Is a student of a famous painter Valery Mikhailovich Bakharev, a cornerstone figure of the Ivanovo underground, without him the local cultural landscape would've been different.

The young artist has visited many countries. But wherever Ivan is, Russian culture and Russian people is his main inspiring force. He is an observer, capturing all the details and depicting them on the canvas. Ivan prefers to paint in oils, his paintings are bright and harmonious.