Born in 1953 in Leningrad.
He graduated from Leningrad Higher School of Civil Engineering, Department of Architecture.
1990 - Member of Тhe St.Peterburg Artists Association, Russia.
1991 - Associate member of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, England.
1994 - Fellow member of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, England.
1999 - Honorary member of The Society of American Graphic Artists, New York, USA.
Since 1987 K. Chmutin has taken part in over 110 exhibitions in Russia and abroad.
He is the author of 10 personal exhibitions and the laureate of 25 Russian and international contests.
His works are in over 20 public collections, including: Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England, New York Public Library, NY, USA, Historic Diploma Collection of The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, London, England, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, England, Herbert F. Johnson of Museum Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA, Stanford University Art Museum, CA, USA, The Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester, NY, USA, Krakow National Museum of Contemporary Art, Poland.