He has been a member of the Union of Artists since 1986. Sundukov gained fame during perestroika, particularly after the 17th Moscow Youth Exhibition. During the second half of the 1980's and the 1990's, he participated in many prestigious exhibitions abroad, including shows at Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York, 1989, and Shoeni Art Gallery, Hong Kong, 1993. Sundukov divides his time between Moscow and New York.Sundukov's works capture the absence of hope and lack of social connectedness in a culture where life is dominated by hard work, deprivation, and worry. He often focuses on the weariness and anonymity of the urban crowds in Moscow, on subway trains and here, in the ubiquitous lines for consumer goods that represents a seemingly endless way of life for most Soviet-era Russians. Dressed identically and pictured from behind, these sturdy and soberly clad figures stand in an orderly line and appear resigned to the hardships of food shortages and inordinately long waits. Since no facial expressions can be read, the crowd appears to be a single entity rather than a group of individuals. The extreme economic conditions have a leveling effect. All must wait in line or go without.