Wasili Wasin was born in the Ural Mountains in 1957. He is a trained artist as well as a craftsman. He has created several large monumental works for Russian buildings. He has lived in Kaliningrad, Russia (formerly Königsberg) since 1984. In 1993 he was accepted as a member of the Russian Artists Association. His work can be found in the permanent collections of Russian museums and in private collections in Germany, Japan, Poland and the Netherlands.