Alexander Roytburd: (b.1961) in Odessa, Ukraine, is a renowned Ukrainian artist, curator, and art critic. He is one of the leaders of the Ukrainian Transavanguardia movement. In 2014, he actively supported the Euro–Maidan Revolution in Kyiv. Since 2018, he has been a director of the Odessa Museum of Fine Art.

Tatiana Nazarenko: (b.1944) in Moscow, is a Russian artist and art professor. She is a member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2001), laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (1993), Member of the Russian Union of Artists since 1969. Her installation “The Underground Crossing” exhibited for the first time in Moscow in 1996 was a great success and was later shown in Germany, America, and Austria. Her works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery and the State Russian Museum in Russia.

Andrey Medvedev: (b.1959) in Moscow. He graduated from Moscow Art College in 1979. The main theme to which the artist addresses is the existential loneliness and fragility of the little man. The characters in his paintings resemble frozen marionettes with porcelain doll faces whose fate is in the hands of an almighty puppeteer. His paintings are in private collections in Russia, Denmark, and Finland.

Igor Makarevich: (b. 1943), artist Igor Makarevich became an essential figure in the Moscow Conceptualism movement. He has been a member of the Collective Actions group since 1979. His works are in the collections of The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), The State Russian Museum (St. Petersburg), George Pompidou Center (Paris), Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University (New Brunswick).