Was born in Nizhny Novgorod in 1960.
He attended the Theatrical School of Nizhny Novgorod.
In 1994 he graduated from the Repin Institute at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
He is a member of the Russian Union of Artists since 1997.
Andrey Smirnoff lives & works in St. Petersburg.
His canvases are in private collections in Russia & abroad