Born in the city of Tiflis. He studied at the Academy of arts of Georgia in Tbilisi (1923--1926), he graduated from the Higher art and technical Institute-vkhutein (1930).
Worked as an artist on font, book artist and Illustrator, easel graphic artist and painter. Two diplomas at the contest fonts CMEA in Dresden in 1971 member of the Union of artists of the USSR.