Nikolai Dutschenko was born in 1949 in southern Ukraine. He studied at the Crimean School of Fine Arts (1964 – 1967) and then at the Kharkov School of Fine Arts, specializing in monumental painting (1967 – 1972).

In 1972 he held his first solo exhibition in St. Petersburg. He settled in Yevpatoria, Crimea and he worked mainly with in murals. In 1978 he was admitted to the Higher Association of Artists of the Soviet Union.

In 1994 he travelled to Greece, to Crete in particular. His works are found in Museums and Art Galleries in Moscow, Kiev, Lvov, Ivano-Frankivsk and in many private collections around the world.