Orkhan Mammadov is pioneering and one of the few innovative media artists from Azerbaijan + since their exhibition with YARAT in 2013; who have also emerged on the international scene since representing his home country in the Venice Biennial in 2019. Currently based in Istanbul, meanwhile travelling worldwide searching for new expressiveness in the post-pandemic world. He mixes eastern heritage representation, popular aesthetics, references to surrealism, and documentary conventions in his AI (artificial intelligence) & ML (machine learning) based installations.
His works reflect on the rapid and chaotic changes occurring in technology in the global context with rethinking Middle Eastern cultural heritage.
Mammadov’s works have been exhibited at several international biennales and triennials, including Moscow International Contemporary Art Biennale in Moscow, Russia (2019) and Venice Biennale de Arte in Venice, Italy (2019), Nasimi Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan (2018), Gamma Festival in ST. Petersburg, Russia (2018), IF Istanbul International Film Festival in Istanbul, Turkey (2017), ACCU Festival in Prague, Czech Republic (2017), Dave Festival in Dresden, Germany (2017).
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Revival of Aesthetics, Theatre of Digital Art, Dubai, UAE
2022 Singularity in Heritage, GAZELL.iO, Art Dubai Digital, Dubai, UAE
2022 Circular Repition, WoW Summit, Burj Park, Dubai, UAE
2021 Future of Textile, AzerKhalcha & Sweden Embassy. Stone Chronicle Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan
2019 Virtual Reality, Azerbaijan Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Italy
2019 Azerbaijan Pavilion, Moscow International Contemporary Art Biennale, Moscow, Russia
2019 Jesse Osborne Lanthier x Orkhan: Synthetic Aesthetics, Lunchmeat Festival, National
2019 Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 Robert Lippok x Orkhan AV, Gamma Festival, Moscow, Russia
2018 Rrose x Orkhan: Alive Cinema Audiovisual Performance, Dave Festival, Dresden, Germany
2017 Rrose x Orkhan: Alive Cinema Audiovisual Performance, Lunchmeat Festival, National Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2017 Intervals Festival, “X” AudioVisual Installation, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia
2016 YARAT Freestyle: 2 Point Perspective, Yarat! Contemporary Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
2015 YARAT FreeStyle: VOID Project, Yarat! Contemporary Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan
2013 Yarat! Public Art Festival, V.I.P Underground Project, Baku, Azerbaijan