Artists

Butunay Hagverdiyev

Fine Artist & Sculptor

Was born in 1989 in Baku, Azerbaijan. Since 2006 he became an active participant of the ‘Yar Ad An’ project, which addressed the provision of space for young artists. He organized as well as participated in the exhibitions ‘Resonance’ in 2008 and ‘U-Chush’ (Flight) in 2009. He participates actively in the artistic activities of the megalopolis. With his classmates, Butunay organized and exhi

Butunay brings a material world onto the field of a canvas. Expressing it through perfect abstract lines, he substantiates it while creating new forms.

bited at the ‘Situational Sculpture’ exhibition in the Artplay Architecture and Design Center. As a member of the "Heraachi & Heraachi" creative team, he assisted in the organization of the ‘Peripheral Vision’ exhibition, the concept and aim of which was to study group perceptions of post-modernism by the contemporary spectator. Butunay mainly works in painting and sculpture, and since 2009 he is actively engaged in video art, shooting mostly short animated films. In his video works, he experiments with different techniques while creating a moving sculpture using time-lapse photography and arrangement. Since 2014 he works as production designer at Jafar Jabbarli Azerbaijani film Cinema Studio. Butunay Hagverdiyev populates his space with motifs drawn from his inner world, which interact with the surroundings.

Butunay Hagverdiyev's artworks

Whether drawing or oil paintings, he proceeds from a definite social theme and purpose, using various techniques and materials to impress his own personal component on the surroundings.