Yuri Rozanov (1942 - 2004) was born in the Volga region of Russia at a time when the region was suffering great hardship. Yuri was one of eleven children, of which only three survived to adulthood.
He received his art education in Odessa in the Black Sea region. At the same time he worked as a seaman and published his poetry and drawings in the well known newspaper "Seaman".
Since moving to Saint-Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1978 he was represented in more then 150 exhibitions.