1935–2020

Born in 1935, in Moscow, to the family of the People's Artist of the USSR, S.A. Chuikov (1902-1980), and the artist E.A. Maleina (1903-1984), From 1949 to 1954, he studied at the Moscow Secondary Art School of the Moscow State Art Institute named after Surikov. Between 1954 and 1960, he continued his studies at the same institute. From 1960 to 1962, he worked as a teacher at the Vladivostok Art College. In 1957, he had his first exhibition at the 7th World Youth Festival in Moscow. On August 8, 1964, he married Galina Malik, also an artist. Since 1967 or 68, he became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. During the late 1960s, he destroyed almost all of his paintings. On January 7, 1972, his daughter, Evgenia Chuikova, was born, also an artist. In 1976, he joined the "Artists of Sretensky Boulevard" circle and had his first joint exhibition with conceptual artists at the studio of Leonid Sokov. Starting from 1978 and the 38th Venice Biennale, he actively participated in exhibitions abroad. He lived and worked both in Germany (Cologne and Dusseldorf) and in Russia (Moscow). On November 11th, 2020, he passed away in Dusseldorf due to coronavirus.