Born in 1935 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Lives and works in Baku, Azerbaijan.

1950-1955 - A. Azimzade State Art College, Baku, Azerbaijan

1955-1961 - V.I.Surikov’s Moscow State Art Institute, Moscow, Russia  

Since 1956 has participated in the numerous local and international exhibitions

1962 – member, Artists Union of USSR

1963-1965 – member, Art Council, Artworks Receipt Foundation

1963-1970 – chairman, Sculpture Unit, Artists Union of the Azerbaijan SSR

1965-1970 – chairman, Art Council, Art Foundation of the Azerbaijan Republic

1965-1970 – member, State Commission of Experts, Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR

1975-1985 – member, Monuments Receipt State Commission, Ministry of Culture of the Azerbaijan SSR

1988 – awarded the title of the Honored Worker of Art of the Azerbaijan SSR

2000 - awarded the Title of People’s Artist of Azerbaijan

2014 – sculptor, author, monument to the outstanding Azerbaijani composer – Gara Garayev, Baku, Azerbaijan

Prizes and awards:

1982 – I Prize, Stone Azerbaijani Sculptors Republican Symposium, Baku, Azerbaijan

1987 – «Grand Prix» International Symposium of Transcaucasian Republics, Tbilisi, Georgia

1988 – «Grand Prix», Caspian Republics Biennale, Baku, Azerbaijan

2001 - I Prize, «Sculpture in concrete» Republican Competition, Baku, Azerbaijan

2006 – awarded the Gold Medal, Sultan Mohammed Prize, Artists Union of the Azerbaijan Republic

His works are kept in the collections of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Azerbaijan Republic, Artists Union of the Azerbaijan Republic, Art Foundation of the Azerbaijan Republic, National Art Museum, Baku; Museum of the Modern Art, Baku; Art Foundation of the USSR, Moscow; State Museum Of The East Nations Art in Moscow; State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; private collections in Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkey, Germany, France, Poland, USA, UK, the Republic of South Africa (RSA).

Selected exhibitions:

2010 International Exhibition of the Painting, Central House of the Artist, Moscow, Russia

2001 Group exhibition of the artists and sculptors, Central House of the Artist, Moscow, Russia

1996 International exhibition, Art Manezh, Moscow, Russia

1992 Group exhibition of the artists and sculptors, Baku Art Centre, Baku, Azerbaijan

1992 Group exhibition, «Art Modern» gallery, Moscow, Russia

1990 Exhibition of the Azerbaijani artists, Nice, France

1990 Exhibition of the Azerbaijani artists, Carpentras, France

Fazil Najafov is the repeated participant of the Republican and International exhibitions, his works were exposed at the different exhibitions in Russia, Bulgaria, German Democratic Republic, German Federative Republic, Czechoslovakia, Poland, USA, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Ukraine and other countries.