Biography
Nargiz Ramizgizi Asgarova (b.1991) is a digital Azerbaijani artist engaged in nano-art. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Restoration and Expertise of Artworks from the Faculty of Art Studies at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. She also completed professional development in “Photographic Art” at the St. Petersburg Institute of Film and Television in Russia and studied at the YARAT-Modern Art School.
She worked as the Head of the “Scientific Research and Innovation” Department at the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery and is the author and curator of “Digital art Lab”, a large-scale digital art project, which was realized for the first time in Azerbaijan in 2020. She currently worked as a specialist at the Icherisheher Museum Center of Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher". She is currently also the art curator of the Palazzo Mandrilli Gallery in Cassine, Italy.
She has participated in various international festivals and exhibitions, including the Empow’Her project, the International Nanoart Festival, the Istanbul Digital Art Festival, the International Gurama Festival, the 10th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Arts (2nd place), and the 2nd Saudi International Handcrafts Week (Banana), the International Carpet Festival, International Carpet Festival, Ecofeminism Pop-ap Festival, Nesimi Festival, Fly to Baku Festival, ICPAM-17 among others.
She worked as the Head of the “Scientific Research and Innovation” Department at the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery and is the author and curator of “Digital art Lab”, a large-scale digital art project, which was realized for the first time in Azerbaijan in 2020. She currently worked as a specialist at the Icherisheher Museum Center of Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher". She is currently also the art curator of the Palazzo Mandrilli Gallery in Cassine, Italy.
She has participated in various international festivals and exhibitions, including the Empow’Her project, the International Nanoart Festival, the Istanbul Digital Art Festival, the International Gurama Festival, the 10th Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Arts (2nd place), and the 2nd Saudi International Handcrafts Week (Banana), the International Carpet Festival, International Carpet Festival, Ecofeminism Pop-ap Festival, Nesimi Festival, Fly to Baku Festival, ICPAM-17 among others.
Artist Statement
Nanoart is a form of digital art that makes the invisible visible. In this approach, the primary tool is the electron microscope, which reveals nano - level structures, forms, and details that exist beyond the limits of human perception. For me, this invisible world becomes a visual language where beauty, color, and form are rediscovered.
The digital images obtained through the electron microscope are processed using specialized software to create photographic-like visuals. These images are not scientific documentation but serve as raw visual material for creative exploration.
I approach this practice not as a biologist or chemist, but solely as an artist. My goal is to take viewers on a visual journey into a world that is usually accessible only in laboratories-a world invisible to most-and transform it into an artistic experience that everyone can understand.
In my works, I explore the nano-life of the bio-world we encounter in our daily lives, transforming familiar elements into extraordinary visual forms. My focus is not on the objects themselves under the microscope, but on how I perceive them, how they take shape in my imagination, and how I transform them into a visual image.
Sometimes I consciously select objects based on a specific theme, while at other times, I work on several series in parallel and later connect the visual forms I discover to conceptual ideas. Each image has its own time and moment; it is presented only when I feel it has matured.
Depending on the concept, these works are exhibited as digital photo prints or video art. Through this process, I aim to remind the audience that the divine power and creation can be seen in everything-even in the smallest particle-and that this invisible beauty can be experienced through art.
The digital images obtained through the electron microscope are processed using specialized software to create photographic-like visuals. These images are not scientific documentation but serve as raw visual material for creative exploration.
I approach this practice not as a biologist or chemist, but solely as an artist. My goal is to take viewers on a visual journey into a world that is usually accessible only in laboratories-a world invisible to most-and transform it into an artistic experience that everyone can understand.
In my works, I explore the nano-life of the bio-world we encounter in our daily lives, transforming familiar elements into extraordinary visual forms. My focus is not on the objects themselves under the microscope, but on how I perceive them, how they take shape in my imagination, and how I transform them into a visual image.
Sometimes I consciously select objects based on a specific theme, while at other times, I work on several series in parallel and later connect the visual forms I discover to conceptual ideas. Each image has its own time and moment; it is presented only when I feel it has matured.
Depending on the concept, these works are exhibited as digital photo prints or video art. Through this process, I aim to remind the audience that the divine power and creation can be seen in everything-even in the smallest particle-and that this invisible beauty can be experienced through art.
Exhibitions
2025 • ICPAM-17-International NanoArt Festival. Shizuoka Universitty, Hamamatsu, Japan
2025 • Fly to Baku Festival, “Flowing memory” group exhibition.Underground Hamam. Baku. Azerbaijan 2025: Nesimi Festival “Eshq-i Nur” group exhibition Shirvanshah`s Palace. Bakı, Azerbaijan. 2025
2025 • Zen-Living silence group exhibition. Phigaro gallery. Bakı, Azerbaijan
2025 • Ecofeminism Pop-ap Festival. Bakı, Azerbaijan
2025 • International Carpet Festival. Bakı, Azerbaijan
2024 • The 2 nd Saudi International Handcrafts Week (Banana). Riyadh Front Expo Land Hall. SAE. 2024: The 10 Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Arts. 2nd place. Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2024: COP 29-Art pavilion. Baku Olympic Stadium. Azerbaijan.
