Draft:Rafail Aliyev

Rafail Alish oglu Aliev (born April 8, 1956, Geokchay, Azerbaijan SSR) is a Soviet and Azerbaijani artist. Member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan (1988) and Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1988).

Member of Eurasian Art Union (2022).

Biography
Rafail Aliyev was born in 1953 in the city of Geokchay, Geokchay district,Azerbaijan SSR, USSR. From 1961 to 1971 he studied at a secondary school in Baku.

In 1971 he entered the Faculty of «Artistic Metal Processing» of the Art School 84, which finished in 1973.

Since 1977 he worked at the Art Fund of the Azerbaijan SSR.

From 1982 to 1987 - studied at the Faculty of «Art Graphics» of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical Institute.

Since 1988, Aliyev has been a member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan and a member of the Union of Artists of USSR.

Since 2022, is a member of the Eurasian Art Union.

Evaluation of creativity
According to the cultural analyst Ilya Abel, Rafael Aliyev’s work both in painting and in embossing, has its own individual flavor. It traces folk traditions, signs, saturation with deep content. According to Abel, some of Aliyeva’s paintings feature Pablo Picasso’s style. Aliyeva’s works have been exhibited at numerous exhibitions besides her native Azerbaijan and CIS countries, also in Germany, USA, UAE, UK and etc.

Her works are in the collections of the Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan), Azerbaijan Art Gallery, Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, International Monetary Fund, other prestigious collections and private collections, including the private collection of George Soros.

By 2022, Rafael Aliyev’s works had participated in five solo and thirty-seven collective exhibitions.

Personal exhibitions

 * 1991 — Azerbaijan, Baku.
 * 1993 — Azerbaijan, Baku.
 * 1994 — Azerbaijan, Baku.


 * 2022 — Luxembourg, Luxembourg.


 * 2022 — QGallery, Azerbaijan, Baku.

Group exhibitions

 * 1986 — Germany, Leipzig.
 * 1989 — USA, Houston.
 * 1991 — Germany, Hamburg.
 * 1992 — Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
 * 1995 — Kazakhstan, Almaty.
 * 2007 — United Kingdom, London.
 * 2017 — Gallery «Gyz Galasi», Baku.
 * 2018 — Modern Art Center, Baku.
 * 2018 — Gallery «Leyla Khazari», Baku.
 * 2019 — Emin Gahramanov Art Gallery, Baku.
 * 2019 — «Art Tover», Baku - «Women’s Secrets».
 * 2019 — Crystall hall, Baku.
 * 2019 — UAE, Dubai, «Baku breeze».
 * 2019 — Luxembourg, Steinfort, Villa «Collart».
 * 2019 — 8th Beijing Biennale, China, «Colorful World and Common Future».
 * 2019 — Embassy of Azerbaijan in Belgium, «Once in Azerbaijan".
 * 2019 — Cultural Center «Karabakh». Luxembourg, «Other colors».
 * 2019 — Museum of Modern Art, Baku.
 * 2020 — Shahdag Resort & Spa.
 * 2021 — Gallery «Leyla Khazari», Baku, «Summer delight».
 * 2021 — Shahdag Truskavets, Guba.
 * 2021 — Marxal Resort & Spa.
 * 2021 — Gallery «Mince Senet», Baku.
 * 2021 — Shusha, Azerbaijan.
 * 2021 — Shahdag Resort & Spa.
 * 2022 — 9 Beijing Biennale.
 * 2022 — Tufandag Mountain Resort.
 * 2022 — Louvre, Paris, France.
 * 2022 — Cultural Center «Karabakh», Luxembourg.
 * 2022 — Gallery «Leyla Khazari», Baku, «Children of War».
 * 2022 — Casanova, Baku.
 * 2022 — Palace complex "Nurallboy", Khiva, Uzbekistan.
 * 2022 — Trade House of Azerbaijan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
 * 2022 — "Surakhani" ship-museum, Baku.
 * 2022 — Marxal Resort & Spa.
 * 2022 — Qalaalti Hotel & Spa.

Famous collections

 * Ministry of Culture (Azerbaijan);
 * Azerbaijan National Museum of Art. R. Mustafayev;
 * Union of Artists of Azerbaijan;
 * Ministry of Culture (Russia), Moscow;
 * Azerbaijan Carpet Museum;
 * Baku Art Center;
 * George Soros private collection;
 * International Monetary Fund;
 * Centre for Modern Art in Baku;
 * In private collections in Azerbaijan and abroad.

Videos

 * Rafail Aliyev


 * Rafail Aliyev"s works on Veryimportantlot
 * Artmajeur
 * New Barbizon Art Gallery
 * ArtPal
 * Rafail Aliyev"s solo exhibition "Creative intuition"
 * Rafail Aliyev & Faig Ismail
 * Rafail Aliyev. Make love, not war


 * Rafail Aliyev's home and studio view
 * Art Zone TV | Rafail Əliyev
 * XAZART