Victor Alexandrovich Otiev was born on February 24, 1935, in the city of Vladikavkaz, Northern Osetia, USSR. In 1955 he comes to Leningrad and entered at the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin where he was a student of Boris Ugarov, Andrei Mylnikov, Nikita Medovikov, Vladislav Anisovich.

In 1961 Victor Otiev graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Victor Oreshnikov workshop. His graduation work was genre painting named "A Herdsman".[2]

Since 1950, Victor Otiev has participated in art exhibitions. He painted landscapes, portraits, genre paintings, scenes with horses, sketches from the life.

Victor Alexandrovich Otiev died on June 7, 1999 in Saint Petersburg. Paintings by Victor Otiev reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, USA, Japan, Italy, and other countries.

References:
1. Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.186, 192, 367, 395-397, 400, 404-406, 417, 418, 420, 422, 423.

2. Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. p.87.