2024 • The International Festival of Nanoart. Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkiye.
2024 • The 3nd National Gurama Festival.Baku, Azerbaijan
2024 • The International Gurama Festival. Shirvanshahs` Palace. Baku, Azerbaijan.
2024 • The 4th edition of the Istanbul Digital Art Festival. AKM, Istanbul. Turkiye.
2023 • The 2nd National Gurama Festival. Baku Photography House. Baku, Azerbaijan
2023 • MY EXPO 2023 "Meyar design" stand 3 pieces of nano composition furniture surface digital printing (limited edition). Culture and Creative Industries Forum. Heydar Aliyev Center. Baku. Azerbaijan
2023 • 7th International Nanoart Festival "3D Nanoart Museum" virtual exhibition 5 nano compositions. Egypt
2023 • "Commute" audio-visual festival "Bridge of Harmony" (Part I) nano-video installation. Tallin. Estonia
2023 • “Babil 2.0” group exhibition ARTIM, Contemporary Art Space. Baku. Azerbaijan
2022 • Video-nano visual composition presented by "Reart" agency. (within the "Cultural Horizons" project). Baku Photography House. Baku. Azerbaijan.
2022 • "FMT festival 2022" Elements music festival "Mud" video-nanoart. Czech Republic, Prague.
2022: Video-nano visual composition at the presentation of Ibrahim Babayev's music album "Vibirant". (within the "Cultural horizons" project) Baku. Azerbaijan.
2021 • Group exhibition "Don't walk, all you see is a mirage". Nanoart composition called "Geya" ARTIMFLUX, YARAT. Baku. Azerbaijan.
2020 • Nanoart virtual personal exhibition called "BIO-FAMILY AT HOME“ Baku,Azerbaijan.
2019 • Nanoart composition "Abstract photography" nomination winner at the "BAKU PHOTO" Republican photo contest. Baku Photography House. Baku,Azerbaijan
2025 • Fly to Baku Festival, “Flowing memory” group exhibition.Underground Hamam. Baku. Azerbaijan 2025: Nesimi Festival “Eshq-i Nur” group exhibition Shirvanshah`s Palace. Bakı, Azerbaijan. 2025
2025 • Zen-Living silence group exhibition. Phigaro gallery. Bakı, Azerbaijan
2025 • Ecofeminism Pop-ap Festival. Bakı, Azerbaijan
2025 • International Carpet Festival. Bakı, Azerbaijan
2024 • The 2 nd Saudi International Handcrafts Week (Banana). Riyadh Front Expo Land Hall. SAE. 2024: The 10 Tashkent International Biennale of Contemporary Arts. 2nd place. Tashkent, Uzbekistan 2024: COP 29-Art pavilion. Baku Olympic Stadium. Azerbaijan.
2024 • The International Festival of Nanoart. Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkiye.
2024 • The 3nd National Gurama Festival.Baku, Azerbaijan
2024 • The International Gurama Festival. Shirvanshahs` Palace. Baku, Azerbaijan.
2024 • The 4th edition of the Istanbul Digital Art Festival. AKM, Istanbul. Turkiye.
2023 • The 2nd National Gurama Festival. Baku Photography House. Baku, Azerbaijan
2023 • MY EXPO 2023 "Meyar design" stand 3 pieces of nano composition furniture surface digital printing (limited edition). Culture and Creative Industries Forum. Heydar Aliyev Center. Baku. Azerbaijan
2023 • 7th International Nanoart Festival "3D Nanoart Museum" virtual exhibition 5 nano compositions. Egypt
2023 • "Commute" audio-visual festival "Bridge of Harmony" (Part I) nano-video installation. Tallin. Estonia
2023 • “Babil 2.0” group exhibition ARTIM, Contemporary Art Space. Baku. Azerbaijan
2022 • Video-nano visual composition presented by "Reart" agency. (within the "Cultural Horizons" project). Baku Photography House. Baku. Azerbaijan.
2022 • "FMT festival 2022" Elements music festival "Mud" video-nanoart. Czech Republic, Prague.
2022: Video-nano visual composition at the presentation of Ibrahim Babayev's music album "Vibirant". (within the "Cultural horizons" project) Baku. Azerbaijan.
2021 • Group exhibition "Don't walk, all you see is a mirage". Nanoart composition called "Geya" ARTIMFLUX, YARAT. Baku. Azerbaijan.
2020 • Nanoart virtual personal exhibition called "BIO-FAMILY AT HOME“ Baku,Azerbaijan.
