Timeline

1960

Born in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad), Russia

1976 - 1978

Academy Minerva, Groningen drawing/painting

1978 - 1983

Academy Minerva, Groningen painting/art history 1st degree techniques: Oil, pastel, and combined techniques.

1981

Began to exhibit his paintings with a group of 200 Leningrad artists known as the "Brotherhood of Experimental Arts", a conglomeration of "underground" art groups active in Leningrad at the time

1986

Graduated from the Department of Physics at Leningrad State University