I was born and raised in Izhevsk, city of dead ends, sad electronic music and Finno-Ugric cultural roots.
My love of drawing led me to the Udmurt State University, where I studied arts about five years. However it gave me nothing but weariness. First time in my life drawing became my abhorrence. Drawing and painting were regarded as quaint relics from the past. I felt disappointed about all that stuff. And surely didn’t want to join endless row of realistic fine artist drawing still-lifes and landscapes.
On graduating from university I quit drawing and worked for a couple of years as a TV journalist. I was a presenter of TV program about artists and culture of my native city. But I always preferred pictures to words.
In summer of 2003 I decided it was time for a change. So I packed up and took a chance in Moscow. Since then I work and reside in the capital of Russia. Now I’m a free-lance illustrator at day and an artist at night. And I’m pretty glad with the result. Life’s too short to be someone you don’t want to.
