Chingiz Farzaliyev was born on November 20, 1943, in
Baku. In 1973, he graduated from the faculty of painting of the Moscow State Academic Art Institute. In 1975, he became a member of the
Union of Artists of the USSR. Since 1966, he has been a participant of national, All-Union, and international exhibitions. Since 2004, he has been working as the head of the fine art chair at the
Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts. In 2006, he was awarded the honorary title of «
Honored Art Worker of Azerbaijan». Since 2008, he works as a professor in the
Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, and in 2010, he was the director of the
Azerbaijan National Museum of Art from 2010 till 2023.[1] He has also been the Chairman of the State Commission for Fine Arts since 2010.
Honorary Professor of the Moscow State Art Academic Institute named after V. I. Surikov, 2017;
Full member of the Turkic World Studies International Academy of Sciences, 2019;
″Honoured Scientist and Cultural Worker of Europe″ for the contribution to the world science and culture, European Academy of Natural Sciences,
Hannover,
Germany, 2021;
Orders and awards
2nd prize at All-Union exhibition ″Youth of the Country″, a silver medal, USSR, 1976;
1st prize of All-Union competition ″Korchagins of the 70s″, USSR, 1977;
Diploma of the International Association of the Union of Architects of the
CIS countries, 1998;
″International Ataturk prize″ of the Turkic World Studies International Academy of Sciences for contribution to propaganda of Turkish world culture, Turkey, 2019;
″International Golden Star″ of the Turkic World Studies International Academy of Sciences for contribution into propaganda of Turkish culture, Turkey, 2019;[15]
Badge ″İlhamli (İnspired) Azerbaijan″ of public organization ″The Caucasus Media″ for services in the field of art, 2020;
İnternational reward ″Medal of Leonard Eichler″ for the contribution into world science and culture, European Academy of Natural Sciences, Hannover, Germany, 2021;
Silver medal of The Academy of Arts of Uzbekistan, Uzbekistan, 2022;
Medal on behalf of Nizami Ganjavi of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Azerbaijan, 2022;