Anatoly, born in Russia in 1962,  first began his career as an artist in 1985 and has since established himself as a leading artist producing museum quality art work.  Anatoly studied art in Russia at the Magnitogorsk Pedagogical Institute's Art Department, graduating in 1988.  After participating in multiple prominent exhibitions and including his art works in the permanent collection of museums throughout the former USSR, Anatoly emigrated to Israel in 1991. Anatoly has since been recognized as one of Israel's most prominent artists.  In 1992, he became a member of the Israeli branch of the International Artists Association and has since received multiple awards and accreditations including the Ish Shalom Prize laureate (1996 Jerusalem, Israel), the "Certificate of Merit" from the Art Addiction International Gallery, (1997 Stockholm, Sweden), a diploma for the "1st International Art Annual Masks in Venice" (1998 Venice, Italy) and a medal and diploma from the Tatra Gallery of Poprad, Slovakia (2003).  Anatoly’s works of art are now included in the permanent collection of museums around the world.