Zeigam Azizov
Born in 1963 | Salyan, Azerbaijan
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Education: 2016: Doc.Phil, Klagenfurt University, Austria
2012: PhD (candidate), Goldsmiths University of London
2012: MPhil (Art), Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000: MA Contemporary Art, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
1998: MA in Modern Continental Philosophy, Staffordshire University, UK
Currently living and working in London, artist and philosopher Zeigam Azizov was born and raised in Azerbaijan, USSR. He started his art practice abroad and worked in various mediums such as photography, installation, video, text, and a mixture of both. Azizov utilizes art and philosophy as a tool to enhance and realize one another by producing artworks based on philosophical ideas and analyses and using art to expand the philosophy he explores in his practice. His artistic and intellectual work has been internationally acclaimed and celebrated. His work has been shown in the United Kingdom, Scotland, Austria, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Denmark, Georgia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, India, Turkey, France, and Slovenia, as well as Biennales and Pavilions. Azizov’s works also contribute to the local art scene of Azerbaijan since they are frequently exhibited in art hubs. Zeigam Azizov shares his vision and perspective with artworks, his writings, conferences, presentations, and his teaching practice as a lecturer. His writings include an academic body of works and articles written for Moscow Art Magazine, where Azizov works as a contributing editor.
The primary objective of the artist’s practice is the exploration and criticizing of influences of globalization by analyzing issues such as migration, cultural industry, the concept of time, and manipulation and perception of new media. One of the essential themes in the artist’s work is what he calls ‘migrasophia,’ which combines the words migration and philosophy.
Awards and Nomination 2006: Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Visual Arts (nomination), UK
2006: Decibel Awards for Artists (shortlist), UK
2005: Digital Media Arts Bursary, Artsadmin, UK
2003: DAAD, Academic Art Exchange, Germany
2020: Unusual phrases…, Evolving Arts, Dubai, UAE
2019: Newspeak , Baku Biennale, Baku
2019: Headlines etc, Azerbaijan pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
2018: Disappearance, Abilov Cultural Centre, Baku, AZ https://report.az/en/cultural-policy/exhibition-disappearance-opens-in-baku/
2018: Letters to Words, a site-specific installation, Baku, AZ
2017: Local Time , Artspace, Sydney, Australia https://julielouisebacon.com/portfolio/local-time/
2016: In This City of Bright Fires , Artim gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2017: Decaffeinated colonialism, MSDM, London
2015: Three films by Zeigam Azizov, Yarat Contemporary Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7mNKosFY7U
2013: The Origin of Geometry, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE http://www.maraya.ae/index.php?r=exhibitions/view&id=30
2012: Migrasophia (migration+philosophy), Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAEhttp://maraya.art/index.php?r=exhibitions/view&id=8
2012: Oilscapes, Peacock Visual arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
2011: Illumunazioni, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/35745/the-republic-of-azerbaijan-at-the-54th-venice-biennale/
2011: Machine Raum, Velje Museum of Art, Velje, Denmark
2010: The oil scenario, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
2010: Saualm, Kunstraum Lakeside, Austria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9tkP8lkyDQ
Sources:
https://varyox.az/visart/zeyqem-azizov/
https://zeigamazizov.com/
Born in 1963 | Salyan, Azerbaijan
Website
Education: 2016: Doc.Phil, Klagenfurt University, Austria
2012: PhD (candidate), Goldsmiths University of London
2012: MPhil (Art), Royal College of Art, London, UK
2000: MA Contemporary Art, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
1998: MA in Modern Continental Philosophy, Staffordshire University, UK
Currently living and working in London, artist and philosopher Zeigam Azizov was born and raised in Azerbaijan, USSR. He started his art practice abroad and worked in various mediums such as photography, installation, video, text, and a mixture of both. Azizov utilizes art and philosophy as a tool to enhance and realize one another by producing artworks based on philosophical ideas and analyses and using art to expand the philosophy he explores in his practice. His artistic and intellectual work has been internationally acclaimed and celebrated. His work has been shown in the United Kingdom, Scotland, Austria, the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Denmark, Georgia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Japan, Germany, India, Turkey, France, and Slovenia, as well as Biennales and Pavilions. Azizov’s works also contribute to the local art scene of Azerbaijan since they are frequently exhibited in art hubs. Zeigam Azizov shares his vision and perspective with artworks, his writings, conferences, presentations, and his teaching practice as a lecturer. His writings include an academic body of works and articles written for Moscow Art Magazine, where Azizov works as a contributing editor.
The primary objective of the artist’s practice is the exploration and criticizing of influences of globalization by analyzing issues such as migration, cultural industry, the concept of time, and manipulation and perception of new media. One of the essential themes in the artist’s work is what he calls ‘migrasophia,’ which combines the words migration and philosophy.
Awards and Nomination 2006: Paul Hamlyn Foundation Awards for Visual Arts (nomination), UK
2006: Decibel Awards for Artists (shortlist), UK
2005: Digital Media Arts Bursary, Artsadmin, UK
2003: DAAD, Academic Art Exchange, Germany
2020: Unusual phrases…, Evolving Arts, Dubai, UAE
2019: Newspeak , Baku Biennale, Baku
2019: Headlines etc, Azerbaijan pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice
2018: Disappearance, Abilov Cultural Centre, Baku, AZ https://report.az/en/cultural-policy/exhibition-disappearance-opens-in-baku/
2018: Letters to Words, a site-specific installation, Baku, AZ
2017: Local Time , Artspace, Sydney, Australia https://julielouisebacon.com/portfolio/local-time/
2016: In This City of Bright Fires , Artim gallery, Baku, Azerbaijan
2017: Decaffeinated colonialism, MSDM, London
2015: Three films by Zeigam Azizov, Yarat Contemporary Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7mNKosFY7U
2013: The Origin of Geometry, Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE http://www.maraya.ae/index.php?r=exhibitions/view&id=30
2012: Migrasophia (migration+philosophy), Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAEhttp://maraya.art/index.php?r=exhibitions/view&id=8
2012: Oilscapes, Peacock Visual arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
2011: Illumunazioni, 54th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy https://www.e-flux.com/announcements/35745/the-republic-of-azerbaijan-at-the-54th-venice-biennale/
2011: Machine Raum, Velje Museum of Art, Velje, Denmark
2010: The oil scenario, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, Scotland
2010: Saualm, Kunstraum Lakeside, Austria https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9tkP8lkyDQ
Sources:
https://varyox.az/visart/zeyqem-azizov/
https://zeigamazizov.com/
Headlines etc, 2019Azerbaijan pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Newspeak, 2019Baku Biennale
Migrasophia, 2012installation at Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, UAE