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My name is Fiodor Sumkin. I was born in a Byelorussian family of artists. I grew up in Eastern Germany
and at the age of 16 I left school. Two years later I moved to Moscow to escape the compulsory army draft.
I lived in Russia for 6 years and made my living by drawing and selling my work on the streets.
I also worked as a graphic designer in an advertisement agency. When I turned 19 I became
the art director of an important magazine. At 21 with the help of my friends I opened a design studio that still exists today.

In 2001 the Creative Department of the Artist Holding Milano invited me to Italy.
I worked there for half a year, after that I moved to Rome where I started to paint pictures again
and arranged my first single picture-show. Today my works have spread around the world
and you may find them in several American, Japanese and European Collections.

The last three years I lived without a passport in Europe. I used the credit cards of my girlfriend
and could actually travel for free because there is no much passport control inside of Europe.
At present I live with my girlfriend in Paris in a tiny little apartment which officially belongs
to my girlfriend because she has got papers.

I would like to thank her and also my friends in Moscow, Berlin, Milan, Rome and here in Paris who all helped me to survive.
It is a destiny present to me that all those people have been there for me in the right moment,
whenever I needed them. They are all extraordinary in their personality. Thank you, guys!