Alexandre Barbera-Ivanoff studied painting from the age of 12 in private workshop, with the painters Christian Welter, Gerard Di-Maccio, then Jean Bertholle.
The compulsory military service gave him a unique experiment: Painter in the Earth Army.
Spring 2015, Barbera-Ivanoff participated, in Italy and with 4 other European painters, in the elaboration of the 25 paintings which are permanently exhibited in the center city of Cosenza. These 25 large panels (2 x 3 meters) represent the different periods of the history of the city.[1]
Alexandre Barbera-Ivanoff is grandson and expert of the Russian painter Serge Ivanoff.