Vladimir Viderman

Painter, graphic artist. Born in the family of Semyon Viderman in Sebastopole (1945). Studied at the Odessa School of Art (1959–64) and under Valentina Rakhina and Guerman Yegoshin at the Vera Mukhina School of Art and Industry in Leningrad (1965–71). Member of the Creative Unification of Young Artists and Art Critics (1971–85), Fellowship of Experimental Fine Art (1974–76) and the Union of Artists (from 1985). Lives and works in St Petersburg. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1974), including the famous exhibition of unofficial art at the Ivan Gaza Palace of Culture in Leningrad (1974).