In 1957, Odnoralov received early art lessons at
Robert Falk's private studio, and from 1958 to 1960, he attended art school in Krasnaya Presnya, Moscow. Odnoralov took part in the second Russian avant-garde movement. However, he was also a member of the
USSR Union of Artists and showed his paintings at official exhibitions. From 1966 to 1979, his paintings were frequently exhibited at the
Union of Moscow Artists. His art studio was sometimes a gathering site for
underground artists to plan their next collective show or to discuss one another's work, and he was briefly detained for his role in the
Bulldozer Exhibition in 1974. A couple weeks after his release, his paintings were displayed before crowds in
Izmaylovsky Park. The Soviet regime was suspicious of Odnoralov not mainly for the content of his paintings (although the
Communist authorities did not like the icons depicted in his works, which clearly reflected
Russian religious philosophy), but for his uncensored social activity. The
KGB urged his neighbors to file complaints claiming that the guests at his studio disturbed them. In 1980, Odnoralov emigrated from the USSR. He lived and worked on the
Lower East Side of
Manhattan. He died on 22 January 2016 in New York City.{{cite web ==Selected exhibitions==