Igor Aleksandrovich Sanin is one of the most famous and active painters in Omsk. Born on November 7, 1939 in Omsk. Father Sanin Alexander Stepanovich is a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, defender of the Brest Fortress, founder of Children's Art School No. 1 in Omsk. I.A. Sanin graduated with honors from the art and pedagogical department of the Sverdlovsk Art School in 1963 (teachers I.T. Kolodin, Yu.M. Efimov, N.G. Chesnokov, A.E. Sosnovskaya, S.P. Yarkov). In 1971 he graduated from the Moscow Printing Institute, Faculty of Artistic and Technical Design of Printed Products. In 1971-1973 he studied at the experimental studio of artistic design under the guidance of Evgeniy Abramovich Rosenblum (Moscow). Since 1975 he has lived and worked in Omsk. Teaches at Children's Art School No. 1 in Omsk. In 1970-1980 he was engaged in artistic environmental design, posters, industrial graphics, and advertising. In 2013, in honor of the artist and his family, art school No. 1 in Omsk was named after the Sanins. He was repeatedly elected to the board of the Omsk organization of the Russian Federation Union of Artists, is a permanent member of the Arts Council, and chairman of the creative commission at the Omsk department of the Union of Artists of Russia (since 2001). In 2007 he was awarded the honorary title "Honored Painter of Russia".

Since the late 1970s, he began working in watercolor techniques. A regular participant in exhibitions from regional to all-Union and international, as well as specialized exhibitions of watercolors and drawings (International Exhibition of Graphics (France, 2001), All-Russian Exhibition of Watercolors (Kurgan, 2002) and others). I.A. Sanin is a laureate of the Omsk Region Governor Award “For Merit in the Development of Culture and Art” named after People’s Painter of Russia Kondraty Petrovich Belov (2005). State scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (2005). Honorary cultural figure of the city of Omsk (2009). I.A. Sanin was awarded many diplomas from significant exhibitions.