An Azerbaijani visual artist working across installation, painting, and stage design. She graduated from the Azerbaijan State Art Academy with a bachelor’s degree in 2015 and a master’s degree in 2021. Since 2018, she has been researching the “Visual Language of Carpets,” reinterpreting traditional patterns within a contemporary artistic framework.
Her work has been shown internationally in Lithuania, Germany, and Ireland, as well as in numerous exhibitions across Azerbaijan. She is a member of the Azerbaijan State Union of Artists and has received multiple awards, including the 1st Prize from the Union (2018) and the Luxmundi Gallery Prize dedicated to M. Mushviq (2024). In 2024, her kinetic installation Nature was exhibited at the National Qurama Festival in Baku. She has also participated in Erasmus+ artistic projects in Ireland and Germany.
Currently, Guliyeva works with Ritual Theatre, a local independent theatre dedicated to documentary performances. Within this framework, she has created several documentary installations, merging visual art and theatre to explore cultural memory, identity, and space. Her recent public-art installation “Architecture of İnvisibility” (2026) is currently being held at Yarat Contemporary Art Space.
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For me, this paper is not just a surface but a site of construction. I treat each stroke of tempera like a brick in an emotional wall, building a structure that celebrates the sheer friction of color. I am drawn to tempera because of its honesty; it dries quickly and forces me to be decisive with every gesture, ensuring that a bright cerulean can sit boldly against a deep ochre without losing its voice.
In this piece, I wanted to capture the feeling of a 'contained explosion.' The central cluster of cool blues and greens acts as a heart, radiating energy into the warmer reds and oranges that surround it. There is no intended horizon or subject here—only the vibration of the pigment and the joy of the mark. I hope that when you look at this, you don't look for a 'thing,' but rather feel the weight of the colors and the staccato rhythm of the brush as it traveled across the page. It is a map of a moment, rendered in light.