Born in Moscow in 1961.
In 1971 he graduated from the secondary school of arts of the Surikov institute in Moscow.
In 1988 he graduated from Mylnikov workshop of monumental painting of the Repin academy of arts (St. Petersburg).
Anton Povagin participates in Gabrovo competition of caricaturists in Bulgaria, in Legnica (Poland), Knokenheist (Belgium), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
In 1991 Anton Povagin won the prize in the "Satiricon" competition in Legnica (Poland).
His works are in the Museum of the Academy of arts in St. Petersburg and in private collections in many countries abroad.