Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Born in the family of Stepan Slepyshev in the village of Lopatino in Penza Region (1932). Studied at the Nizhny Tagil School of Art and Industry (1953–54) and under Alexander Deineka at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1958–64). Member of the Union of Artists (1967). Leading member of the unofficial art movement in Moscow (1970s–80s). Awarded a gol...