Boris Kulikov & Leo Kundas

Teaches at Bridgeview School of Fine Arts

Boris Kulikov is an award-winning children's book illustrator. He received his MFA from The Institute of Theatre, Music And Cinema in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1997 he lives and works as an illustrator in New York. He also works as a free lance illustrater for New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, Times Magazine, Los Angeles Times and other major newspapers and magazines. Leo Kundas Mysakov was born in Yekaterinburg (Ural Region), Russia to a family of amateur artists in 1953. He received MFA in 1975 from the Ural Academy of Art & Design. From 1975 to 1978 he had mentored students in senior level independent study of drawing and design graphics at the Ural Academy of Art & Design. Leo Kundas has been participating in Art Exhibition since 1976. He has had one-person shows at Museums and Exhibition Halls in Russia and Europe. His work has been featured in several group shows at museums and cultural centers and recently in the PBS documentary Lasting Impressions. In addition, his work is in public and corporate collections in Europe and USA. Leo Kundas has been residing in New York since 1990.