Oil Paintings By Aydemir Saidov

Aydemir Saidov was born in a small city in southern Russia in 1979. His father Seyfulla was an award-winning artist, member of the prestigious Union of Russian Artists and leader of the local art community. His father attempted to ignite interest in art in his children, and encouraged any creative activities they wanted to be engaged in. From the start, Aydemir proved that he is the son of his famous father when, at the age three, he painted a green goat that remains in the family archives as one of the most important items, together with his father’s medals and accommodations.

At 15, Aydemir was accepted into the Krasnodar Art Junior College and continued to win juried shows and competitions for art students. In 2000, he graduated with honors and was accepted as an outstanding talent at the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Art. Five years later, he won a nationwide competition of student drawings and received first prize and special accommodation, and the following year he graduated with honors from the Academy. In 2007, Aydemir received a job offer from Christie’s Fine Art Auctions of London.

In 2009, Aydemir took part in the “Portal Nu” exhibition in the Romanov Fine Art Museum in Kostroma, Russia. The next year, he participated in the well known “Fall Exhibition” at St. Petersburg Union of Artists, where he started showing his nude and semi-nude figurative paintings. He was chosen for the 2011 exhibition “Artists of Russia to Watch.” In 2013, he was exhibiting alongside some of the most important Russian figurative artists in an exhibit “Body from Olympics to Olympics.”

Since 2014, Aydemir has sold his work internationally. His paintings are in museums in Russia and private collections in Great Britain, the United States, Germany, China,and several other countries.