Background
He was born to a family of artists.
He was born to a family of artists.
Here he attended a local art school. Later he moved to Ryazan. After receiving a diploma at the Ryazan College of Art, he went to study in Moscow, at Surikov Institute, from which he graduated in 1996.
He spent in Vitebsk about ten years. Mythological and fairy motifs hold a special place in his work. The artist described his style as "frameless" and "patternless": Initially, I don’t try to keep any frames.
I think many creative ideas could hardly be restricted by such patterns, but both realistic and symbolic movements appear in my works.
Presnyakov’s name is connected with development of so called micro-movement. Presnyakov is known as a theorist of ornamentalism.
In 2010 he became a teacher at the High School of Folk Arts (Ryazan). He participated in several RGO expeditions as the painter.