1968 - 1969 - studied at Leningrad Electro-Technical Institute of Communications (LEIS) named after M.A. Bonch-Bruyevich. Worked at «Lenfilm» studio as an artist assistant, in production association «Red
Triangle» in the shoes design department, in Russian Museum as a scaffolder, then a church keeper at the same place.
1969 - met Sterligov, studied under his supervision, and joined the group of his disciples and followers. Since 1998 - a member of the artistic association «April, 17.» Lives and works in St. Petersburg.
The artist’s works are in the collections of:
The State Russian Museum, St.
Petersburg; the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg; the Museum of Nonconformist Art, St. Petersburg; the Municipal Museum «Tsarskoye Selo Collection» Pushkin; the Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna; the Yaroslavl Art Museum; the Kaliningrad Art Gallery; the Arkhangelsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts; Family collections of Irina and Victor Ksenzovs, St. Petersburg; Galina and Anatoly Sidorovs, St. Petersburg; Tatiana and Andrei Penkovs, St. Petersburg; Viktor Berezovsky, St. Petersburg; Aleksandr Andryushchenko, St. Petersburg; Victor Dzodziev, St. Petersburg; Dr. Ditter Boden, Potsdam, Germany.