Vladimir Andreyenkov

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor. Born in the family of Yemelian Andreyenkov in the town of Chavusy in eastern Belorussia (1930). Studied at the Vasily Surikov Institute of Art in Moscow (1952–58). Member of the Union of Artists (1962). Took up geometric abstraction (1960s). Member of the nonconformist movement. Lives in Moscow. Contributed to exhibitions (from late 1950s), including shows in Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, Great Britain and Iraq (from early 1970s) and Abstraction in Russia: XX Century at the Russian Museum in St Petersburg (2001–02).