Born on October 7, 1973 in the city of Saratov. In 1992 he graduated from Saratov art College. From 1992 to 1994, he completed his military service in the Armed forces of the Russian Federation.
In the period from 1994 to 2001 - studies at the Moscow state academic art Institute named after V. I. Surikov (mgahi), at the faculty of painting. I studied from the masters A. I. Fomkina, G. I. Neznaikina. In 1998 from mgahi was sent on a two-month internship in Germany. For academic achievements awarded the presidential scholarship and two medals of the Russian Academy of arts. In 2001 he graduated from the Institute with honors. The final work was the triptych "In the interior of the Rostov Kremlin", made in the Studio of easel painting under the guidance of teachers S. I. Smirnov, M. G. Abakumov, S. A. Sirenko and academician Valentin Mikhailovich Sidorov.
Ilya Ptichkin party creative youth flows, organized by the Union of artists of Russia: Academic dacha (vyshnij Volochok, 2001), and the Crimea (2002, 2003) In November 2002 he was admitted to the Moscow Union of Artists, Association of artists.
From 1998 to the present moment Ilya Ptichkin participated in 27выставках, including the Moscow exhibition in the Central house of artists, State Duma of the Russian Federation, the Moscow Kremlin, the Academy of fine Arts and State Tretyakov Gallery. Along with this, the artist's works were exhibited in Holland, Germany and Japan.
Paintings of Ilya Ptichkin are in private collections in Russia, Holland, Belgium, Germany, England, USA and Japan. The painting, dedicated to his native city, acquired the Saratov Museum named after K. A. Fedin.
Currently Ilya lives and works in Moscow, is married, has a daughter and a son.
