Vitaly Smirnov
He was born in Leningrad, in 1969.

In 1992, he graduated the Leningrad Construction-Engineering Institute, Architect Department.
2004-2005 – Photography Workshops of St. Petersburg.
2005-2006 – he participated in the project of the State Centre of Photography Baltic Photography Workshop.
He has been a member of the Russian Association of Artists since 2008, a photographer, a curator.
Presently, he lives and works in St. Petersburg, Russia.
 
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 – The Phantom of Rome – The State Museum of History of St.Petersburg, A. A. Blok Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
2010 – The Huts –The Tsarskoselskaya Collection Museum, Pushkin (St.Petersburg), Russia
2009 – The Scar. Berlin 2009 – The Etazhy Loft Project Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia
2009 – The Huts – The Rural Living Gallery, St. Petersburg, Russia
2009 – Landscape's Fragments – The Gruzinyak Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 – The Huts – in the frames of the Characters Project, the Exhibition Hall of the Association of Artists of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
2008/2009 – The Point Of Attraction – The Museum of F. M. Dostoevsky, St. Petersburg, Russia
2006 – The Point Of Attraction – The Black & White Gallery, St.Petersburg, Russia

He has participated in more than 30 collective exhibitions in Russia and
abroad.

His works are kept in:
The Tsarskoselskaya Collection Museum, Pushkin (St. Petersburg), Russia
The State Museum of History of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
In the reserves of the Association of Artists of Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
In private collections of Germany, UK, USA.