1961 - 2015

Artist, one of the founders of the "New Artists" group, a participant in Mitki events and exhibitions and the Society for Experimental Fine Art. Born May 19, 1961, in Leningrad. His mother, Marina Petrovna Sotnikova, was a leading specialist in ancient Russian coins at the Hermitage. His father, Yuri Ivanovich von Stackelberg, was a historian; his uncle, Gennady Sotnikov, was a renowned theater designer. Studied at Children's Art School No. 1 on Fontanka. In 1982, Ivan, Timur Novikov, and like-minded individuals Kirill Khazanovich and Oleg Kotelnikov founded the "New Artists" group. Since 1982, he has participated in many exhibitions, and at that time, he adopted his mother's surname as his artistic pseudonym. In 1996, he was ordained a priest. On June 27, 2004, Ivan Sotnikov and Alexander Florensky founded the Society of Lovers of Painting and Drawing (OLZHIR). The society promotes a return to painting and drawing from nature in the postmodern era. From 2004 to 2006, the society held traveling plein air painting sessions and exhibitions. The artist's works are held in the State Russian Museum and private collections.