In 1967, finished Krasnoyarsk Art School named after V.I. Surikov. In 1973, graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (INZHSA) named after I.Ye. Repin, Easel Graphics Department. After graduation – assigned to work in Tikhvin where took part in the organization of an art school, and gave classes. In 1981, returned to Leningrad. Engaged in book illustration. 1972 -1985 – participated in exhibitions held in the studio of V.V. Sterligov and T.N. Glebova. 1974 – 1982 – participated in exhibitions of «unofficial» artists of Leningrad. A member of the Russian Union of Artists and the IFA. Lives and works in St. Petersburg.
The artist’s works are in the collections of:
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; the State Museum of the History of St. Petersburg; Directorate of the Association of Museums of the Leningrad region, St. Petersburg; the Arkhangelsk Regional Museum of Fine Arts; the Yaroslavl Art Museum; the Museum of Organic Culture, Kolomna; Central Exhibition Hall «Manege».St. Petersburg; The Museum of Nonconformist Art «Pushkinskaya–10», St. Petersburg; Norton Dodge Collection, Washington, USA; Leonard Hutton Collection, New York, USA; Collection company «NORDEX», Vienna, Austria; Collection of G. and A. Sidorovs family, St. Petersburg. As well as in other private collections in Russia and abroad.
