Nikolay Nikolaevich Bortnyk was born on March 8, 1990 in Kherson. In Kherson, he graduated from the Kherson Tavrichskiy Lyceum of Arts, majoring in painting. Later he moved to Kyiv, where he entered the Kyiv Municipal Academy of Pop and Circus Arts (specialization in pop vocals).In 2008, casting was held for the project "Star Factory-2", the producer of which is Natalya Mogilevskaya.On December 20, 2009, the presentation of the album "1: Max Barskih" took place at KAZ "Aviant".At the beginning of 2010, he took part in the project "Factory. Superfinal", where he presents the new composition "Student".In May 2010, he auditioned for the musical film "Mademoiselle Zhivago" with the participation of Lara Fabian and Igor Krutoy. In one of the 11 novellas of the picture, the singer plays the main male role - a Russian soldier in love with a beautiful French woman played by Lara Fabian.In 2011, Max Barskikh presented the first in the CIS [source not specified 1728 days] clip in 3D format for the song "Lost In Love | I'm losing you." The director of the video was the producer of the artist - video director Alan Badoev. On July 3, the premiere of the new single "Atoms | Killer eyes" on ELLO. The video was shot in Moscow, on Red Square. On August 16, the premiere of the music video for the song "Killer Eyes", which was filmed in Moscow, took place.On February 18, 2012, he participated in the selection of "Eurovision 2012" from Ukraine, scored 38 points and took 2nd place. The winner was Gaitana, who scored 41 points.To work on Barsky's second album "Z.Dance", the budget of which was 300,000 dollars, project producer and director Alan Badoev invited his colleague Sergey Solodky.On November 17, 2012, the premiere of the singles "I Wanna Run" and "Boleyu toboi" took place on Max Barskikh's YouTube channel. In the fall of 2012, a reissue of the album "Z.Dance" was released in Ukraine, containing 3 new singles - "Don't trust me (ft. Misha Romanova)", "I wanna run" and "Boleyu toboi".On March 8, 2013, the single "According to Freud" was announced on ELLO's YouTube channel, and its premiere took place on March 15. The clip for this song was released on May 25. The premiere of the single "Hero_in" took place on July 14 on the ELLO YouTube channel. Tour "By Freud" started on September 20 in Lutsk in the club "Opera". On November 3, the release of the fourth single "Sky" and its video took place.Max Barskikh. MUZ-TV Children's Party Zone, 2018On February 14, 2014, a digital version of the album "According to Freud" was released.