The artist's works are held in the collections of:
— Institute for Peace Studies (Billings, Montana, USA);
— Nature in Art Museum and Art Gallery (Gloucestershire, UK);
— the Oxo Gallery (London, UK);
— the A. P. Kholmogorov State Udmurt Republican Museum of Fine Arts (Izhevsk, Russia).

Education:
— British Higher School of Design, 2009–2010
— Udmurt State University, 1997–2003
— Art School, 1991–1997

Membership in Unions:
— Member of the Union of Designers of Russia since 2017
— Member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 2017

Group Exhibitions and Events:
— "Curiouser and Curiouser", CRKT (Tula, 2026)
— "Bestiary", ZAIKA Space (Moscow, 2026)
— "It Was Not an Elephant", Museum and Exhibition Complex of the V.D. Polenov Museum-Reserve, CCI (Tula, 2025)
— OXO Gallery (London, 2025)
— Nature in Art Museum and Art Gallery, Gloucesterhire (South West England, 2025)
— Sketch for Survival Online Fundraising Auction (London, 2025).
— Sketch for Survival finalists (London, 2025)
— Echo, Passage, Tide finalist at Art Collide (2025)
— Online exhibition Collect Art Black & White, Shades of Meaning (Georgia, 2025)
— Russian Auction House, Auction 13-4 (Moscow, 2025)
— Art Russia Contemporary Art Fair, personal stand (Moscow, 2025)
— WIN-WIN 10th Anniversary Contemporary Art Market, personal stand (Moscow, 2025)
— Russcoart || (Moscow, 2025)
— Charity Auction (Moscow, Sistema PFC, 2023)
— Charity Art Auction (Moscow, BBDO Moscow, 2012)
— "Reflection #2" (Izhevsk, UdGU, 2002)
— "Reflection" (Izhevsk, UdGU, 2001)
— "White Noise" (Izhevsk, UdGU, 2000)
— Institute for Peace Studies (USA, Montana, Billings, 1995)

Solo Exhibitions:
— "Untitled" (Izhevsk, UdGU, 2003)

Publication of articles in the media:
— Article in the printed catalogue Art MUSE (Russia), 2025
— Article in the Art-Agent magazine (Russia), 2025
— Interview in AATONAU magazine (Japan), 23.07.2025
— Article in Collect Art (Tbilisi, Georgia), 05.04.2025
— Interview in Visual Art Journal (Netherlands), 26.04.2025
— Release on TV channel RU TV News (Russia), 20.04.2025
— Release on TV channel NTV “You won’t believe it!” (Russia), 12.04.2025
— Interview on TV channel NTV News (Russia), 04.04.2025
— Article in ArtGuide (Russia), 17.03.2025
— Post on National Projects of Russia (Russia), 01.20.2025
— Article in USA Art News (USA), 01.16.2025

In 2003, he graduated from the Faculty of Design at Udmurt State University, where he studied industrial, architectural, and graphic design. In 2010, he completed his studies at the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow. In 2012, he became the youngest artist to receive an invitation to the Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts residency in New York. He was selected to participate in Art Russia in 2023, 2025, and 2026.

Currently, Vasil holds the position of Creative Director at MOEX. Previously, he served as Design Director at MTS Fintech, Vice President of Design at Tinkoff, and Creative Director at BBDO Moscow. He is a member of the Union of Designers of Russia and the Moscow Union of Artists. He actively supports charitable projects, including the "Children of Russia" ("Deti nashi") and "Give Food" ("Dari edu") foundations, as well as animal protection initiatives.

His work reflects a dialogue between the industrial past and nature, striking a balance between design and free artistic expression.

Vasil Akulov was born in 1980 in Izhevsk, Udmurt Republic. His father comes from a family of Kuban Cossacks, while his mother is from a Permian family. Vasil spent his childhood surrounded by factories producing industrial machinery, cars, motorcycles, and weaponry, which significantly influenced his views on ecology.

In 1997, Vasil graduated with honors from art school after six years of study. During his education, he participated in an international group exhibition in the USA, held at the Institute for Peace Studies in Billings, Montana. The theme of the exhibition focused on ecology, and the three works he presented received high praise from the organizers.