I was born in St. Petersburg, Russia on the 4th of August 1960. In 1990 I graduated from the St.Petersburg Theatre Academy with the degree of scenograph. During last 10 years I am actively engaged in painting. A lot of Russian and German galleries have organized the exhibitions of my paintings, they have been very successful in selling. For the last 7 years, there were 8 my personal and 5 joint exhibitions.