Born in the village Uvelka, Chelyabinsk region in 1945. In 1972 he graduated from Leningrad higher art-industrial school im. V. I. Mukhina. A member of the Union of Russian artists since 1977. Participant of all-Union and international exhibitions. Works are kept in museums of Orenburg, Yekaterinburg, the Ministry of culture of Russia, in private collections in Russia, France, Canada, Poland, and Spain.