Andrei Belle was born in 1957 in Minsk. Since his birth, he lived and studied in Leningrad, now St Petersburg. Upon graduating and being professionally assigned to the Lot Central Research Institute, he started work as an independent artist - a painter and graphic artist. From the mid-1980s to 1992, he worked with the Akvarium rock group. In From 1988 to 1991, he exhibited and worked with the Mitki group. Once perestroika had begun, he was much exhibited in the USA, the UK, Canada, Germany, Belgium, Holland and France, in Europe and America.