Daud Akhriev

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Daud Akhriev was born in the former Soviet Union in 1959. He studied classical painting and drawing for 14 years, eight of them in St. Petersburg, Russia. In that city he received his masters degree with honors from the Repin Institute, under the tutelage of the late Piotr Fomin. In 1991 he emigrated to Chattanooga, Tennessee and has remained there since. Akhriev, now a U.S. citizen, spends his summers painting landscapes throughout the world with his artist wife and son. During the rest of the year Ahkriev paints in his Chattanooga studio. In 2007 Akhriev won an award of excellence from Oil Painters of America, and Second Place in the Greenhouse Gallery s Salon International, in San Antonio, TX. Greenhouse has twice included Akhriev s work in International Masters, an invitational exhibition. In 1993 the Hunter Museum of American Art presented a solo exhibition of Akhriev s work. His is on regular exhibit at Miller Galleries located in both Cincinnati Ohio and Winter Park Florida. In April, 2006, Miller Gallery presented a solo exhibition of Akhriev s work. He also has paintings at Turtle Gallery on Deer Isle, Maine. The Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Guild honored Akhriev as one of Chattanooga s master artists in Music and Masterpieces, 2006. ...

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