Aleksei Taruts was born in Moscow. He graduated from Moscow State Institute of International Relations (2005), Higher Courses for Scriptwriters and Directors (2008) and Manezh/MediaArtLab Open School (2015). Selected solo exhibitions: Raves I Haven't Been To, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (2014); Respawn, eks zek li, who if not you, ISSMAG Gallery, Moscow (2016); No Human Grace, Triumph Gallery, Moscow (2017); More of Your Violent Visions, ZIL Cultural Center, Moscow (2018); Away from Underground, Ringing from a Cloud, Vadim Sidur Museum, Moscow (2019); Not Enough to Regret, Display, Berlin (2019); and Ultramouth of Two‑Ninety Languages, szena gallery, Moscow (2019). Selected group exhibitions: Fresh Blood, Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (2016); YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE CURSED WITH KNOWLEDGE,, YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY ONE CURSED WITH KNOLWDGHE, Applied Art Museum of the Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design, St. Petersburg (2020), Currency on Atarax, szena gallery, Moscow (202); and Mout tastes metal, Studio Ha Aliyah, Tel Aviv (2023).