Boris Kulikov was born in Russia. He immigrated in USA in 1997.
After changing some odd jobs like an electrician, he started to illustrate for The New York Times Book Review. In 2003 came out his first picture book Morris The Artist by Lore Segal. Since then Boris has illustrated many critically acclaimed books including Max's Words, Sandy's Circus, Barnum's Bones, etc. His book Six Dots by Jen Bryant received 2017 Schneider Family Book Award.