1931 - born in russia (region of orlov).
1950-56 soldier on a submarine. 1958 moving to moldova.
1959-64 diploma at the art academy in kishenjov, moldova.
since 1965 working as an independent artist with exhibitions all over the ussr, several scholarships, stays in studios and projects for different commissioners.
since 1967 member of the union of artists in the ussr.
since 1987 exhibitions all over the world, partly together with his son, also a professional painter.
alexej novikov lives and works mainly in moscow. his paintings are represented in many famous public and private collections
he paints in the naive genre - his artwork show us a scenery of the russian village, where alexey novikov grew up