Shipilin was born in Sevastopol, Ukraine (Crimean Peninsula) on October 15, 1961. He is recognized as one of the most important living masters in Crimea/Russia today. Studied at the Childrens’ Art School in Sevastopol from 1973 to 1977. After graduation, he worked as a fine artist and graphic designer. Began exhibiting in 1989 in the Ukraine and participated in many local, regional and national exhibitions. From 1990 to 1991, Shipilin attended the Repin Institute in Leningrad where he took a class in book illustration with Professor A. Pakhomov. Attended the Moscow University of Publishing from 1993 to 1999 where he studied painting with A.S. Kotlyarov and drawing with Y.I. Chuvashev. Shipilin has been a member of the Ukrainian Artists’ Union since 1994. His works have been featured in numerous exhibitions in Europe. Lives in Sevastopol, Ukraine today where he is a prominent painter in Crimea. Influenced by the deceased Crimean impressionist, Fedor Zakharov.