Born in Moscow.
In 1976-78 studied at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute at the Department of Book Graphics.
In 1980-84 studied at the I. E. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the Faculty of History and Theory of Art.
In 1978, together with V. Kara-Murza, brothers V. and S. Mironenko, K. Zvezdochetov and A. Kamensky, Sven Gundlach created the famous art group "Mukhomor".
In 1982-84 was a member of the APT-ART.
In 1986, together with conceptual artists N. Ovchinnikov, N. Alekseev and others, Sven Gundlach created a group of simulated rock "Central Russian Upland", which was took seriously by the progressive musical community.
In 2009, Gundlach was one of the leaders of the "Runivers" network encyclopedic project.
Sven Gundlach died of a coronavirus infection in 2020.