2019 • Nanoart composition "Abstract photography" nomination winner at the "BAKU PHOTO" Republican photo contest. Baku Photography House. Baku,Azerbaijan
Curatorial Projects
2026 • Dialogue of Colors
Solo exhibition by Goncha Mammadova and the “Gonchalı Art Studio”, Union of Artists of Azerbaijan, Vajiha Samadova Exhibition Hall
2025 • My world
Art exhibition of children ”Spring fest” Art exhibition of children”Colors without borders” Art exhibition of Azerbaijani artists
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • The Colors of Karabakh
Art exhibition of children “Seasons in Azerbaijan” Photo exhibition “National spirit” Art exhibition Azerbaijani artists “Little magic” Art exhibition of Azerbaijani and Italian children
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • The Colors of Life
The solo photographic exhibition photographer and professor Aydın Mehdiyev
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • Motherland me
International Photo Exhibition “Giovani Emozioni” Art Exhibition of Azerbaijani artists
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • Digital Performance
The International Carpet Festival, in front of the Murad Gate. Icherisheher "Time" exhibition, International Carpet Festival, Maiden Tower Square, Icherisheher.
2024 • Gurama Art: Eco-Installation
The International Gurama Festival. 3rd National Gurama Festival, Baku Photography House, Icherisheher
2024 • Gurama Art: The Unity of Time
The International Gurama Festival; 3rd National Gurama Festival; Icherisheher, Palace of the Shirvanshahs Complex;“Gala” State Historical-Ethnographic Reserve.
2023 • Gurama Art
Art exhibition İçərişəhər” 2nd National Gurama Festival, Baku Photography House Icherisheher
2021 • Meeting the Studio
Art project, The Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
2020 • Digitalart Lab
Digital project, the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
Solo exhibition by Goncha Mammadova and the “Gonchalı Art Studio”, Union of Artists of Azerbaijan, Vajiha Samadova Exhibition Hall
2025 • My world
Art exhibition of children ”Spring fest” Art exhibition of children”Colors without borders” Art exhibition of Azerbaijani artists
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • The Colors of Karabakh
Art exhibition of children “Seasons in Azerbaijan” Photo exhibition “National spirit” Art exhibition Azerbaijani artists “Little magic” Art exhibition of Azerbaijani and Italian children
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • The Colors of Life
The solo photographic exhibition photographer and professor Aydın Mehdiyev
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • Motherland me
International Photo Exhibition “Giovani Emozioni” Art Exhibition of Azerbaijani artists
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
2025 • Digital Performance
The International Carpet Festival, in front of the Murad Gate. Icherisheher "Time" exhibition, International Carpet Festival, Maiden Tower Square, Icherisheher.
2024 • Gurama Art: Eco-Installation
The International Gurama Festival. 3rd National Gurama Festival, Baku Photography House, Icherisheher
2024 • Gurama Art: The Unity of Time
The International Gurama Festival; 3rd National Gurama Festival; Icherisheher, Palace of the Shirvanshahs Complex;“Gala” State Historical-Ethnographic Reserve.
2023 • Gurama Art
Art exhibition İçərişəhər” 2nd National Gurama Festival, Baku Photography House Icherisheher
2021 • Meeting the Studio
Art project, The Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
2020 • Digitalart Lab
Digital project, the Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli. Italy, Cassine (AL)
Education &
Work Experience
Work Experience
1997-2008 • Pilot Secondary School No.82, Baku
2008-2012 • Bachelor`s Degree
The Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Specialization in
"Restoration and Expertise of Works of Art“
2011 • The St. Petersburg Institute of Film and Television, “Photographic Art”, Russia
2012-2014 • Master`s Degree
The Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Specialization in
"Restoration and Expertise of Works of Art“
2022-2023 • YARAT-Modern Art School.
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2025 • Curator & Open Call Manager / Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli in Cassine, Italy
2023-2025 • Event and Projects Organization Department,
Specialist / The Icherisheher Museum Center of Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher“
2016-2021 • Head of Scientific Research and Innovation Department / The Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
2015 • Coordinator / Traditional Arts Evolution Art Project
2014 • Manager / Inner City-Old City / “Şəhərin içi-İçəri şəhər”
Cultural-Social Project
2008-2012 • Bachelor`s Degree
The Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Specialization in
"Restoration and Expertise of Works of Art“
2011 • The St. Petersburg Institute of Film and Television, “Photographic Art”, Russia
2012-2014 • Master`s Degree
The Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Art History and Theory, Specialization in
"Restoration and Expertise of Works of Art“
2022-2023 • YARAT-Modern Art School.
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2025 • Curator & Open Call Manager / Gallery Palazzo Mandrilli in Cassine, Italy
2023-2025 • Event and Projects Organization Department,
Specialist / The Icherisheher Museum Center of Administration of the State Historical-Architectural Reserve "Icherisheher“
2016-2021 • Head of Scientific Research and Innovation Department / The Azerbaijan State Art Gallery
2015 • Coordinator / Traditional Arts Evolution Art Project
2014 • Manager / Inner City-Old City / “Şəhərin içi-İçəri şəhər”
Cultural-Social Project