Laptev Yuri Mikhailovich (1962) Contemporary painter. Born in Petropavlovsk (North Kazakhstan) Lives and works in Crimea (Simferopol) Graduated from the Crimean Art School named after N.S. Samokisha, design department, (Simferopol, Ukraine) Worked at the Art Fund of the Ukrainian SSR as a designer specializing in interior design, applied design in the techniques of monumental mosaic, prototyping, stained glass and interior sculpture, easel graphics (etching). Cooperation with foreign IT-firms in the field of WEB design, illustration, conceptual development. Regular participant of exhibitions: reporting exhibitions of the Crimean Association of Artists in Ukraine (works in the etching technique were acquired by the Union of Artists of Ukraine. Kiev), exhibitions of creative associations of Crimea and Simferopol, "Reality and mysticism" (Werkstattgallerie, Heidelberg) Interactive art action, "Formula T "," Point T "in collaboration with R. Kukhar, Simferopol-Kiev, international exhibition" Odessa-Art "under the patronage of the gallery" KEP ", Simferopol Odessa, Ukraine. Works in private collections: Simferopol, Crimea., Odessa, Ukraine., Kiev, Ukraine., Sukhumi, Abkhazia., Moscow, Russia., Heidelberg, Germany., Jersey City, USA.