Y a y g a L l e r y

2011

Group exhibition, Center of Contemporary Art, Baku, Azerbaijan

2009

Exhibition at Corner Club, Baku, Azerbaijan 

2007

Qrup sərgisi, Iran United Artist's, Momayez Qalereyası, Tehran, İran

2006

Rəsm sərgisi, Mehrin Qalereyası, Tehran, İran

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Reza Hazare is an Afghan artist born in an Afganian refugee family. He 

graduated from the Visual Arts School of Teheran in 2005, and moved 

right after in Azerbaijan where he pursued his studies. In 2012 he 

finished study at Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts. 

An Afghan artist Reza Hazare living in Azerbaijan. Originally coming 

from a country ruled by Sharia law, Reza`s art has a strong patriarchal 

character; even his choice of the medium – pencil and paper – is old 

fashioned. His inner being is thorn between East/South and West / 

North.  He came from an Islamic country to Azerbaijan, a secular 

environment to which he now needs to adapt. 

Hezare works constantly questions the living conditions of human 

beings after a war has ended, the status of refugees, and the way one 

can rebuild life after such events. His works is focused on the meaning 

of life, the crisis of traditional society and immigration issues. Reza 

explore the events that took place within my nation after the civil war – 

the absence of civil values as well as basic human rights, the 

disintegration of my family in exile. I am interested in the paradoxes of 

human thinking and actions in different situations. Through my work I 

strive to achieve a better position, satisfaction and peace for the 

forgotten man.