View in Space

Born into a family in which an older brother and an uncle were artists, Slava TCH (full name Viatcheslav Tchistiline) – raised in Russia – began painting when he was just nine years old. TCH studied fine art as an undergraduate at Kharkov State University, in Ukraine, and studied painting decorative art and interior design at the Kharkov Artistic-Industrial Institute. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, which has a number of his works in its collection. During the early years of his career, Slava TCH painted with oil on canvas in a realistic manner. In addition he painted monumental murals and taught art. Many of his realistic paintings are in public collections in Germany and France and in private collections in countries around the world.