Artsiom Vladimirovich Kulik was born on January 10, 1984 in Siberia (USSR) and raised in Belarus (BSSR) to Svetlana Kulik, a Soviet athlete & Vladimir Kulik, Navy soldier. Art was only six years old when he lost his father. Art also has an older brother Vitaliy. Art left Belarus and came to Los Angeles armed with 35 dollars in his pocket to chase his childhood dream to be an actor and filmmaker.