Alexey Firstov was born in 1980 in the city of Khabarovsk in the Far East. Graduated from art school. Received higher education with a degree in Architectural Environment Design. In 2001 he took part in an exhibition in an art gallery in Khabarovsk. From 2003 to 2017 he worked as a broadcast designer on TV. Then he went freelance and worked with various leading CG studios. Worked with projects for financial organizations: Alfabank, Sberbank, as well as with IT companies: Yandex, Avito. Currently doing various personal art projects.