Valeriy was born in the Urals, Russia in 1956. He was educated in Sverdlovsk Art College from 1978-1980 before studying for seven years at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. On completion of the advanced course at the USSR Academy of Arts he won the extremely prestigious Gold Medal with his painting ‘Early Years’. In the early nineties he worked in the creative studio at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Valeriy has been a member of the Russian Artist’s Federation since 1991. His work hangs in collections worldwide as a result of various exhibitions in Germany, Russia, London and America.