Alexi Baranov studied Painting and Graphic Arts at Penza Art College, Russia, as well as St Petersburg State Academy of Art specialising in figurative fine art.

Alexi has had three solo exhibitions in St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Paris, as well as inclusion in numerous group exhibitions in Russia, Germany, Denmark, France, USA and Netherlands.

Alexi's artwork is in the collections of the Russian State Museum of Art, St Petersburg, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, St Petersburg.