kuznetsovstudio

Yuri Kuznetsov was born in Almet'evsk, Russia and as a child would visit his mother where she worked as a college professor of the arts.The cans of multicolored paints available to his mother's students fueled Yuri's imagination. Like may Russian artists, Yuri's natural talents were apparent from an early age and those talents were nurtured. Being drawn to clean lines and precision, Yuri dreamed of becoming an architect.However, in his last year of high school, the artist within him took control of his destiny and he took the path of a painter.At the highly acclaimed and renowned Mukhina Art Academy in St. Petersburg, Yuri and fellow students were encouraged to develop an individual style to make their mark in contemporary art and in 1986 Yuri graduated.