Aidyn Zeinalov was born in 1978 in Moscow. The artist was awarded a gold medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (2001). In 2002, he graduated from the sculpture chair of the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov. In 2005, Zeinalov graduated from the Faculty of Design of the Architectural Environment of the Moscow Architectural Institute with the profession of a Designer. From 2002 to 2005, the artist was a trainee at the Russian Academy of Arts (in creative workshops under the guidance of a sculptor Vladimir Tsigal). In 2011, Aidyn Zeinalov was awarded a degree of the art sciences candidate (PhD in аrt studies) at the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Russian Academy of Arts. He is an assistant professor of academic drawing at the Moscow State Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts named after S.G. Stroganov, as well as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2012). Zeinalov is the founder and director of the Supporting Foundation of Scientific and Educational Activities Institute of Interdisciplinary Research INTER-ESSE (2011). In 2017, Aidyn Zeinalov was awarded a title of a Full Member (Academician) of the Russian Academy of Arts, and in 2018 — a title of an Academician of the Florentine Academy of Arts. He works as a sculptor, a graphic artist, as well as an author of the architectural projects and of the interior designs. Zeinalov is the author of the monuments of Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi installed in Montecatini Terme (Italy). The works of A. Zeynalov can be found in several prestigious institutions, including the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Academy Gallery in Florence, the Italian Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), the Medici Palace in Florence, and the Ruarts Foundation in Moscow. His monumental sculptures also enhance public spaces in cities across Russia, Germany, and Italy.