Valera and Natasha Cherkashin are artists who have been exploring the cultures of the USSR, Russia, the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Spain, Japan and Mongolia for more than 15 years. They have held more than 80 individual exhibits and more than 40 performances. Their work has been the subject of 30 television programs and over 250 publications.

2005 - Participation in the XV International Festival "Month of Photography in Bratislava", Slovakia.
2004 - Participation in the cultural program for Olympics in Greece, Athens.
2003 -Were given an award as <Creative Photo Artists> from Creative Magazine and The Union of Journalists.
2002 - Grant from the Soros Foundation for the participation in "Intersection", Mongolia.
2002 - Exhibition in the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Catalog.
2001 - Permanent exposition "Good-bye Favorite European Portraits" in the World Bank Headquarters.
2000 - Participation in the International Photo Festival PhotoEspana 2000, Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
2000 - "Rapprochement of Japan and Russia", Hokkaido; "Solving the problem of Wonders of the World", Niagara Falls.
1999 - An underwater installation "Good-bye Favorite European Portraits: Hello Euro" was held in atrium pool, World Bank Headquarters, Washington, DC.
1999 - The Cherkashins have started to work with digital production with the assistance of MFA Photography and Related Media Department of the School of Visual Arts, located in New York City. www.che.dfcz.net
1999 - A four-month grant from Japan Foundation to live and work in Japan.
1999 - "Art as a tool for diplomacy" - an artistic solution in Japan on the issue of Northern Territories
1996 - Worked on project "Atlantis of the World". The underwater exhibition "The German Atlantis" was held in the swimming pool of the Olympic Stadium in Berlin.
1997 - Began work on the theme of "Favorite Portraits of People in the World".
1995 - Began work on the theme of "Mirages of Empires".
1994 - Began work on the theme of "Travel as Art".
1993 - Awarded grant from the Foundation of Social Innovations, USA, "New Leaders of Russia".
1992 - Developed the conceptual museum "The Cherkashin Metropolitan Museum".

Collections: The State Russian Museum; The Art Institute of Chicago (1994, 1998); Boston Museum of Fine Arts (2003, 2005); Philadelphia Museum of Art; The Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Houston Museum of Fine Arts (1998, 2005); Santa Fe Museum of Fine Art; The Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Jersey; Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Newseum, Washington, DC; The Library of Congress; New York Public Library; The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas, Austin; Museum am Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin; International Center of Photography, Tokyo; Kolodzei Art Foundation; MoMAoD, Rostov on Don, Russia; The Pacific Ocean; and  Niagara Falls.

Lectures: Harvard University; University of California, Berkeley; Princeton University; Columbia University; The Kennan Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington DC; New York University; Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; The School of Visual Arts, New York City; The Goldsmith University, London; University of Southern California; San Francisco State University; Wittenberg University; The Art Academy of Cincinnati; University of Rochester; Cosmos Club, Washington, DC; Georgetown University, Washington DC; PhotoEspana, Madrid; Tokyo University, Japan.