Yuri Andreevich Makhotin was born on March 10, 1930, in the Bryansk Region. From 1946 to 1951 he studied at the art school in Orel. He became a member of the Artists' Union of Russia in 1970. In 1981 he was named an Honored Artist of Russia. He has had nineteen one-man shows and takes part in.. (bio to be updated)