Boris Fedorovich Faenkov was born in 1920. His professional education took place from 1939 to 1942 at Elets and Batum Art Schools. He participated in numerous shows and organized shows of artists himself. In the 1970s he was the director of the Bryansk Art Museum. In the 1980s he was the headmaster of the Bryansk Children’s Art School. Faenkov lives and works in Bryansk.