Aleksey Chizhov: Architect of a Modern Battlefield Born in the heart of Leningrad – now Saint Petersburg – in 1980, Aleksey Chizhov’s artistic journey began at an unusually young age. His early exposure to drawing, nurtured through children's exhibitions until his fifteenth year, laid the foundation for a career that would increasingly grapple with complex themes of power, conflict, and the evolving landscape of contemporary geopolitics. Initially immersed in the world of 3D graphics – honing skills in realistic visualization, animation, and digital modeling – Chizhov’s transition to painti…