Aydemir
Saidov
(Russian-Born 1979)
Aydemir was born in 1979
in a small city in a southern part of Russia.
His father Seyfulla Saidov 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. Aydemir from the beginning showed that he is the son of his
famous father and at age three painted a green goat that is still
in the family archives as one of the most important items, together
with the father's medals and accommodations.
When Aydemir turned 11 he was accepted into a special school
for
gifted in art children. From day one Aydemir became the start
at the school and constantly won all competitions and juried
shows that children were allowed to participate in.
At 15, in 1994 Aydemir was accepted into the Krasnodar Art Junior
College and continued to win juried shows and competitions for
art students.
In 2000 Aydemir graduated with honors from the Junior College
and was accepted as an outstanding talent into the St Petersburg
(Russia) Academy of Fine Art.
In 2005 he won countrywide competition of student drawings and
received First Prize and special, accommodation.
In 2006 Aydemir graduated with honors from the Academy.
During his studies at the Academy, in order to pay for education
and Aydemir painted commissioned portraits and sold his still
lives and landscapes in the galleries of St Petersburg. He often
went to south Russia to make sketches of interesting landscapes
for his future paintings.
In 2003 he met his future wife Mari'na Ma'rina who came to the
same place to make sketches. They met on the plain air while
painting the same scenery.
In 2007 Aydemir received an offer from Christie's Fine Art Auctions
of London to cooperate with them. He is working with the auctions
since that time and until present.
In 2009 Aydemir took part in the "Portal Nu" exhibition
in the Romanov Fine Art Museum of the city of Kostroma. Then
in 2010 in a famous "Fall Exhibition" in the St Petersburg
Union of Artsts 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 most important Russian figurative
answers in an exhibit "Body from Olympics to Olympics."
Paintings by Aydemir are now in museums in Russia as well as
in
private collections in Great Britain, the USA, Germany, China
and several other countries.
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