He was born in Moscow, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in 1972 and has been living and working in New York City since 1994.

[1] His works explore the dialectic between Communism and "the West" and are based on historical research, usually of forgotten and unresolved Cold War narratives.

Some of these topics include the shared histories of the Red and Lavender Scares during the McCarthy era; Communism in Modern Art; and African, African-American, and Jewish Diasporas in the Soviet Union.

His paintings showcased the most socialist realist imagery from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Song of Russia and North Star and Warner Brothers film Mission to Moscow, under the notion that these movies were made at the behest of President Franklin D. Roosevelt to promote Soviet-American relations during World War II.

Lenin's book, Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism, to 100 major transnational corporations around the world including, Gap, Inc., Coca-Cola, General Electric, and IBM.

The original collection included works by Stuart Davis, Adolf Dehn, Hugo Gellert, Harry Gottlieb, William Gropper, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Raphael Soyer among others.

Fiks referenced the Lavender Scare in his project Homosexuality is Stalin's Atom Bomb to Destroy America (2012), a collection of artworks including digital prints, photographs, and installation that explore the anti-gay paranoia of the MccArthy era.

[13] Submitted works by participating artists to this project reflect on the short-term successes and eventual failures of equality and internationalism in the Soviet Union.