Zarnishan Yusif
Born in 1985 | Baku, Azerbaijan
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Education:
Design, Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art, MA
Design, Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art, BA
Zarnishan Yusif, a modern artist based in Baku, has won numerous art honors in Azerbaijan, particularly the first-place award for emerging talent from the Museum Center in Baku in 2012. Spain, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, China, India, Austria, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia are just a few of the countries where she has displayed her paintings and engaged in festivals. Her artwork was featured in the 'Fly to Baku' traveling exhibition of Azerbaijani modern art, which traveled to European countries from 2012 to 2014. Zarnishan has had two solo exhibits in Baku, namely 'Money, Money, Money’ at Q Gallery in 2018 and 'Old Baku' at ATV Gallery in 2016. In these solo exhibits, she showed layered pieces that combined painting and vintage paper. Inset with old vintage portraits of people wearing traditional Azerbaijani garments, old book pages, and ancient postcards, she produced a collection of atmospheric painted pieces in shades of blue, ochre, red, and green imaged with designs of cloth, carpet motifs.
She criticized digital platforms and VR technology as a corrosive environment in interpersonal behavior and community life in her 2019 piece to the Azerbaijan National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 'Bubble Reflection.' Clear Plexiglas-styled human forms were implanted with the shape of computer chips and wiring to create the comprehensive piece. When observed from the side, a series of mirrored spheres dangled in the center of the frame of persons, implying the ubiquitous 'group-think' so widespread in the growing fake worldwide reality and people's penchant for empty lifestyles displayed via social media. By doing so, she hopes to demonstrate how technological comforts are transforming society by eroding uniqueness, and how awareness of this outcome of modern life can contribute to counteracting the impacts.
Exhibitions and Events
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018: "Money Money Money", QGallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: "Old Baku", ATV Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan EXHIBITIONS:
2019: II International Painting Symposium, Portimao, Portugal
2019: Exhibition“Virtual Reality”, Azerbaijan Pavilion, 58th Venice Art Biennale, Italy
2017: "100 View points Plovdiv" II stage, Resonance gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2017: VI International "From Waste to Art" exhibition, Baku, Azerbaijan
2017: International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Songyang, China
2017: "The Fourth Silk Road Art Exhibition", Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi'an, China 2017 A creative workshop on gender equality. UNESCO Cultural Heritage Project, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: "Heart Project", H.Aliyev Foundation project, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: "Hulf Truths", Artim Project Space, Yarat 2016 Olimpia Fine Arts, Internaional Contemporary Art Festival, Guwahati, India
2016: "Sirga olsun" exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Night at Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Colour of Coffea, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Maiden Tower VI International Art Festival, Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Azerbaijani paintings of the XX - XXI centuries, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: “The Tolerance of Azerbaijani Youth”, Azerbaijan Culture Center, Vienna, Austria
2015: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Khojaly, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2014: Semeni, International Art Contest, Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013: Fly to Baku, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013: Tradition & Contemporaneity, exhibition of young artists, Art Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013: Fly to Baku, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
2012: Blue water, Four seasons Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan
2012: Sport Art, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2012: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Azerbaijanian Young, Exhibition Saloon n/a S. Bahlulzade, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011: “Winter” drawing exhibition of azerbaijanian artists, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011: Foreword, Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011: 5th Meeting of artist & creations”, Antalya, Turkey
2011: First Geshaview International Art Festival, Geshaview, Bulgaria
2010: Gabala I International Art Exhibition, Gabala, Azerbaijan
2010: “Point X...” drawing exhibition of azerbaijanian artists, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: Human Colours, Music, International MAIL ART Exhibition 2 in Thessaloniki, Greece
2010: Gusar Art Symposium, Gusar, Azerbaijan
2010: “Selfportret” drawing exhibition, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: 2. Tepecik International, Cultural-Art, Friendship and Sport Festival, Aydin, Turkey
2010: Human Colours, Music, International MAIL ART Exhibition in Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece
2010: “Phylosophy of spring” modern drawing exhibition, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: Din A4 International Drawing Project, Malaga, Spain
2010: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Woman, Exhibition Saloon n/a V.Samedova, the UAA, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010-2012: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Azerbaijanian Young, Exhibition Saloon n/a V. Samedova, the UAA, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: Project “White & Black”, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009: Baku painting competition N3 “Germany the country of…”, Art Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009: “Crossroads” -13th Sheki International Art Symposium, Sheki, Azerbaijan
2009: Exhibition of the young artists, Exhibition Saloon n/a V. Samedova, the UAA, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Woman, Q Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2007: Photo exhibition of young photographers, Art Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan THE WORKS ARE KEPT: From Waste to Art Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi'an, China
Sources:
https://varyox.az/visart/zarnishan-yusif/ https://qgallery.net/en/pages/single-artist/58
Born in 1985 | Baku, Azerbaijan
Other:
https://www.behance.net/zarnishanyusif1
Education:
Design, Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art, MA
Design, Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art, BA
Zarnishan Yusif, a modern artist based in Baku, has won numerous art honors in Azerbaijan, particularly the first-place award for emerging talent from the Museum Center in Baku in 2012. Spain, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, China, India, Austria, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Russia are just a few of the countries where she has displayed her paintings and engaged in festivals. Her artwork was featured in the 'Fly to Baku' traveling exhibition of Azerbaijani modern art, which traveled to European countries from 2012 to 2014. Zarnishan has had two solo exhibits in Baku, namely 'Money, Money, Money’ at Q Gallery in 2018 and 'Old Baku' at ATV Gallery in 2016. In these solo exhibits, she showed layered pieces that combined painting and vintage paper. Inset with old vintage portraits of people wearing traditional Azerbaijani garments, old book pages, and ancient postcards, she produced a collection of atmospheric painted pieces in shades of blue, ochre, red, and green imaged with designs of cloth, carpet motifs.
