Studied at Abramtsevo College of Art and Design (1983–1987); Leningrad – St Petersburg Higher College of Art and Design (1987–1992) in the Department of Artistic Ceramics and Glass under V. S. Vasilkovsky. Exhibited since 1991. Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia (1994), the Crater group (1995–2000). Prizewinner of the international ceramics contest Art Forum 2000, Perm (2000). Lives and works in St Petersburg (since 1987). Main collections: Museum of Applied Arts of St Petersburg State Academy of Art and Design, State Hermitage (both St Petersburg).