Alezander Sergeeff was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1968. He started painting at age 5. Winning his first art prize at age 9, he was soon anrolled in the Middle School of Art. Greatly influenced by Diego Velàzquez and John Singer Sargent, he studied at both the Moscow Institute of Arts and the Russian Academy of Painting. Invited to Rome in 1990, he fell in love with the light and beauty of the place and immigrated to Italy. He now works in his studio in Rome. He paints portraits and commissions in wich, for example, clients ask him to include a particular memento in the background. His art has been featured in numerous publications, including a special Italian edition of Architectural Digest, and has appeared in exhibitions in Moscow, Rome, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, and Stockholm, as well es exhibitions in the US from Connecticut to California.