Eldar Mikayilzade
Eldar Mikayılzadə
Born
Eldaru Idayat oghlu Mikayilzade

(1956-01-18) January 18, 1956
Nationality Soviet Union
 Azerbaijan
EducationArt School of Azerbaijan;
Russian Academy of Arts
AwardsPeople's Artist of Azerbaijan (2018)

Eldar Mikayilzade (Azerbaijani: Eldar Mikayılzadə; born 1956) is an Azerbaijani carpet design master, visual artist, and graphic designer. He is a member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan (2018), USSR Union of Artists (1986), Russian Artists Union (2004) and UNESCO. He designed of the first sketches of the Azerbaijani manat currency. He has been awarded the title of People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2018).[1]

Early life and activities

Eldar Mikayilzade was born in 1956 in the Amirdjaan village of Baku in Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union.

From 1971 to 1975, after graduating from the Fine Arts faculty of Baku Art School named after Azim Azimzade, he graduated from the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts in Decorative Applied Art, specialty carpeting. He continued his education at the then Leningrad Academy of Arts. He devoted his first works of art in 1977 to his native village and named it the New Hila as a sign of love. Since 1984 he started his career as a carpet-artist.

Initially he works at the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences, carpet weaving department, then works as a chief painter at the Azherkhalcha Scientific Creative Production Union. Together with her, she continues her labor activity as Deputy General Director and Chief Executive Officer. Later, he created his own "Khali" company. Since 1993 he has been Deputy Chairman of the Cultural Affairs Department of the Caucasian Muslims. He is also the member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1986, the member of Union of Artists of the Russian Artists Union and UNESCO since 2004.[2][3]

His works are kept in private collections in Russia, Great Britain, France, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

His works

Carpets

  • "Yeni Xilə" - 1977.
  • "Səttar dünyası" - 1979.
  • "Şəbi-hicran-1" - 1981.
  • "İthaf" - (These rwo carpets dedicated to Sattar Bahlulzade and Latif Kərimov);
  • "Azərbaycan nağılları".
  • "114. Bismillah".
  • "Nağıllar aləmi" - 1983.
  • "Azərbaycanın poeziya və musiqi korifeyləri" - 1983-1984.
  • "Xətai" - 1990.
  • "Xəmsə" - 1991.
  • "İslam" - 1992.
  • "Təbriz - 1993.
  • "Bürclər - 1994.
  • "Xilaskar" - 1995-1997.
  • "Üç din" - 1998.
  • "Səttar" - 1999.
  • "Bismillahir-rəhmanir-rəhim" - 2001.
  • "Üç peyğəmbər" - 2003.
  • "Şəbi-hicran-2" - 2006.
  • "Yaranış"[3] - 2010.
  • "Səttarın arzusu" - 2012.
  • "Kəhkəşan" - 2012.

Banknotes

References

  1. "Распоряжение Президента Азербайджанской Республики о присвоении почетных званий деятелям культуры Азербайджанской Республики » Официальный сайт президента Азербайджанской Республики" [Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on awarding honorary titles to cultural figures of the Republic of Azerbaijan]. president.az (in Russian). Retrieved 2023-05-16.
  2. ""Xilaskar"ı Putinə hədiyyə edilən azərbaycanlı - FOTOLAR+VİDEO".
  3. "Dünyanın ən unikal xalçalarının yaradıcısı".
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