Aidan Salahova

Aidan Salakhova
Aidan Salakhova during the press-conference in 2009
Born
Aidan Salahova

March 16, 1964 (1964-03-16) (age 60)
Moscow, Russia
NationalityRussian
Alma materV. Surikov Moscow State Academy Art Institute
AwardsSilver medal by Russian Academy of Fine Arts
ElectedAcademician of Russian Academy of Fine Arts
Websitewww.aidans.ru

Aidan Salahova (Azerbaijani: Aydan Tair qızı Salahova; born March 25, 1964) is a Soviet and Russian artist of Azerbaijani descent, gallerist and public person. In 1992 she founded the Aidan Gallery in Moscow. Salahova's works can be found in many private and state collections including the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, Francois Pinault Foundation, Teutloff Museum and the Boghossian Foundation; in private collections of I. Khalilov, Matan Uziel family collection, P-K. Broshe, T. Novikov, V. Nekrasov, V. Bondarenko and others. At the 2011 Venice Biennale, Salahova's name hit the headlines when her work was politically censored.