Vladimir Fateev

What Vladimir Fateev loved in theatre was painting, what he loved in painting was theatre. Perhaps that is why he dedicated nearly all his life to stage design. Born in Krasnoyarsk in 1951, Vladimir graduated from the Vasily Surikov Krasnoyarsk Art College – one of the most prominent art schools in Siberia. Here he met his teacher, Andrey Pozdeev, a well-known graphic artist and painter. After graduating, Fateev moved to Leningrad and enrolled in the Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography where he studied art and staging. Completing his studies, he went back to Krasnoyarsk.

Shortly after his return, a new opera theatre opened in Krasnoyarsk where Fateev began his career as a stage designer. At that time, Fateev’s life and work were inextricably linked to theatre. Therefore, when he realized that the local opera theatre did not have the finances to put on quality performances, Fateev moved to Novosibirsk. When the Novosibirsk troupe broke up, he took up easel painting. Nevertheless, he went on travelling around the country, working on set designs until Perestroika. By that time, Fateev had designed more than seventy theatre sets in Krasnoyarsk and many other cities. In his later years, Fateev focused solely on his work for the Novosibirsk Drama Theatre and his independent artistic projects. Vladimir Fateev died on 2 March 2023.