Museyib Amirov was born in 1963, in Baku to the family of artist Arif Amirov.[1] 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.[2] He has also led the class of "Experimental Painting" at the Azerbaijan Academy of Arts for a while.[3]
The artist has participated in many international projects, as well as exhibitions in Paris, Washington and Luxembourg.[4] He has held a number of solo exhibitions. These include exhibitions organized in 2014 at YARAT Contemporary Art Space in Baku,[3] in 2015 at the Baku Museum of Modern Art,[5] and in 2019 in Moscow.[6]
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.[2][7]
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.[8]
He is the grandson of Museyib Shahbazov, the People's Commissar of Education of the Azerbaijan SSR.
