Igor Medvedev Art

Igor Medvedev was born in Novopskov city in the Luhansk region of Eastern Ukraine. He graduated from the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology with a degree in physical chemistry and went on to work as an engineer for the next three years. While working, he began studying art history at the Open University of the Soviet Union, eventually giving up engineering to become a teacher of fine art at a local college. Since 1990, Medvedev has been painting full time and exhibiting his work in various galleries and salons. His first solo exhibition took place in November 1990 at the Lithuanian State Youth Theater in Vilnius. His paintings are regularly displayed at the galleries Kitay-Gorod and Fleyta in Moscow and at the Prefecture of Zelenograd. Many of Medvedev's works were also acquired by private collectors.