Oleg Zhivetin

Oleg Zhivetin is a russian/american painter born in Tashkent, the capital of Uzbekistan. 
At the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow Zhivetin earned a bachelor's degree in Fine Art in 1988, and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Monumental Art in 1990.He moved in United States almost immediately after graduation.  After a Californian art dealer expressed interest in his work, Oleg Zhivetin soon secured a solo show at the Mission San Juan Capistrano museum, and came to be represented by the Rosovsky Gallery in Laguna Beach, California. His work has appeared in Southwest Art and in other visual-art periodicals. 
Artist is currently living and working in the United States.