Born in Dnipropetrovsk (former Soviet Union) in 1957. Lives and works in Moscow. After graduating from Oryol Art School, he became a navigator and traveled the seven seas because he admired the sea. In 1982 he returned to the art world, developing works on the theme of the sea and ships. In 2017, he held the first Antarctic Biennale as Commissioner. He has presented many projects at the Venice Biennale and the Venice Architecture Biennale, and has exhibited at museums around the world, including the Pompidou Center and the Louvre. He has exhibited works in Japan as well, including at the 2016 Setouchi International Art Triennale, 2018 Echigo-Tsumari Art Festival and “The Power of Dreaming – Soaring to the Future: The World of Russian Contemporary Art” (Ichihara Lakeside Museum, 2019).

1981 Born in Aichi Prefecture
2009 Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, majoring in oil painting 
2011 Completed graduate course in oil painting at Tokyo University of the Arts

Representative exhibitions
-"No Shore" Moscow State Museum, 2022
-"Windtruvian Man" Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, 2015
-"Ship Resurrection" Tretyakov Gallery, 1996