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.

2007 - Work on the project "Global Underground"
2006 - Participation in Art Moscow Fair;  ARCO Fair, Madrid;  Vienna's Fair, Austria, Vienna.
2005 - Began work on "Global Underground" project.
2005 - Participation in the XV International Festival "Month of Photography in Bratislava", Slovakia. (MMOMA).
2004 - Participation in the cultural program for Olympics in Greece, Athens. (Stella Art Gallery).
2003 - Were given an award as "Creative Photo Artists" from Creative Magazine and The Moscow 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.
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 "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".
1982 - The first exhibition in Moscow.
1978 - The first exhibition in Kharkov together with Boris Mikhailov and Vladimir Klim.
1962 - First art happenings

The previous projects of Cherkashins were supported by following organizations: World Bank, City Bank, European Union, Japan Foundation, Air France, Stern Magazine, AGFA Film, Deutsche Welle TV International, Caja Madrid, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Dianne Beal Contemporary Art, Soros Foundation, Capital Summit Laminations, Irving Art Center, Dallas, TX;  Ferrari-Maserati of Long Island, NY, Swiss International Air lines, Embassy of Sweden in Moscow, Switzerland Tourism.