Natig Aliyev (sculptor)
Natig Kamal oghlu Aliyev (, born August 10, 1958) is an Azerbaijani sculptor, professor, honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2008), People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2005). Rector of Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts.

Biography 
Natig Aliyev was born on August 10, 1958, in Baku. In 1974–1978, he studied at the Azim Azimzade State Art School and graduated with honors. In 1978–1983, he studied at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Art, graduated with honors. In 1980–1983, he was a Lenin scholar.

He is a professor of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts, head of the workshop at the sculpture department and chairman of the artistic-methodical council of the academy.

By the order of President Ilham Aliyev dated February 15, 2023, he was appointed the rector of the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts.

Awards 
 Winner of the Republic Youth Award – 1989
 Honored Artist of Azerbaijan
 Soltan Mahammad Award – 2000
 People's Artist of Azerbaijan – December 28, 2005
 Zirva Award – 2008
 Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria – 2015
 Shohrat Order – August 9, 2018

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1958 births
Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design alumni
Recipients of the Shohrat Order
Azerbaijani sculptors
20th-century Azerbaijani sculptors
21st-century Azerbaijani sculptors
Azerbaijani painters
Living people