Tselkov Oleg Nikolaevich

Russian Soviet artist. The representative of the "unofficial" art. He studied at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin. In 1958, he graduated from the Leningrad Theatrical Institute (where he attended the course of N.P.Akimov) with a degree in production technician artist. Since 1977 he lives and works in Paris. Winner of the non-state Russian prize "Triumph" (2005). The author's works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the State Hermitage Museum, the Zimmerly Museum of Rutgers University (New Jersey, USA), in private collections in France, Russia, and the USA.