Born in 1964 in Starokonstantinov, Ukraine

1980 – 1984 studied at the painting department, Odessa Art College, named after M. Grekov.
1986 – 1988 studied at the studios of K. Lomykin in Odessa, M. Reshnyansky in Nikolaev and T. Yablonskaya in Kiev.
1988 – 1989 studied in the studios of B. Ugarov and V. Reykhet at the I.E Repin State Academic Institute of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture, St. Petersburg .
1993 Entered the painting department of the I.E Repin State Academic Institute under Y. Neprintsev and O. Eremeyev.
1997 Graduated the I.E Repin State Academic Institute of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture, St. Petersburg
1997 Member of the Russian Union of Artists

EXPOSITIONS AND COMPETITIONS
1982 - 1984 Participant of the exposition of the students of Odessa Art college, Genoa, Italy.
1986 Participant of the exposition of Ukrainian Artists in Canada.
1987 Touring exhibition of Odessa artists in Ukraine
1989 Personal exposition at the Russian Embassy of Cairo, Egypt,
1993 -1995 Russian Sales at “Arcole Drot”, Paris, France
1996 Cultural Centre of the Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace, St. Petersburg.
1997 Exhibition of his his pupils to the memory of Y. Neprintsev, St. Petersburg.
Exhibition “Orthodox Russia” Exhibition hall Union of Artists, St. Petersburg.
Personal exhibition “Shakot”, Tokyo, Japan.
1998 – 2001 “Russian Sales” Sotheby Vienna, Austria.
1998 – 2000 “Russian Impressionism” Dallas, Texas.
2000 Grand Prix “Ballet through the artist’s eyes” Exhibition hall Union of Artists, St. Petersburg.
2001 “Russian Art, a new generation”Delft, The Netherlands. Touring exhibition in Korea and China. Personal exhibition, I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.“Icons of the Russian Ballet”, Luke & A Gallery of Modern Russian Art, London, U.K..
2002 Gallery Peter Leen, Breukelen; Art Gallery Gerard, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2003 J&B Art Gallery, Hollandsche Rading; Agnietenkapel Gouda, The Netherlands
2003 Gallery Goda, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

WORKS PLACED
Theatre Museum, St. Petersburg; Museum of the Vaganova Ballet; Fund for the Museum of Modern Russian Art, London.
and in private collections in Russia, Ukraine, U.K., Finland, Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Greece, Egypt, Canada, USA and Japan.