Anatolii was born on September 30, 1950, in the town of Svatove, in eastern Ukraine.
His mother was Tetiana Ivanenko, and his father - Hryhorii Radchenko.
In 1956, Anatolii moved with his mother to live with his grandmother in the village of Petrivka (now
Rozkishne) near Luhansk. From an early age, his mother noticed her young son’s talent for drawing.
In 1965, after graduating from the local school and the Luhansk Children’s Art School,
Anatolii Ivanenko entered the Luhansk State Art College. In 1969, he became a student
at the Kyiv State Art Institute. After completing his studies, he moved to Rivne, the
hometown of his wife, Liudmyla.
Since 1975, he has been a teacher at the Rivne Children’s Art School. From that time on,
Anatolii Ivanenko has taken part in various art exhibitions and has held 12 solo exhibitions.
In 1982, he travelled to India - a journey that became a landmark in his creative life.
In 2011, for his artistic work, Anatolii Ivanenko was included in the Encyclopedia of Modern
Ukraine. In 2018, he was awarded the Order of Merit “For Services to the City of Rivne.”
For more than 50 years, the artist’s muse and inspiration has been his wife, Liudmyla.
The couple have a daughter, Hanna, and granddaughter, Mariia, who have both followed
in their father’s artistic footsteps, finding their own creative paths.