Alexey was born in 1959 and studied classical painting at art college, then studied in the Monumental Art department at the Academy of Fine Arts in St Petersburg. This training has stood him in good stead for completing large-scale works in both mosaic and oil - his monumental 160x480cm oil painting 'Opposition' hangs in the prestigious private museum Erarta.
He lives a quiet life with his wife Liubov Bazanova, and his work conveys a world of light and beauty where the women he paints inhabit a space that is harmonious and pure.