Oleg Zhivetin was born on March 8, 1964 in 
Tashkent, Capitol of the Soviet Republic of 
Uzbekistan, to a family of Russian painters. 
While still young, his family resettled in 
Moscow, where Oleg began his studies at Fifteen at the Moscow Academy of Art. At the academy he continued to learn how to paint and draw as well as study traditional subjects such 
as history, of which Oleg is extremely fond. He 
earned his Fine Art degree with honors, in 1982. 

Since then, Zhivetin has worked onextraordinarily complex paintings with the universal theme of love in his recognizable fractured color style. Numerous layers of paint 
achieve the richness and vitality of colors in 
his artwork. The sensuous lines and intricate 
patterns of the paintings are enhanced with the 
application of gold, silver or copper leaf. Ole has perfected his fragmented imagery technique  and his work elicits remarkably positive responses from his collectors. Oleg has made home in both California and Russia over the years.