Javad Mirjavadov
Born January 19, 1923 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
1949 – Graduated from A. Azimzade State Art College in Baku.
1949-1954 – Mirjavadov lived in Leningrad and worked as an unskilled laborer in the Hermitage, where he learned the art of non-Soviet painting from great masters, mostly owing to M.T. Artamonov – the director of Hermitage.
1970 – Participated at art exhibition for the first time.
1988 – Awarded the title of Honorary Art Worker of Azerbaijan SSR. Javad Mirjavadov passed away on June 24, 1992.
LIFE EVENTS
1923
Born
1949
Graduated from State art college of Azerbaijan named after A. Azimzadeh, Baku
1992
Passed away
EXHIBITIONS
2015
Beyond the Line, Azerbaijan Pavilion, 56th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2015
Exhibition at Sotheby’s, London, as part of Buta Festival 2015
2012
National Art Museum of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
1999
Herning Art Museum, Denmark
1992
Central House of Artists, Moscow, Russia
1991
Knabro Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
1989
State Museum of Eastern Art, Moscow, Russia
1988
Soviet works of Fine Art of Central Asia and the Transcaucasia, Kasama, Tokyo, Japan
1988
Contemporary Soviet Fine Art, first participation in a group exhibition, Okinawa, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Japan
1987
V. Samedova Exhibition Hall, Artists Union of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
1987
Central House of Literature, Moscow, Russia