1957 – born in Kimry.
1985 – graduated from Moscow higher art College (former Stroganov).
Paintings by Nikolai Shurygin are in private collections in Russia, Italy, USA, Germany, Libya, Saudi Arabia, in the Regional Museum of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
Exhibitions:
1987 – exhibition "Earth and people", gallery "Moscow artist", Moscow.
1989 – personal exhibition in gallery "van Dyck".
1992 – exhibition of young artists "Art-Myth", Manege, Moscow.
1993 – exhibition of young artists in Palace of youth, Moscow.
1994 – exhibition "Russian realism" in the Central house of artists, Moscow.
1995 – exhibition in "the Valentine Ryabov Gallery" in the Central house of artists, Moscow.
1995-2002 – the artist painted portraits of some statesmen and politicians of the Russian Federation.
2002-2003 – written work for the residence of the Ambassador of Russia in South Korea (Seoul).
