Arif Shamil oglu Gaziyev (January 2, 1937 – September 3, 2021) was an Azerbaijani painter, sculptor and People's Artist of Azerbaijan (2018).
Arif Gaziyev was born on January 2, 1937, in Erivan, Armenian SSR.
After completing his education, he worked as a teacher at Baku Art University.
Examples of these are "Babak", "Bust of Hussein Javid", "Girat is waiting for us", "Caucasian eagles", "Battle", "Live gala", "Horror", "Cold", "Two boomerangs".
Arif Gaziyev was married to Firangiz Faringiz Gaziyeva and their sons Emin and Samir work as sculptors, and their daughter Ilaha is an artist-designer.