She criticized digital platforms and VR technology as a corrosive environment in interpersonal behavior and community life in her 2019 piece to the Azerbaijan National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, 'Bubble Reflection.' Clear Plexiglas-styled human forms were implanted with the shape of computer chips and wiring to create the comprehensive piece. When observed from the side, a series of mirrored spheres dangled in the center of the frame of persons, implying the ubiquitous 'group-think' so widespread in the growing fake worldwide reality and people's penchant for empty lifestyles displayed via social media. By doing so, she hopes to demonstrate how technological comforts are transforming society by eroding uniqueness, and how awareness of this outcome of modern life can contribute to counteracting the impacts.
Exhibitions and Events
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018: "Money Money Money", QGallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: "Old Baku", ATV Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan EXHIBITIONS:
2019: II International Painting Symposium, Portimao, Portugal
2019: Exhibition“Virtual Reality”, Azerbaijan Pavilion, 58th Venice Art Biennale, Italy
2017: "100 View points Plovdiv" II stage, Resonance gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
2017: VI International "From Waste to Art" exhibition, Baku, Azerbaijan
2017: International Contemporary Art Exhibition, Songyang, China
2017: "The Fourth Silk Road Art Exhibition", Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi'an, China 2017 A creative workshop on gender equality. UNESCO Cultural Heritage Project, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: "Heart Project", H.Aliyev Foundation project, Baku, Azerbaijan
2016: "Hulf Truths", Artim Project Space, Yarat 2016 Olimpia Fine Arts, Internaional Contemporary Art Festival, Guwahati, India
2016: "Sirga olsun" exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Night at Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Colour of Coffea, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Maiden Tower VI International Art Festival, Old City, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: Azerbaijani paintings of the XX - XXI centuries, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015: “The Tolerance of Azerbaijani Youth”, Azerbaijan Culture Center, Vienna, Austria
2015: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Khojaly, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2014: Semeni, International Art Contest, Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013: Fly to Baku, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Heydar Aliyev Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013: Tradition & Contemporaneity, exhibition of young artists, Art Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013: Fly to Baku, Contemporary Art from Azerbaijan, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
2012: Blue water, Four seasons Hotel, Baku, Azerbaijan
2012: Sport Art, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2012: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Azerbaijanian Young, Exhibition Saloon n/a S. Bahlulzade, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011: “Winter” drawing exhibition of azerbaijanian artists, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011: Foreword, Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Baku, Azerbaijan
2011: 5th Meeting of artist & creations”, Antalya, Turkey
2011: First Geshaview International Art Festival, Geshaview, Bulgaria
2010: Gabala I International Art Exhibition, Gabala, Azerbaijan
2010: “Point X...” drawing exhibition of azerbaijanian artists, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: Human Colours, Music, International MAIL ART Exhibition 2 in Thessaloniki, Greece
2010: Gusar Art Symposium, Gusar, Azerbaijan
2010: “Selfportret” drawing exhibition, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: 2. Tepecik International, Cultural-Art, Friendship and Sport Festival, Aydin, Turkey
2010: Human Colours, Music, International MAIL ART Exhibition in Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece
2010: “Phylosophy of spring” modern drawing exhibition, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: Din A4 International Drawing Project, Malaga, Spain
2010: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Woman, Exhibition Saloon n/a V.Samedova, the UAA, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010-2012: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Azerbaijanian Young, Exhibition Saloon n/a V. Samedova, the UAA, Baku, Azerbaijan
2010: Project “White & Black”, Museum Center, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009: Baku painting competition N3 “Germany the country of…”, Art Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009: “Crossroads” -13th Sheki International Art Symposium, Sheki, Azerbaijan
2009: Exhibition of the young artists, Exhibition Saloon n/a V. Samedova, the UAA, Baku, Azerbaijan
2009: Exhibition devoted to the Day of Woman, Q Gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2007: Photo exhibition of young photographers, Art Academy, Baku, Azerbaijan THE WORKS ARE KEPT: From Waste to Art Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan Shaanxi Provincial Art Museum, Xi'an, China
Sources:
https://varyox.az/visart/zarnishan-yusif/ https://qgallery.net/en/pages/single-artist/58
"Old iron",
2011
Acrylic, collage on canvas
105x105 cm
"Old iron", 2011
Acrylic, collage on canvas
70x90 cm
Money 1 (Azerbaijan series), 2018
Collage acryclic on canvas
146 x 146 cm
Old Baku, 2013Acrylic, collage on canvas
70x70 cm