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Painter, graphic artist. Born in Moscow (1937) in the family of Arkady Steinberg (1907–1976), a poet, translator and graduate of the VKhUTEMAS. Graduated from a school for workers. Forced to find wor...
Estonian painter, graphic artist. Born in the village of Ühtri on the island of Hiiumaa in Estonia (1924). Studied at Tartu Institute of Art (1945–48). Arrested in Tallinn with a group of fellow stud...
Painter. Born in Moscow in the family of a white-collar worker called Mikhail Krasnopevtsev (1925). Studied at the 1905 School of Art in Moscow (1942–47). Taught drawing at secondary school. Studied ...
Painter, graphic artist, designer. Born in Moscow (1926) in the family of a NEP businessman called Matvei Schwartzmann, who was often arrested and died in a concentration camp (1942). Educated in an ...
Performance artist, writer, actor. Born in the family of Yury Mamyshev in Leningrad (1969). Began contributing to the exhibitions of the New Artists and Serge Kuryokhin’s Pop Mechanics orchestra (198...
Painter, installation artist, writer. Born in the family of Nikolai Krasev in Leningrad (1960). Did not receive a special art education. Member of the New Artists (1982–87). Created installations and...
Poet, painter, collage artist, book artist. Born in the family of Konstantin Khazanovich in Leningrad (1963). Member of the New Artists (1980). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1980), the Nil Object ...
Painter, graphic artist, collage artist, musician. Born in the family of Yevgeny Ovchinnikov in Pavlodar in Kazakhstan (1951). Moved to Leningrad (1973). Studied painting at various circles and studi...
Artist. Born in Leningrad (1961). Graduated from the department of the history of art of Leningrad University (1983). Worked at the Manège Central Exhibition Hall, Peterhof Museum Complex and the Her...
Painter, graphic artist, object artist. Born in the family of Nikolai Koshelokhov in Zlatoust in the city of Chelyabinsk Region (1942). Took up painting (1975). Founded and headed Letopis (1977) and ...