EDUCATION

Azim-zadeh Fine Art School, Baku, Azerbaijan

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

1988- Present          Union of Azerbaijan Artists

SOLO SHOWS

Throughout 1999    One-man Photo exhibit Chadyr (Azerbaijani Refugee Camps)

September    Turkish Cultural Center, New York, New York, USA

August           Indiana University Memorial Union Gallery, Bloomington,

Indiana, USA

May               L.I.P.A. Gallery (Links for International Promotion of the

Arts)  Washington DC, USA

February            Personal Painting Exhibition, European Bank of Reconstruction

And Development, Baku, Azerbaijan

MAJOR GROUP EXHIBITIONS

December 2012       Artists about Artists, Gala Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan

March 2010             International Art Salon, CHA, Moscow, Russia

December 2009       ”Seven” Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan

December 2004      International Visions Gallery, Washington DC, USA

August 2002           Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, PA, USA

May 2000               Alla Rogers Gallery, Washington, DC, USA

March 2000            Hot Zone Show, International Art Salon, Moscow, Russia

July 1999                L.I.P.A. Gallery, Washington DC, USA

April 1999              First Exhibit of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstani Artists in London

Humay Gallery, London, Great Britain

May 1998               Contemporary Artists from Azerbaijan, The World Bank,

Washington DC, USA

1996                  First Modern Art Biennial, Georgian National Arts Gallery,

Tbilisi, Georgia

Azerbaijani and German Artists, Mainz, Germany

Baku Art, Schlob Wolkersdorf Gallery, Vienna, Austria

Baku-Kiev-Odense Group Show, Odense, Denmark

Third Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey

Hagelstam Gallery, Helsinki, Finland

Young Artists of Azerbaijan, Avignon, France

ARS Sovetica Show, Helsinki, Finland

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

2001                 World Press Photo  World Press Photo

1999               Azeri Refugee Poster Competition, Union of Azeri Artists, Baku,

Azerbaijan, Second Prize

1997               Agitation Poster Competition, Union of Azeri Entertainers, Baku, Azerbaijan, Second Prize

World Press Photo    International UNISEF Photo Competition, Baku, Azerbaijan,

First Prize

PUBLIC & PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Niederosterreieh Landsmuseum, Vienna, Austria

Ministry of culture, Paris, France

Art of Modern Gallery, Moscow, Russia

Embassy of France, Moscow, Russia

Sanat Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan

British Petroleum Headquarters, Istanbul, Turkey