Aida Mahmudova

Aida Mahmudova is an artist and a patron of arts and design of Azerbaijan. She is the founder of YARAT

Contemporary Art Space in Baku and Chelebi, a brand specialising in collectible design and decor. In her

artistic practice, she explores themes of memory, place, and belonging and experiments with materiality

through installations, sculpture, and painting. Mahmudova earned a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint

Martin’s College of Art and Design in London. She has exhibited internationally, including at the Museum

of Modern Art in Baku, MAXXI Museum in Rome, Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Leila Heller Gallery

and Sapar Contemporary Gallery in New York, Gazelli Art House and Saatchi Gallery in London, and the

National Pavilion of Azerbaijan at the 56th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. Her works

are in private and museum collections worldwide.