Museyib Amirov was born in 1963, in
Baku to the family of artist Arif Amirov. In 1979 he graduated from Azim Azimzade Azerbaijan State Art School, and in 1987 from the
Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts. He has been a member of the
Union of Artists of Azerbaijan since 1996. He has also led the class of "Experimental Painting" at the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts for a while. The artist has participated in many international projects, as well as exhibitions in
Paris,
Washington and
Luxembourg. He has held a number of solo exhibitions. These include exhibitions organized in 2014 at
YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku, and in 2019 in
Moscow. The artist's works are kept in a number of museums and galleries, in private collections in
Azerbaijan,
Russia, the
United States,
Sweden,
France,
Germany,
Lithuania, the
United Kingdom,
Turkey,
Italy,
Denmark and
Norway. Museyib Amirov was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan" on December 29, 2006, for his services to the development of fine arts in Azerbaijan. He is the grandson of
Museyib Shahbazov, the People's Commissar of Education of the Azerbaijan SSR. == References ==