exhibition, Basel, Switzerland
2008 - "Art is not only ugly", Azerbaijan cultural days in Berlin, Germany
2008 - "Steps of Time", Azerbaijan cultural days in Dresden, Germany
2007 - "OMNIA MEA", 52 Venice Biennale, Azerbaijan Pavilion, Venice, Italy
2007 - "East & West", Die, France
2006 - "TRANSFUSION" exhibition, Liestal, Switzerland
2005 - "Utopia", Berlin, Germany