Mikhail Levius (b. 1986) is one of the key representatives of the new generation of figurative painting. Born in 1986 in Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo Region). From 2004 to 2006, he studied at the Novokuznetsk Art College. He graduated from the Surikov Moscow State Academic Art Institute, Department of Graphics, in 2012. Since 2020, he has been exclusively collaborating with the pop/off/art gallery. His works are held in state and private collections in Russia and abroad. He lives and works in Moscow.