2006 Master of Fine Arts Degree, Repin State Academic Art Institute of the Russian Imperial Academy of Arts (est.1757). Completed Bachelor and the Master of Fine Arts.
1997 Fine Arts Diploma, Crimean Samokish Art School. Crimea, Simferopol, Ukrain.
Curriculum of studies included intensive training in
Human Anatomy (The Anatomical Studies of the
Human Form, as the fundamental of the most challenging form in visual art).
The Laws of Perspective
Composition: The Master Rules
Studio Life Painting: Still-life, Cast, Portrait,
Nude Figure, Clothed Figure, Group compositions, concepts of colors and tonal values
Studio Life Drawing: Still-life, Cast, Portrait, Nude Figure, Clothed Figure, Croup compositions, exercises in anatomy, proportions, chiaroscuro
Plein-Air Practice (national and international travels, outdoor Portraits, Landscapes, etc. from life)
Technology of Painting and Painting Materials
Studies of the Masters Techniques
Official Museum Copies (with the obtained official permissions of the Ministry of Culture, to study the originals and to make identical copies)
World Art History: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture from Pre-historic Art to Contemporary.

Member of the Union of Russian Artists.

Products are in private collections and museums of Ukraine, Russia, USA, Germany, Israel, Canada, and China.
Now the artist lives and works in St.-Petersburg. Russia.