Faig Ahmed (Sumqayit, 1982) lives and works in Baku, Azerbaijan, and graduated from the sculpture department of Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Art in 2004. He represented Azerbaijan at the nation’s inaugural pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2007.

He is well known for his conceptual works, which transform traditional decorative craft and the visual language of carpets into contemporary sculptural works of art. His works reimagine ancient crafts and create new visual boundaries by deconstructing traditions and stereotypes.

During the Cultural Week Tbilisi artist presented an artwork, Doubts, 2020, an evocative handmade carpet employing natural dyes and wool, born amidst the global standstill of the pandemic—a time when uncertainty permeated the collective consciousness. Crafted during an epoch where the world grappled with pervasive doubts and the future seemed shrouded in ambiguity, Ahmed’s work encapsulates this spirit of questioning. By unraveling traditional carpet patterns into a mesmerizing cascade of colors that pools on the floor, the artist weaves a visual metaphor for the unraveling of certainty. Ahmed’s artistic vision, especially in this piece, confronts the inertia of tradition, propelling it into a vibrant flux that mirrors the transformative challenges of our times.