Protey Temen was born in 1984 in Russia, Moscow. Since 2004 he has been working on different ways of visual environment saturation. Since that year till present day, Protey is an art-director at ZUNGE DESIGN studio, based in Moscow. He is mostly interested in various graphic directions such as design and contemporary art. Through his own understanding and way of work, he doesn't try to divide these non-crossed aspects. Most favorite projects come from "symbiosis of tasks and feelings"

Since 2007 year Protey has been working on many-sided project called "Dobrotarizm", which can be translated as "Happytalism". The main objective of the project is a focus on positive reactions among human feelings and their further manipulation. Protey views kiddy-styled graphics as the main source of inspiration for his work.