Born in the city of Smolensk.
1957-1959 Studied at the art Studio at the House of creativity, Smolensk.
In 1965 he Graduated from the Yaroslavl art school.
1965-1973 Artist Vologda artistic production workshops of the artists Fund of the RSFSR.
Moving in 1973 in Smolensk.
Artist Smolensk artistic production workshops of the artists Fund of the RSFSR.
1980 member of the Union of artists of the USSR.
1987 Creative trip composed of a group of artists graphics artists ' Union of Russia "In the land of Smolensk".
Exhibitions:
Since 1966, ucesnici regional art exhibitions in the city of Smolensk.
1974 IV zone exhibition "Artists of Central regions of Russia", Ivanovo.
1975 V Republican exhibition "Soviet Russia", Moscow.
1976 the first all-Russian exhibition of drawing, Moscow, Leningrad.
1980 V zone exhibition "Painters of non-Chernozem zone", Ryazan.
VI Republican exhibition "Soviet Russia", Moscow.
1983 III all-Russian exhibition of drawings and water-colours, Leningrad.
1984 VII all-Union exhibition of watercolors, Baku.
1985 VII Republican exhibition "Artists of non-Chernozem zone", Kostroma.
1987 Exhibition of Smolensk artists in Germany.
1988 Group exhibition of Smolensk artists in the city of Yaroslavl.
1989 Exhibition of Smolensk artists in Vitebsk (Belarus).
Republican exhibition of graphics, Moscow.
1991 inter-Republican exhibition "Monuments of the Fatherland in the works of artists from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus", in Smolensk, Minsk.
1995 Group exhibition of Smolensk artists in the city of Hagen (Germany).
2000 all-Russia exhibition "to Your Name" , Moscow . Overseas exhibition of Smolensk artists in Vitebsk (Republic of Belarus) .
2003 Regional exhibition "Artists of Central regions of Russia" , Lipetsk .
All-Russia exhibition "Heritage" , Voronezh .
Works Ignatenko N. V. are kept in museums in Vologda, Smolensk and Smolensk region are in private collections in Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Ukraine, Germany, Sweden.