Studied at Leningrad Secondary School of Art (1955–1962); the Repin Institute of Arts (1964–1971) in the Faculty of Painting under A. D. Zaitsev. Exhibited from 1957. Member of the USSR Union of Artists (1980). Taught at Leningrad Civil Engineering and Construction Institute (1972–1982). Main collections: State Memorial Museum of A. V. Suvorov (St Petersburg), Cherepovets Museum Association.