Born in 1956 in the village of Lebedinovka, Kyrgyzstan. He graduated from the Frunze art school, he continued his studies at the Moscow state art Institute im. VI Surikov in the Studio of easel graphics under the guidance of N.. Ponomarev and B. Uspensky. Worked in creative workshops Academy of arts and graphics (head of the O. Vereisky).
N. N. Korotkov in his work tends to experiment, to a detailed exploration of various techniques of graphics, he likes to play and unique printing techniques. For his work the artist was awarded the diploma of the Academy of arts. His works are in Japan, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, England.