Rod November 10, 1941 in a. Upper Bishkin Kharkiv region. He graduated from KhSAU (1958-63) and HHPI (1963-69), where he studied under S. Solodovnik, G. Bondarenko, N. Kamenny. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists since 1986. Participant in republican, all-Ukrainian, all-Union, international and foreign exhibitions since 1971. Solo exhibition: Kharkiv - 1995. Works at the hhpi, department head, associate professor (s 1996).