1964

Soviet and Russian artist, sculptor, gallery owner and public figure, teacher. Born on March 25, 1964 in Moscow. His father, Tahir Salakhov— and mother, Vanzetta Mukhitdinovna Khanum, are artists. Maternal grandmother Tamara Khanum is a famous dancer, actress, singer, choreographer, and People's Artist of the USSR. His maternal grandfather was a theater worker and singer Mukhitdin Kari-Yakubov. In 1987, she graduated from the Moscow State Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov. In the late 1980s, she became one of the most prominent artistic figures of the new generation in the post-Soviet space and went down in history as the creator of the "First Gallery" (1989), and then the "Aidan Gallery" (1992). Aidan Salakhova's works are in private and public collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art, the Ekaterina Cultural Foundation, the Francois Pinault Foundation, the Teutloff Museum; in the private collections of I. Khalilov, P.-K. Brochet and others. Since 2000, he has been teaching at MGAKHI named after. Surikova (since 2002 — Professor). In 2002, she was awarded the silver medal of the Academy of Arts of the Russian Federation. From 2002 to 2007, she was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts, and in 2007 she was elected a full member of the Academy. He lives and works in Azerbaijan and Italy.