Vladimir Strelnikov (1939— ) was born in Odessa, in Soviet Ukraine, and made his studies at the local art academy.

He is a member of the Odessa Group of exiled and dissident artists. In 1960 he debuted in Odessa at the autumn exhibition of the Fine Art Federation and took part in several officially approved exhibitions in the USSR and abroad until 1971. His art career resulted in loss of official approvemal, and from 1972 he was forced to relegate exhibition to private households in Kiev, Odessa, Moscow and Leningrad (St. Petersburg).

In 1978 he emigrated from the USSR to Vienna, Austria. The following year he settled down in Munich, Germany, where he has worked and lived since then.