Biography: Afa Maryam (born Afet Akhundzade) is an Azerbaijani contemporary fine artist and digital creator. She graduated from the Azerbaijan State Academy of Fine Arts in 2008. The following year, two personal exhibitions of her work were held in Azerbaijan and Germany. In the recent decade, the artist participated in many international exhibitions and art fairs in Baku, Abu Dhabi, Paris, New York, and Istanbul. A member of the Union of Artists of Azerbaijan, Afa Maryam's paintings are housed in the Azerbaijan National Museum of Art, as well as many prestigious private collections worldwide.