Igor Berezovsky

Igor Borisovitch Berezovsky (Russian: Игорь Борисович Березовский; September 8, 1942 – February 2, 2007) was a Russian painter, printmaker, and graphic designer. Igor Borisovich Berezovsky was born on 8 September 1942 in Omsk, during evacuation. He was the third child out of six. Since early childhood he liked to draw and make photos. He had always wanted to study in an art school or an art institute. However, he hadn't managed to get a formal education. Since the age of 15 he started to work, and spent three years serving in the Russian army in the Far East. His life as an artist was decided upon, when he joined the All-Union Institute for Technical Esthetics in 1967. Other employees in the Institute included philosophers Georgy Shchedrovitsky and Oleg Genisaretsky, design and architecture scholar Alexandr Yermolaev, art scholar Vladimir Paperny, saxophone player Alexei Kozlov. Elena Vsevolodovna Chernevich, and outstanding graphic design scholar and historian, played an important role in Igor Berezovsky's life and art.