Grisha Bruskin was born in Moscow on October 21, 1945. Between 1963 and 1968, Bruskin studied at the Moscow Textile Institute. In 1969, he became a member of the Artists? Union of the USSR. Bruskin?s participation in the famous Sotheby?s auction in Moscow brought him worldwide fame, when his piece, ?Fundamental Lexicon? was sold for a record price. In 1999, at the invitation of the German government and as a representative of Russia, Bruskin created a monumental triptych, ?Life Above All? for the reconstructed Reichstag in Berlin. In 2001 he published a memoir-style book, ?Past Imperfect.? In 2012 he received the Kandinsky Prize in the ?Project of the Year? category, for his project, ?H-Hour.? Bruskin lives and works in New York and Moscow. He is one of the best-known and most successful contemporary artists of Russian origins. 

October 21st, 1945 in Moscow (Age 79)