Valentin Gerasimenko

Valentin Gerasimenko was born in 1935 in Leningrad. In 1958, he graduated from the School of Geography of the Leningrad State University. Between 1958 and 1970, Valentin was employed by the Leningrad TV, later securing a job at the Tosno Painting and Decorating Studio. Gerasimenko took part in the landmark ‘unofficial’ art exhibition at the Nevsky Cultural Centre in 1975, joined the Society for Experimental Visual Art (TEII) in 1981, exhibiting his works in all of its shows, and was among the first residents of the nascent Pushkinskaya-10 art centre. The artist lived and worked in St. Petersburg and died on 14 January 2020.

Working in the medium of art print since 1975, Valentin Gerasimenko constantly experimented with materials, searching for new creative methods. Having reached outstanding craftsmanship, he kept surprising his audience with new discoveries in art printmaking.