Biography
Painter-painter. Born in 1969.
Graduated in 2001 from the St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I.E. Repin (workshop of V.V. Sokolov).
In 2002 he joined the Union of Artists of Russia. Member of the Board of the Togliatti branch of the VTOO "Union of Artists of Russia" (Head of the section of young artists) since 2005. Awarded with the Silver medal of the VTOO "Union of Artists of Russia" in 2016.
Admitted to the Petrovsky Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2011.
Joined the Russian Geographical Society, 2022
Laureate of the National Prize in the field of contemporary fine and decorative art "Russian Gallery XXI century", silver medal in 2008. Laureate of the Prize. I. E. Repina "For relevance in academic art" at the exhibition "Red Gate / Against the Current", 2018
Participant of international, all-Russian, interregional exhibition projects. Of more than 300 exhibitions, 40 are personal.
He made a number of creative trips to Germany, Norway, Tanzania, China, Egypt, Italy, Montenegro, India, Altai, Crimea, Caucasus, Urals, Karelia, Sakhalin, Kamchatka, the Russian North and the Golden Ring of Russia.
In his work, the artist focuses on the traditions of the Russian realistic school of painting, trying to convey in his works an emotional personal attitude to the chosen topic.
His works are in museum, corporate and private collections in Russia and abroad.
Currently director of the Institute of Fine and Decorative and Applied Arts, Togliatti State University, professor.