Kochetkov Andrey Dmitrievich

Soviet and Russian painter, graphic artist, and applied artist, member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (until 1992 — the Leningrad Organization of the Union of Artists of the RSFSR). Member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1961. In 1948–1952, he studied at the Moscow Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts. In 1952, he was transferred to the Leningrad Higher Art and Industrial School named after V. I. Mukhina, which he graduated from in 1954. He has been a participant in exhibitions of Leningrad artists since 1958. Works by A. D. Kochetkov are held in museums and private collections in Russia, the USA, the UK, France, and other countries.