Baturo

Andrew Baturo Atroshenko was born in Pokrovsk, USSR, a small town in what is now the Sakha Republic of Russia in 1965.

In 1977 Atroshenko was accepted into the state-run Children’s Art School as a "gifted child" graduating with honors in 1981. Atroshenko entered the Bryansk Art College in 1983, and was later accepted into the St. Petersburg Academy of Art in in 1991.

His first exhibitions began in 1994 at such institutions as St. Petersburg Artists in Reutlingen, Germany, an "Academy" group exhibition in St. Petersburg (1996), and the "Teacher's Memory" exhibition (1997).

Following his graduation from the St. Petersburg Academy of Art in 1999, Atroshenko received an invitation from the New England based art group "Bay Arts" to participate in their exhibitions and activities. Atroshenko would spend that entire year in the U.S. and observed the American way of life.

Following his stay in the U.S., Atroshenko returned to Russia, where he spent two more years, "perfecting my art." Atroshenko’s work continues to be sold in galleries across the United States. He has also participated in a variety of group exhibitions and auctions to sell-out crowds in France. Two of Atroshenko's original pieces have recently been auctioned off through Sotheby’s in both 2002 and 2003.