Studied at the Repin Institute of Arts (1972–1977) in the Faculty of Theory and History of Art under R. I. Vlasova; the Repin Institute of Arts as an external student (1974–1977) in the Faculty of Painting under Ye. Ye. Moiseenko. Exhibited since 1977. Member of the Tri bogatyria (Three Warriors) group (1977), the USSR Union of Artists (1983), the Italart National Association of Artists of Italy (1993), the St Petersburg Academy of Contemporary Art association (1996). Lives and works in St Petersburg (since 1972). Main collections: All-Russian Museum of A. S. Pushkin, Museum of Nonconformist Art, S. P. Diaghilev Museum of Contemporary Art, State Museum of Theatre and Music, State Museum of Urban Sculpture, State Russian Museum (all St Petersburg), State art museums in Kazan, Magnitogorsk, Novosibirsk, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Samara, Tolyatti and others; Zimmerli Art Museum (New Brunswick, USA).

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