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.

Graduate 1999-2003 Advanced Studies Diploma, Azerbaijan Fine Art School and 2003-2007 Bachelor of Arts Azerbaijan Academy of Fine Arts.

Permanent display at the Modern Art Museum, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Solo

​2026 - March - Nine Senses Art Center – Baku, Azerbaijan

2016 - Paris, France

Group

2026

"Ghost Riders at Dusk" was exhibited in Radius 250, the 11th Biennial Regional Juried Exhibition, juried by Kristen Chiacchia.

"Astral Drift" took First Place in the 2026 Hill Center Galleries Regional Juried Show, juried by Claude L. Elliott.

2025

"BAIHU (White Tiger)" was selected for the Chronicles: Storytelling Through Imagery Exhibit at Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center (an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution), juried by Elizabeth Dale-Deines

"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 Chai...