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Born in Kuokkala , in 1909-1910 he studied in various workshops, including the Académie Julian in Paris .

In 1915 Puni together with the group of avant-garde artists ( Aleksandra Ekster , Liubov Popova , Nina Genke-Meller , Ksenia Boguslavskaya , Olga Rozanova , Nadezhda Udaltsova and others) joined Supremus a group led by the founder of Suprematism , Kazimir Malevich .

In 1915-1916 Puni, together with other suprematist artists, worked at Verbovka Village Folk Centre .

In 1919 he taught at the Vitebsk Art School under Marc Chagall .

He was married to Ksenia Boguslavskaya .

Puni died in Paris in 1956 .