Smirnov Andrey Nikolaevich

Born in Moscow in 1965.
1982–1983 — Studied at the Moscow School of Artistic Crafts.
1989–1992 — Master craftsman at the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute.
1998 — Graduated from the Surikov Institute (workshop of V. N. Zabelin). 1998–2004 — Taught at the Moscow Academic Art School “In memory of 1905.”
Member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 1999.
1999–2005 — Worked at the Creative Workshop of the Russian Academy of Arts under A. P. and S. P. Tkachev.
2004 — Diploma of the Russian Academy of Arts. 2005 — Certificate of Honor from the Heroes of Russia Foundation for portraits for the Museum of Heroes of Russia.
Regular participant in All-Russian exhibitions. Works in private collections in Russia, the UK and Sweden.