Vyacheslav Mikhailov was born in 1945 in the Stavropol region, in a remote village of the railway Arzgir. Thrice Mikhailov could not go to art school in Rostov-on-Don. Written waiver of school "no longer worried because of complete lack of talent", of course, there was an insult that was the kind of challenge the young man. In 26 years, having served in the army, Mikhailov has dared to enter the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. Ventured successfully completing the Institute in the class of painting in the studio of Professor Yevsey Moiseenko. In 1979 Mikhailov finishes graduate school, and in the studio Moiseenko.
The canons of academic education is not completely satisfied artist. In the late 1970s, graduates of the Academy of Arts Vyacheslav Mikhailov and Valery Lukka along with the artist Felix Volosenkov declared themselves as creative group seeking, like all creative groups, the search for new means of expression. To build the necessary artistic effect they used colorful textured layers.

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Thus, artists disowned well-known and revered tradition of painting, trying to approximate their work to life and turn them into something organic. However, their work is not deprived and literary references to the eternal mythological images, but the first part was allotted exactly physiology invoice. All three innovator canonized art critics and fans, nicknamed the group "Three Heroes". Volosenkov work and Lucca are also represented in the collection.

Today Vyacheslav Mikhailov, one of the most famous artists from St. Petersburg. The author was lucky to find his expressive language, which makes the work recognizable and a genuine interest. His works are interesting form of interest along with the semantics. Mikhailov running series, continuously Comprehending a particular topic. The artist recognizes that it is important for memory, a sense of involvement in the world where there is not only present but also the past. His heavy, filled with gesso canvases really cherish the memory of the past, making people think and feel.

His works are in the collections:
Museum of Art, Astrakhan
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
Culture Fund of Russia, Moscow
Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
"Manezh", Moscow

Solo exhibitions:
Institute of Technology in 1986. Leningrad, Russia
1987 Edition of the magazine "Youth". Moscow, Russia
1988 International Club. Leningrad Russia
1990 Gallery "Delta" club "Mayak". Leningrad, Russia
1990 Museum of youth. Ekaterinburg, Russia.
1990 Museum of History. Ekaterinburg, Russia
1991 Gallery RRINCE. New York, USA
1992 FINE ART GALLERY. Zelnek, Germany
1992 Museum of Art. Tyumen, Russia
1992 Gallery "Borey". St. Petersburg, Russia
1992 Ethnographic Museum, the Marble Hall. St. Petersburg, Russia
1993 Friendship House. Ekaterinburg, Russia
1993 Gallery "Northwind", Saint-Petersburg, Russia
1993 Gallery ARTE RUSSA. Piacenza, Italy
1993 CHA. Moscow, Russia
1993 Museum of Art. Ekaterinburg, Russia.
1994 Exhibition Centre Union of Artists. St. Petersburg, Russia
1995 State Russian Museum, Marble Court. St. Petersburg, Russia
1995 Museum of the family, the draft of the State Museum of Theatre and Music, supported NEUHOFF GALLERY, New York. St. Petersburg, Russia
1996 NEUE GALERIE. Hamburg, Germany
1996 "FREIE KUNST" IN ST MICHAELIS. Hamburg, Germany.
1997 "St. Petersburg artists." Cultural Center. San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
1998 Gallery HUUSSTEGE. 'S-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
1998 «KUNST MACHT WIND». Timmendorf Germany
1999 Gallery FORUM. Hamburg, Germany
1999 Institute of Arts. Chongqing, China
2000 «ACHT RING DER KUNSTFREUNDE». Galerie POOL. Hamburg, Germany
2001 ATELIER ANGELIKA BLEICKER-SCHAFER. Hamburg, Germany
2002 "15 wurzer sommerkonzerte 2002» Im historischen pfarrhof in wurz in der oderpfalz. Wurtz, Germany
2003 May CHA, Moscow, Russia
Museum in 2003 SCHMIDT-HAUS. Nabburg, Germany
2005 "Architetture di colore". Design Art's gallery. Bologna, Italia