1962

Valery Koshlyakov was born in Salsk, Rostov region in 1962. After receiving his art education at the Rostov Grekov College from 1983 to 1988, he began his career as an artist in Rostov-on-Don at the Musical Comedy Theater from 1986 to 1988. From 1988 to 1991, he was part of the Art or Death group along with Avdey Ter-Ohanian, Alexander Sigutin, and Yuri Shabelnikov. From 1991 to 1993, Koshlyakov worked in workshops in Trekhprudny. Lives and works in Moscow and Paris/