He studied in a secular Russian school. Among others disciplines the pupuls were taught to icon drawing. There he began to display his artistic talent. Another source of his inclination to art was a fame of first Altaic painter G. Gurkin. Surrounded like him by splendid Mt. Altai landscape Chevalkov grew a passion for nature and art.
After ending Ulala secular scool Chevalkow was compelled to earn himself for his life and, consequently, he spent several years working like a peasant.
After 1917 he came into contact with some Russian painters who fled to the Siberia from distemper of Russian Revolution. One of them N. Shulpinov greatly helped to young artist. Through his friend the Russian landscape school and especially G/ Gurkin inspired much of his early work. Chevalkov observed the world around him and filled numerous notebooks with drawings.
His paintings became known from the time of his first personal exhibition held at Ulala (now Gorno-Altaisk) in 1925. Some of his pictures was exhibited in Novosibirsk and other cities of Siberia. During the last 1920s and 1930s Chevalkov showed regularly at the Novosibirsk regional constant exhibition then the center of Siberian art.
Back in Ulala, Chevalkov settled into a routine to which he kept for the whole of his life. We much know about this period of life of the painter from his numerous letters to men of art and literature. Living here and than alternating between Mt. Altai and Novosibiesk Chevalkov moved into his late phase.
In 1927 he saw the Impressionists, which greatly entranced him. Chevalkov was particularly impressed upon seeing the work of Gaugen. He assimilated the principles of color and lighting of Impressionism, but mostly Chevalkov's paintings are inspired by themes and images from Altaic folklorthe. His paintings show the influences of the native Turkish ornamental art.
Being in those years of great demand on authorities of Oirot Republic, Chevalkov was commissioned to work in various areas of art. So he decorated mane buildings in Gorno-Altaisk, among them Lenin House. He also landed a position as staff illustrator for the Altaic Publishing House.
No less original than paintings was his work as a illustator artist, notably in the etching fulfilled in 1932. Many of etchings incorporate elements from Altaic folklore. Besides, Chevalkov worked as a newspaper and magazine illustrator.
He also began to teach art classes. He had many pupils and disciples. In 1927 he organised and participated in the first large art disciples in Gorno-Altaisk, which from them became regular. He tried to collect the original masterpiece but failed in that, he laid a foundation to now famous Collection of native Altaic and pre-islamic Turkish art.
Chevalkov was deeply interested in people, hardly worked. That undermined his power and 1937 he died due to a lung desease.
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