Studied at Leningrad State University (1972–1977) in the Faculty of Geology; preparatory courses for Leningrad Higher College of Art and Design and the Repin Institute of Arts (1974–1977). Exhibited since 1975. Member of the Association of Experimental Fine Art (1981), the Mitki group (1984), IFA (1991), the A–Ya society (1993), the Artists’ Union of Russia (1994). Author of the book Mitki (1984), co-scriptwriter for the animated film Mitki-Mayer (1992). Winner of the prize Art Awards. Artist of the Year 06 (2007). Lives and works in St Petersburg. Main collections: State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), Museum of Nonconformist Art, State Hermitage, State Museum of the History of St Petersburg, State Russian Museum, Tsarskoe Selo Collection Museum (all St Petersburg), Kaliningrad Regional Museum of Fine Arts, State Art Museum (Khanty- Mansiysk), Museum of Organic Culture (Kolomna); Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK), Zimmerli Art Museum (New Brunswick, USA).

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