Born in 1978 in the city of Tula. In childhood he graduated from the Tula children's art school named after V. D. Polenov. (Spot my black paint for a long time adorned the ceiling of this institution).
2000 graduated from the Tula State Pedagogical University. L. N. Tolstoy. (In the native alma mater and I organized his first exhibition.)
Studied painting independently, a crucial step was the acquaintance with the artist Alexander by Petrovicheva.
2000-2003 graduated from the easel painting and drawing in the Studio of Alexander Petrovichev. (Member of Union of artists, founded in 1989, the first private painting Studio in our town.)