GADIMOV Rafael Sabir oglu was born on September 29, 1969 in the city of Nakhchivan. Artist. Honored Artist of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (2021). He studied at the Azerbaijan State Art School named after Azim Azimzade (1984-1988). He is a member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan (2005) and the Union of Artists of Nakhchivan AR (2012). He is a founding artist at the Nakhchivan State Puppet Theater named after Mammad Taghi Sidgi (1990-2021). On the stage of the theater: Uzeyir Hajibeyov's "Arshin mal alan" (2011), Zaur Vedili's "Forest adventures" (2012), "Three lucky heirs" (2020), Nagy Ismayilzade's "Agja and Bozca" (2013), Gulnara Karimova's "Singing Nightingale" (2014), Eyyub Abbasov's "Revenge of the Goat" (2017), Kamala Agayeva's "Beautiful Fatma" (2017), "Tik-tik khanum" (2018), Shirzad Abutalibov's "Cunning" (2017), "Buratino" (2019), “Aladdin's Magic Lamp” (2018), Arzu Soltan's “Red Green Blue” (2018), Bayram Iskenderli's “New Adventure of the Dwarf” (2018), NKAndersen's “Snow Queen” (2019) and others. gave stage design to the works. He is one of the most active participants in the exhibitions held by the Artists' Union of Nakhchivan AR. Portrait genre plays an important role in his work. "Our hope is a document", "Land of geniuses", "Meeting of Nizami Ganjavi with Ajami Nakhchivani", "Ajami Nakhchivani", "Shamsaddin Eldaniz", "Portrait of a believer's wife", "Kalbali khan Nakhchivanski", "Ismayilaga" dedicated to the national leader of our people Heydar Aliyev Nakhchivanski ”,“ Huseyn khan Nakhchivanski ”,“ Gonchabayim ”and other portraits of prominent and historical personalities attract more attention with their emotional impact and poetic charm of color shades. Thematic composition, landscape and still life - "Festival", "Refugee", "Mausoleum of the Mother of God", "Fortress", "Landscape", "Pomegranates", "Ancient household items" and others. He is a participant of the I, III, IV and V International Art Festival "Nakhchivan - the cradle of humanity" (2012, 2016, 2018, 2021). Rafael Gadimov's works have been successfully exhibited in many foreign countries: Russia, Turkey, Iran and Turkmenistan. His works are preserved in foreign countries such as Russia, Turkey, Iran, Turkmenistan, in the Nakhchivan State Art Gallery, in the "Khan Palace" State Historical-Architectural and Open-Air Museum Complex, in many private collections in Baku and Nakhchivan.