Guliyev
Vugar Guliyev
Vugar Guliyev is an award-winning artist based in Northern Virginia (USA). He began his artistic journey in early childhood, and his work has since evolved into a profound exploration of the human transformation under the influences of time, space, and life's circumstances.
Guliyev was born in Azerbaijan in 1984. He began his artistic journey in early childhood. In 1999, he entered the Azim Azimzade Art College. In 2003, Vugar continued his education at the Azerbaijan State Academy of Arts. He was distinguished by a strong emotional insight. His inquisitive mind explored human transformation on the path of life and then offered his vision. It was this desire to understand and faithfully demonstrate what he saw and realized that became the artist's creative path.
Exhibitions
Permanent display at the Modern Art Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan.
Solo
2016 - Paris, France
Group
2025
"Ghost Riders at Dusk" Received an Honorable Mention award from the MFA/Maryland Federation of Art/Circle Gallery (Annapolis, MD), juried by John Wellington.
"AWAY from EVERYONE" is displayed at the exhibition "Essence: The Characteristics That Define Us," at the Athenaeum Gallery.
“GHOST Forest: Number_02” received the Best in Show Award in the July Open Exhibit at The Art League
(Juried by Nicole Maloof).
"Sunny Day on the Red Planet" presented at the Imaginary Worlds: Invented Spaces and Places Exhibit at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, juried by Dr. Margaret A. Weitekamp, Department Chair and Curator of the Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum.
miniMAX show at The Art League (juried by Elaine Qiu), awarded Best in Show for "WHISPERING FIRE”.
The Art League Gallery “ABSURD NIGHT WALK” awarded Honorable Mention, juried by Susan Worsham.
"GHOST Forest: Number_02” presented in Kay Daugherty Gallery of Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (Juried by Raker Dean).
“BLUE DOG” presented on the 2025 Hill Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition (Juried by Phil Hutinet).
2024
The Art League Gallery – December 2024 --- "Scarlet Memories" --- juried by Joe Gyurcsak.
"Altered States" at Alliance Gallery (juried by Rosemary Covey), awarded First Place for “ABSURD NIGHT WALK”.
“FROZEN BY PREJUDICE” presented in The Art League Gallery.
“House in the corner” presented in The Art League Gallery.
2022
The Art League Gallery “Dialog” awarded Honorable Mention, juried by Amber Cowen.
Washington DC, Dupont Circle (ART ALL NIGHT 2022).
2017
Group show, Paris, France.
"Reincarnation Beginning" is presented in the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan.
2016
"JE T’AIME IN FRAME YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND ME", Baku, YARAT contemporary art space.
2008
Group show, Munster, Germany.
2002 – 2018
Group exhibitions in different galleries, Baku, Azerbaijan.