Roman Sustov was born in 1977, Minsk, Belarus. In 1995 he graduated from Minsk Art College and six years later he graduated from the Belarusian Academy of Arts (Department of Graphic).
Between 2001 and 2005 he worked in the Academic Art Painting Studio of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Belarus. After his graduation from the Academy, he has been working in graphics and book illustrations, taking part in many local and international exhibitions and contests. His works can be found in private collections in the USA, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Ukraine, Japan, Russia and Belarus, and in the Contemporary Fine Art Museum (Minsk, Belarus).
Since 2005 he has been a Member of the Belarusian Union of Artists (Department of Graphic Art).
Sustov has been working in book graphics for a long time. He cooperates with many Russian and Belarusian publishing houses. He has published more than twenty books containing his illustrations. He is a regular winner of the exhibition “An Artist and a Book” and has taken part in the contest “Art of the Book” (Belarus) since 1999.
The ex-libris takes a special place in the artist’s creative work. He participates in many ex libris exhibitions and contests. So far he has made more than 70 bookplates for many famous collectors from all over the world.
