Born in 1949 in Sukhumi (Abkhazia). A pupil of the famous artist Varvara Bubnova (Varvara Bubnova, 1886-1983, a member of the "Union of Youth", "Jack of diamonds", "Donkey's tail", Inhaca, studied together with Filonov, exhibited with Malevich, Mayakovsky, Tatlin, Rodchenko, etc.). A significant influence on his work had a father – the artist Nikolay Lozovoy.