[2] Chtak started as an artist at the end of the 1990s, under the influence of Avdey Ter-Oganyan and Anatoly Osmolovsky in Moscow.
Originally, he participated in street actions, but soon decided to switch to different art forms.
His paintings were bought, among others, by the Tretyakov Gallery and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art.
[1][2] Chtak used various media, including installations, and even founded a rock band Sthowʼs Seths, but he was mainly known for his paintings, often monochrome and having simple inscriptions.
The inscriptions were a direct message and were most often in Russian, but sometimes also in languages Chtak did not speak such as German or Czech.