He was born in Leningrad in 1966. In 1985 he graduated from technical school with a degree in "photographer". Until 1992 he worked in different directions of professional photography. Since 1992 he has been teaching photography in various educational programs.
He is an author of 38 solo exhibitions and participant of more than 150 group exhibitions in the period from 1995 to 2014.
In 2007 he graduated from St. Petersburg state University of culture and arts with a degree in social pedagogy. Since 1995 he has been active in creative and exhibition activities, curator of a few exhibition projects.