Sergei Cherkasov was born on the 10th of November, in 1948, in the city of Artyom that is located in the Far East of Russia – in Primorsky Krai. He studied at the Far Eastern State Academy of Arts and graduated in 1976 from the studio of a remarkable Soviet artist Vasily Nikanorovich Doronin. Cherkasov’s paintings have captured hearts beyond his native Russia and were exhibited in China, Japan and the USA.