| Oleinikov's works draw our gaze into a fictitious world in which man is closely interwoven with nature, in some cases even seems to be one with it. At the same time, he illuminates the role of man in the globalized world and also, again and again, his own self as an artist. Oleinikov achieves the appeal of his art partly through unexpected motifs, and partly through a pictorial technique reminiscent of the dramaturgical film language of Soviet director Andrei Tarkovsky, whom Oleinikov admires. By combining oil paints with pencil and sometimes crayons, he creates contrasts that transport us to an imaginary world. (E.W., J.D.)
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| 1968 | born in Krasnodar, South Russia | |
| 1983 - 1987 | College of Arts, Krasnodar | |
| 1987 - 1989 | Agit-prop painter, leather goods factory Smirnov, Krasnodar Freelance artist |
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| 1990 | first exhibitions | |
| 1991 - 1996 | moves to Moscow | |
| 1997 - 1999 | Art Academy Karlsruhe, class of Prof. Meuser | |
| 1999 - 2001 | Art Academy Düsseldorf, class of Prof. Jörg Immendorff | |
| 2001 - 2003 | Art Academy Düsseldorf, class of Prof. Markus Lüpertz appointment as master student |
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| since 2004 | freelance artist | |
| since 2007 | lives and works in Berlin |