Drujinin Valentin

Born in the year of the Cat, under the constellation Pisces, on the shore of the Caspian sea in the fishing village of Kizil-su (Turkmenistan) February 23, 1951. Reckless childhood and school years passed in the city of Krasnovodsk, now Turkmenbashy, on the border of Eurasia with a symbolic gate that separates her.
Drew always and everywhere as I can remember: on walls, fences, Wallpaper, desks, notebooks and Newspapers. The first caricature was published in 14 years in the Metropolitan newspaper "defending public order" in Ashgabat.
Turkmenbashi in Central Asia for 9 years, having received secondary education, have served and published in the Newspaper "Soviet Army" group of Soviet Forces in Germany.
Staying true to the Komsomol after army service he worked as an artist in the cinema "Komsomolets", newspaper "the Komsomol of Zaporozhye", becoming Member of the Union of journalists of the USSR in 1982, a Member of the Union of artists of the USSR in 1989, Honored artist of Ukraine in 2001, a Member of Artists of Russia, artist of the newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda".
Participated in many international competitions, the biennial and festivals of caricature. The owner of 175 awards, "But still the true gem of the first PRIX "Golden fish" in Kaliningrad in 1987. Held 16 solo exhibitions in the CIS countries and abroad. Author of more than 20 published collections of cartoons.