Ivan was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, his father was a navy officer. In his youth he was obsessed with IT and computer programming, it was the main reason for entering Saint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University in 2004.
Ivan took part in the following exhibitions:
2012
05.01.2012-19.01.2012 – the «PU-ER» gallery (St. Petersburg, Grazhdanskaya str., 14).
02.03.2012-18.03.2012 – «Mr. Kokoshka`s bar» (Razjezhaja str., 26/28).
12.04.2012-05.05.2012 – the «PU-ER» gallery (Nekrasova str., 1).
01.06.2012-02.09.2012 – «The boot in art» join exhibition (Mikhail Shemyakin`s foundation; Sadovaya str., 11).
18.10.2012-31.10.2012 – the «PU-ER» gallery (Nekrasova str., 1).
October 2012 – the «Mayakovsky is like this» festival.
30.10.2012-10.11.2012 – «The Circle of Contacts» exhibition (the «Masterclass» picture gallery; Mayakovsky str., 41; Ryleeva str., 6).
17.12.2012-01.12.2012 – the nude and erotic art exhibition (KOKON Space)
23.11.2012-13.01.2013 – the «Social Networks» exhibition (the «Erarta» contemporary art gallery)
2013
01.07.13-01.08.13 – the «iNterlude» exhibition (the «Freedom» anti-café, Nevsky pr., 88).
16.08.13-30.08.13 – the «Elegant Giraffe» exhibition (Ligovskaya library).
10.09.13-03.10.13 – the «PU-ER» gallery (St. Petersburg, Grazhdanskaya str., 14).
12.11.12-01.12.13 – the «Free breathing» exhibition (Bolshaya Morskaya str., 19).
2014
18.01.14-15.02.14 – «The insect and humans» exhibition (the «Radio-gramophone» anti-café, Nevsky pr., 32).
01.02.14 – Ivan Yurkov`s paintings were permanently included in the collection of the «MusEros» gallery (Sedova str., 11A, 2nd floor).
01.03.14-01.04.14 – the «Flower Paintings» exhibition (the LenDok picture gallery, Naberezhnaya Krukova Kanala, 12).
06.03.14-06.06.14 – «The Age of Prohibitions and Freedom» ( “Пора запретов и свобод” (Writers` book shop, Nevsky pr., 66)
13.03.14-29.03.14 – the “Spring 2014” exhibition (The exhibition center of the Union of Artists, Bolshaya Morskaya str., 38).
27.03.14-17.04.14. – «The Image of a Woman» exhibition (the «Petrovsky Fort» business center).
28.03.14-14.04.14 – the «Shumotron» exhibition “Шумотрон” (the «Erarta» contemporary art gallery).
23.07.14-23.08.14 – the exhibition, held in «Dad loves» bar (Gorohovaya str., 46).