Anatoly Moshchelkov was born in 1959. He graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts, the Faculty for Graphical Arts, Department of Art and Technical Design of Printed Products. He is a full member of the Union of Artists of Russia. He is a Graphic designer and calligrapher. A winner of the national award in the sphere of Modern Russian Fine and Decorative Art “Russian gallery 21st century” in 2008, Anatoly also won the regional Aphanasy Kulikov Fine Arts Award in 2006 and 2008.
“The basis of calligraphy is handwriting, which is a gift from on high, regardless of his worldview or credo; it reveals a person’s inner idiosyncrasies in a matter of minutes. A calligrapher can nurture an image for years and then spill it out onto paper in a matter of hours or even minutes. Perhaps the contradictory nature of these principles determines a certain life and thought-style, and a handful of us calligraphers are no exception”.