Vikor Petrovich Slushnik was born in 1926 in the Odessa Region.

He defended Russia during World War II. He was wounded in battle and returned home.

In 1945 he entered the Odessa Art School and graduated in 1950. He then attended the Riga Academy of Arts (similar to the Repin or Surikov Academies but in the Baltic region) and graduated from there in 1956.

He has been a member of the Artists’ Union since 1957.

He worked as a teacher at the Art School in Leningrad until 1959 when he moved to Lipetsk where he continues to live and work.