Ivan Fedotov was born in 1987 in the remote northern city Nikolaevsk-on-Amur. After graduating from the school of arts with honors, Ivan goes on to study further - enters the Far Eastern State Academy of Arts in Vladivostok at the faculty of easel painting. As a student, Ivan became actively involved in the exhibition activities, his work was present at the exhibitions of regional and national scale.
As a student, Ivan became actively involved in the exhibition activities, his work was present at the exhibitions of regional and national scale.

The paintings of Ivan Fedotov are kept in the Seaside Art Gallery, the Komsomol Museum of Fine Arts, the Khakas National Museum of Local Lore. L.R. Kyzlasova, Nikolaev Museum of Regional Studies named after V.E. Rozova, Khabarovsk Regional Museum named after N. I. Grodekov, Picture Gallery named after A.M. Fedotov, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Jewish Autonomous Region, the Art Corner Gallery, the Museum of Russian Painting in Haihe (China), as well as in private collections in the USA, Germany, Greece, China, Russia and many other countries.