Oleg Artyushkov

Oleg Artyushkov was born in Oryol in 1963. In 1986, he graduated from the Bauman Moscow State Technical University with a degree in Research Optics. The artist lives and works in St. Petersburg.

After a period of staging exhibitions at Ariadne Gallery, Oleg joined the Exhibitions Department of the State Russian Museum. Between 1993 and 1998, he was involved in organising and promoting the shows of the MEKVA group upholding the legacy of the underground ‘apartment’ exhibitions. Artyushkov has been painting since the early 1990s and experimenting with photography since 1999.