(Born in 1963)

He was born in Odessa. He is an artist and a writer. In 1987 he organized the Inspection «Medhermeneutics» together with S. Anufriev and P. Pepperstein. He left it in 1990. He took part in many international exhibitions of modern art, including the biennale in Venice (1993, 2003), Sydney (1998), the First European Biennale “Manifesta” (1996) and so on. He is the author of some books and a prize–winner of Andrei Beliy Prize (2005). He lives and works in Berlin and in Moscow.

«Composition with Hens»Yuriy Leyderman, 40х80, 1980, mixed tech. on canvas