Andrey Vetrogonsky was born in the artist's family.

In 1981 he graduated from the graphic department of the Academy of Arts, where he studied at the workshop of easel graphics with his father Vladimir Vetrogonsky (1923-2002), a well-known graphic artist, People's Artist of Russia.
In the yard near the workshop where his father also worked, in summer he builds alpine slides, sculptures from stones, objects, benches from pallets, plants phloxes, mows the lawn, blows off fallen leaves in autumn, cleans snow in winter, and in spring he shampoos the yard from sand and Reagents, from September to June teaches drawing and painting to students, periodically doing painting and graphics and sometimes making exhibitions.