Born in Ryazan, Andrei moved with his family to Ivdel (Sverdlovsk Oblast) in 1983.

He graduated from a local secondary school in 1990 and in the same year he returned to his native city.

However, due to his conscription into the Russian Army, he received his diploma in industrial design before completing the full PTU program.

[3][4] His participation in the First Chechen War as well as his police work has had a considerable influence on his artistic development.

[4][5] Today his paintings are found in private collections, in the Kashira local museum, in the Monastery of Our Lady of Kazan and in the St. Nicholas Church in Yamskaya Sloboda (Ryazan).