Born in the city of Sverdlovsk. After graduating from high school, he entered the Ural branch of Moscow architectural Institute, from which he graduated in 1973 with a degree of artist-designer. In the same year he started work at the Urals branch of all-Russian research Institute of technical aesthetics. From 1976 to 1982, he worked at the Department of foundations of architectural design SAI, taught the course "the Basics of composition and font" for students 1 and 2 courses of specialty "Industrial art". In 1978, training at the advanced training faculty of the Moscow architectural Institute, and in 1981 course FPC MVHPU. In 1988 he graduated from MVHPU postgraduate study on a speciality "industrial design" (the theme of scientific works "problems of operation of information graphics in the visual environment of the city"). Since 1988, the work kept going in SAI kafele on the basics of design. Since 1990 works at the Department of CCP. Developed a program for the course "Composition" for students of 1-2 courses of the specialties "Industrial design", "interior Design drawing", "fashion Design".