Born in 1964 in Mongolia, Gleb Ershov currently lives in St. Petersburg, Russia. A specialist in 20th-century art, he works as a curator at Navicula Artis art gallery and teaches at Smolny Institute. Ershov is the organizer of the Kharms-Festival of experimental art and directs theater performances at the Museum of the Petersburg Avant-garde. He also writes for Arterritory.com, a website devoted to Baltic, Russian and Scandinavian art and culture.