Biography
Aidyn Zeinalov
Born on August 3, 1978 in Moscow
Education
1991-1996 Moscow Academic Art Lyceum named after V.I. Surikov. Faculty of Sculpture.
1996-2002 Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov. Department of Sculpture.
2002-2005 Moscow Architectural Institute. Faculty of Design of Architectural Environment. Profession: Designer
2002-2005 – trainee at the Russian Academy of Arts (in art workshops under the supervision of sculptor Vladimir Tsigal).
2001 Awarded the Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts for the best portrait sculpture for 2001.
2001 Two sculptural works exhibited at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (permanent exhibition).
2011 Awarded the academic degree of Candidate in Fine Art Criticism by the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts.
2011 Founder and Director of the Foundation for the Support of Scientific and Educational Activities
"INTER-ESSE" Interdisciplinary Research Institution".
2012 Awarded the title of corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts. 2012 Associate Professor at the Department of Academic Drawing of the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts.
2013 The Foundation became the winner of the bidding process for granting subsidies from the Moscow city budget.
2017 Awarded the title of full member (Academician) of the Russian Academy of Arts.
2018 Awarded the title of Academician of the Florence Academy of Art.
2026 Аwarded the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation.
Participated in a number of personal and group exhibitions both in Russia and abroad. Took part in many Russian and international art conferences as a participant and speaker.
Member of the Eduard Drobitsky's Creative Union of Artists, the Moscow Union of Artists, the Russian Union of Artists, and the Moscow Union of Designers.

2015 Opening of the monument to Giuseppe Verdi in Montecatini Terme, Italy.
2015 A scaled-down model of the monument to Giuseppe Verdi has been transferred to the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery.
2015 Opening of the monument to Giacomo Puccini in Montecatini Terme, Italy.
2016 Installation of the monumental sculptural work “The Image of Tuscany” in Forte dei Marmi, Italy.
2016 The sculpture "Girl with an Oar" has been accepted by the MOCA Modern Contemporary Art Museum in Italy.
2016 Installation of a roundel dedicated to Aidyn Zeinalov on Boulevard Giuseppe Verdi, Italy.
2017 Installation of the monumental sculptural work "Mermaid" in La Spezia, Italy.
2017 Personal exhibition in the grand hall of the Florence Academy of Art, Italy.
2018 Installation of the sculptural work "Festina Lente" in the building of the Regional Council in the Medici Palace, Florence.
2017 Personal exhibition in Ruarts Gallery in Moscow, Russia.
2017 Installation of the "Sportsmen" series of sculptures in the Presidential Box of the Luzhniki Sports Center in Moscow, Russia.
2018 Installation of sculptures of ten Russian composers and three sculptured reliefs named "Orchestra", "Theater" and "Cello" in the Presidential Zone of the Zaryadye Philharmonic Music Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia.
2018 Installation of the "Rasskazovka" sculptural work. Moscow, Russia.
2019 Personal exhibition at the "CAMeS" Center for Modern and Contemporary Art in La Spezia, Italy.
2019 Opening of the monument to Richard Wagner in La Spezia, Italy.
2019 Opening of the monument to Richard Wagner in Bayreuth, Germany.
2019 Opening of the monument to Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov in Moscow, Russia.
2019 Opening of the monument to Imadaddin Nasimi in Moscow, Russia.
2020 Installation of the "Musical Instruments" series of sculptural works in the VIP zone of the Zaryadye Philharmonic Music Concert Hall. Russia, Moscow
2020 Personal exhibition at the Dubai International Financial Center "DIFC". UAE, Dubai.
2021 Personal exhibition at the Ruarts Gallery in Russia, Moscow.
2021 Presentation of the sculptural work "Dante Alighieri" at the Pashkov House of the RSL. Russia, Moscow.
2021 Opening of the monument to Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky in Florence, Italy.
2021 Opening of the monument to Franz Liszt in Riding, Austria.
2023 Opening of the monument to Rustam Ibragimbekov. Azerbaijan, Baku.
2023 Presentation of the monument to Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy. Russia, Moscow – Serbia, Vrsac
2023 Unveiling of a memorial plaque to actors Anatoly Petrovich Ktorov and Vera Nikolaevna Popova. Moscow, Russia.
2023 Unveiling of a monument to Nikita Ilyich Tolstoy. Moscow, Russia - Vršac, Serbia.
2023 Unveiling of a sculptural composition to Alexandra Nikolaevna Pakhmutova and Nikolai Nikolaevich Dobronravov. Kogalym, Russia.
2023 Unveiling of a monument to Alexander Nevsky. Andrijevica, Montenegro.
2023 Unveiling of a monument to Alexander Nevsky. Nikšić, Montenegro.
2023 Presentation of a monument to Russian diplomat Grigory Shcherbina. Belgrade, Serbia.
2024 Presentation of a monument to Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin. Serbia, East Sarajevo
2024 Unveiling of the monument to Heydar Aliyev. Russia, Kogalym
2024 Solo exhibition at the Ruarts Gallery. Russia, Moscow.
2024 Organization and curation of the exhibition "Thirteen". Russia, Moscow.
2025 Organization and curation of the exhibition "School Rukav". Russia, Moscow.
2025 Organization and curation of the exhibition "Portrait and Time". Russia, Moscow.
2025 Organization and curation of the exhibition "The Art of Being in Shape". Russia, Moscow.
2025 Unveiling of the monument to Vitaly Ivanovich Churkin. Serbia, East Sarajevo.
2025 International exhibition "Road to Paradise" based on Ghiberti's reliefs. Italy, Florence.
2025 Organization and curation of the exhibition "Game". Russia, Moscow.
2025 Installation of the Primus sculpture. Russia, Moscow. Primakov Gymnasium.
2025 Organization and curation of the exhibition “Yulian Rukavishnikov”. Russia, Moscow.
2026 Organizer and curator of the presentation of the monument to Colonel Nikolai Nikolaevich Raevsky. Serbia, Aleksinac.
Acknowledgements and awards
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