Selected dates:

1958

Born in Vetluga (USSR, today the Russian Federation).

1985

Graduated from the Republican Art College named after Repin (Chisinau).

Since 1989

Begins to participate in exhibitions .

1992

Graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts .

1995

The first action of Alexey Velikzhanin called "Clean Floor" took place, when the artist washed the floor in the Vitebsk Art Museum within the framework of the In-Formation-95 festival in the spirit of process art.

1996

At the In-Formation-96 exhibition, during the day, while the exhibition was opening, he examined the exposition and chewed Stimorol gum ( In-Formation action), after which he fixed it between two plates of black and transparent glass and soldered it with tin. Thus, he launched the process of "bacteriological warfare", which became autonomous and continues at the present time - the chewing gum gradually turned yellow, green, blackened, and also decreased in size. Today, the object is framed in a frame intended for an icon.

The artist started a series of actions "In white.. In black.. In silver.. Gold.." . The actions were conceived as an attempt to adapt and dissolve the body of the artist in the environment, akin to the capabilities of a chameleon - changing coloring with the change of seasons of the year and time of day.

At the 6+6 exhibition in Byala Podlyaska, which was attended by six Polish and six Belarusian artists, Aleksey exhibited air and earth from the Belarusian Ostroshitsky Gorodok in a liter glass bottle and in a bag (installation "Earth and Air" ). The following year, a similar exhibition in the 6 + 6 format was held in Sandomierz, and the artist presented there as an art object sneakers in an aquarium filled with water, which he wore in accordance with the mileage equal to the distance from this city to Minsk (installation "Silver Age" ) . The object reinforced the theme of the author's absence, but at the same time testified to the personal "presence".

1997

The artist repeated the action with chewing gum at the opening of the In-Formation-97 exhibition, but already invited a hundred viewers to repeat this experience, treating them to chewing pads at the opening of the exhibition, while he himself was not present during the action. In the following projects, Alexey Velikzhanin always works without an audience.

1998

The artist ceases to engage in conceptual art and still works in the field of monumental and easel painting.