Faig Ahmed is an internationally-recognized artist from Baku, Azerbaijan, known for his conceptual works utilizing traditional craft, reimagined as contemporary sculptural artworks. Ahmed’s work engages viewers through its juxtaposition of tradition with hyper-modern sensibilities, digitally distorting images through pixelation and three-dimensional shapes.

Ahmed represented Azerbaijan at the nation’s inaugural pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007, and has exhibited his works worldwide — including group and solo exhibitions in New York, Paris, London, Berlin, Rome, Dubai and Moscow. In 2013, he was nominated for the Jameel Prize 3 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

In January 2019, Faig Ahmed installed site-specific works created for Shangri La in the Textile Gallery. A concurrent exhibition of his work was displayed in Shangri La’s Arts of the Islamic World Gallery at the Honolulu Museum of Art.