Born 1959, Pavlodar, Khazahstan.
1992 — graduated from I.E. Repin Institute for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
1983 – graduated from Vladikavkaz Art College.


Selected Exhibitions:

2014 - Light, Movement, and Texture: A World of Culture, Akhriev and Hefferlin Palacio del Congressos, Guest Artists of the City of Rhonda, Spain - Art Show Busan Korea Salon International Greenhouse Fine Art San Antonio, Texas Collaborations (Akhriev, Hefferlin, and Portera) River Gallery Chattanooga, Tennessee

2013 - Masters of Realism from the Russian Academy National Museum of Art Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Arte Padova, International Art Fair with Galería Javier Román Hefferlin and Akhriev, New and Old Europe Gallery K.Art.Ina Almaty, Kazakhstan
- International Masters of Realism Invitational Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio, Texas
- Mediterranean Flavor: Melissa Hefferlin and Daud Akhriev Gallery 1401 Chattanooga, Tennessee
- International Juried Biennial Finalist, two paintings
2012 - Summer Show Chris Beetles Gallery London, United Kingdom
2010 - Biennial Invitational Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Daud Akhriev, Solo Exhibition Miller Gallery Cincinnati, Ohio
2009 - Seeing Light, Daud Akhriev Archipelago Gallery Rockland, Maine
2008 - Daud Akhriev and Arsen Kurbanov, "Returnings" Academy of Fine Art Exhibition Hall St Petersburg, Russia
2004 - Thresholds A traveling exhibition sponsored by the Greenville Museum of Art
1996 - Six Portrait Painters Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga, Tennessee
1995 - Culture in the Cellar Zurich, Switzerland Post Archeology Polo Gallery Hoboken, New Jersey (curated by Carl Haas) Daud Akhriev, Paintings, and Drawings Hunter Museum of American Art Chattanooga TN (July)


Selected Monumental commissions:

2013 - The Greek Muses of the Arts and Sciences Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tennessee Mosaic in Glass, Ceramic and Gold Leaf 15 x 30 feet
2007-2008 - The Four Seasons Market Street Bridge, Chattanooga, TN 9-foot Bronze Figures
2004 - St. Peter's Release from Prison St Peter's Episcopal Church, Hixon, Tennessee Oil on Linen 9 x 18 feet
1999 - The Fishing Miracle St Peter's Episcopal Church, Hixon, Tennessee Oil on Linen 9 x 16 feet
1997 - Who is My Neighbor? Samaritan Center, Ooltewah, Tennessee Oil on Linen 5 x 7 feet
1993 - Wedding Feast at Cana Collegedale Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Collegedale, Tennessee Oil on Linen 18 x 9 feet, with an arch


Publications:

Sculpture Magazine Southern Living (x3)
Island Journal
Art Collector (x3) Artist's Magazine
"Daud Akhriev" by Scott Sell