Member of the Union of Artists of Russia.
Graphic artist, monumentalist, book illustrator.
Winner of the Sverdlovsk Region Governor's Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of literature and art (2011).
Awarded the Gold Medal of the Union of Artists of Russia.

Alexander Kuzmich Vokhmentsev was born in 1938 in the village of Nechunaev, Kurgan region, USSR. In 1973 he graduated from the Kharkov Art and Industrial Institute. Since 1974 he has lived and worked in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Graphic artist. Works both in traditional graphic techniques (watercolor, ink, etc.) and in the most complex etching technique. Member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1994. Laureate of the Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region Prize for outstanding achievements in the field of literature and art for 2011. For his contribution to the fine arts he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Union of Artists of Russia. Active participant in art exhibitions at various levels. Book illustrator. The artist’s works are in the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, the Irbit State Museum of Fine Arts, the museums of Nizhny Tagil, Kurgan, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.

The dominant theme in the artist’s works is the theme of the village, which he treats very reverently and with great love. In his works, he achieves a truthful depiction of human life in his small homeland, while at the same time weaving into the narrative various elements of fairy tales rooted in rich folk culture. Among his characters are whimsical creatures from Russian folk tales, familiar to us from childhood: Baba Yaga, Koschey the Immortal, Bear on a Linden Leg, Rooster, Fox and many others.