Oleg Zhivetin studied at the Moscow Academy of Art, and at the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, Russia.

The art of Oleg Zhivetin is or has been exhibited in galleries including but not necessarily limited to the following:
Artistic Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
B & R Art Gallery, Canyon Country, CA
Chasen Galleries of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
East House Art Gallery, Red Oak, IA 
Fascination St. Fine Art, Denver, CO
Fire Rock Fine Art, Fountain Hills, AZ
Hidden Dreams Fine Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
J and I Art Dealers, Manchester, NJ
Kavanaugh Art Gallery, Des Moines, IA
Ocean Galleries, Avalon, NJ
Opus Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Remington's Fine Art Gallery, Strongsville, OH
Roger Yost Gallery, Salem, OR
Saper Galleries, East Lansing, MI
Shaw Gallery of Fine Art, Naples, FL
Visions Fine Arts Gallery, Sedona, AZ