Aydin Rajabov
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Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts
- Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR
- Soltan Mahammad Award
Aydin Rajabov Aydın Rəcəbov | |
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| Born | April 9, 1944 |
| Education | Azerbaijan State Art School Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts |
| Known for | carpet artist |
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Aydin Mahammad-agha (Mammadagha) oghlu Rajabov (Azerbaijani: Aydın Məhəmməd-Ağa (Məmmədağa) oğlu Rəcəbov; born April 9, 1944) is an Azerbaijani carpet artist, head of the Decorative and Applied Arts Department of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan, and an Honoured Artist of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Aydin Rajabov was born on April 9, 1944, in Baku. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Art School named after A. Azimzade in 1966, and in the same year entered the Faculty of Architecture at the Azerbaijan Polytechnic Institute. From his second year, he continued his studies in the Carpet Department of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Arts named after M. A. Aliyev, graduating in 1972.[1]
The artist became a member of the Artists' Union of the USSR in 1975, and a member of the Presidium of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan in 1991. In 2012, he was appointed head of the Decorative and Applied Arts Department of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan.[2]