Degtyaryov Aleksandr

Biography

Was born September, 2nd 1971 in Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan) in the family of a teacher and a printer. Childhood and further biography was inextricably linked with Saratov. From the youth he fond of drawing, music, theater. In parallel with his studies at school, he attended art school, soloed in band "Kolokol".
In 1990 he graduated from the Saratov Art College named Bogolyubov and was majoring in graphic designer.
From 1990 to 1995 he studied at the Saratov State Conservatory named Sobinov (Theater Faculty) in the only specialty in Russia "Actor of Plastic Drama" (course of Vladimir Matveev under the patronage of Konstantin Raikin). After graduating from the Conservatory, with fellow students and like-minded people, he organized the "Saratov Municipal Theater of Plastic Drama", which for more than 10 years of its existence has gained fame not only in Saratov, but also in other cities of Russia and abroad. In addition to acting in the theater, he was a stage director and often the author of theatrical productions. Theatrical life was fruitfully combined with the modeling direction. He took an active part in various fashion shows, was the director of shows, as well as city, Russian and international beauty contests "Beauty of Russia", "Miss Crystal Crown", etc.
Thanks to extensive creative contacts, fate tied me with the fashion designer Pavel Erokin, with whom I took part in the creation of the brand of modern clothes TM "Doctor E".
Further, following the socio-economic and political trends in the country, he was involved in PR-promotion of car dealerships, was engaged in banking and insurance activities. Working in the production of brewing and soft drinks, participating in the creation of a restaurant business, I suddenly realized that I completely stopped enjoying the routine work…
A meeting with a friend from the Art School, the famous and talented artist Vyacheslav Kurseev, helped to return to artistic creativity. Impressed by meeting him, I again took up traditional materials - canvas, brushes, oil paints and … began to write. For more than seven years Vyacheslav has been my creative mentor. In my paintings, an old hometown, of course the Volga, nature - everything is beautiful, from which I, and perhaps all of us, are rapidly and persistently moving away…