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Introduction. I was born in 1964 in Donetsk, Ukraine, USSR in the family of a worker and a former collective farmer. My ability to draw drew attention quite late, only at the end of high school (No. 31). With travel was even worse, to 18 years I not has visited further Azov sea and Kyiv.

 Art education, work and first travels.

After school, I graduated from the courses of graphic designers and was drafted into the Soviet Army. In the service, I sometimes painted colleagues, landscapes, wall Newspapers and stands in the style of " What to do in the event of a nuclear explosion?". Joy service me not delivered, but any pros from it all same were: I stopped be "mother's son", learned value freedom, terminally ripe desire to become an artist, and still I first time fell in another country (Hungary). Returning home, he continued his studies: 1986 to 1998 with breaks in the art Studio at Palace of culture Lenin's name, teacher I. Makarenko. Briefly worked as an artist in the same DC, and then for a long time in the neighboring Fire station number 2. In parallel, he graduated from two art institutions; 1991 Donetsk art school, and in 1998-the National printing Academy in Lviv (correspondence faculty "Graphics"). Six years of correspondence study I combined with family cares (wife, son) and work. I was preparing for the sessions in the art Studio. As a result-all my art education lasted about 13 years. During these years of study and work I began to travel to Ukraine, Russia, Latvia, Poland, Bulgaria, Germany and Holland.

 My discovery of America. 

Then there was a turning point in the life of my family; on the border of two centuries, we emigrated to Argentina in search of a better life. In end: life my better not has become, and here is wife I lost. But there are positives in everything: I discovered my America, mastered two new languages, became much freer and began the life of an artist-traveler. Personal life is also improved, after several years of bachelor adventures and searches, I met MY woman. In South America, I lived (with long trips) until 2010, that is, until the majority of my son. At first he tried to "work for my uncle" - a designer, typeface designer, but eventually became a free caricaturist, portrait painter and painter. Held a couple of my exhibitions in Argentina. Traveled half of South America, and then half of Europe and several countries in Asia. Sometimes as a tourist, but more often combining travel with work. 

Present stage

From 2010 to the present time my "base" was St. Petersburg. I am happy in my second marriage, maintain a close relationship with my son. I continue to write and draw both in St. Petersburg and in Europe. I participate in collective exhibitions and conduct my personal ones. Occasionally, as in the old days, I spend the South American summer season in Argentina or Brazil. I often come to my native Donetsk to my mother and friends. I do not have a permanent job and a boss, as I do not have a stable salary and prospects for a good pension. But I do not complain about my life, I go my own way, rejoicing in successes and experiencing failures. Most of my time I devote to art, but I do not want to become his slave, I want to enjoy life in its various aspects. I try not to descend into humiliating poverty and do not aspire to inappropriate wealth, I look for a Golden mean between proud loneliness and the fate of the "domesticated man", I try to give a lot to my loved ones at the same time, without becoming their slave.

I love my country (Ex Soviet Union, Ukraine and Donetsk) and at the same time don't want to limit yourself an excessive partiotism; a very warm attitude to the new "my countries"; Argentina, Rusia, Brazil and Spain, enjoy learning the culture and traditions of people from other countries in General strive to be a "citizen of the world".

Exibitions

From the very beginning of my studies at the Art College and to the present, I regularly participate in national and international exhibitions of painting, drawing, engraving, and illustration. I organized several personal exhibitions.​

Collective exhibitions;

1992-93 Exhibitions of the Union of Artists of Ukraine in Donetsk and Kiev (painting, drawing)

1994-1999. Engraving exhibitions in Spain. Ibiza Schedule, MIG, Adogi miniprint.

Exhibitions in the Hall of the Union of Artists of St. Petersburg, section "Graphics"; "Autumn 2013", 2014 - "Drawing of St. Petersburg artists," Autumn 2016 ". "Salvador Dali Festival", Cultural Space "Kazan 7",

2015 - “Zoo-culture”, 2016 - “Autumn 2016”

Solo exhibitions;

1991 - “Exhibition No. 1”, Donetsk, Department of Arts, Regional Scientific Library.

1993 - "Landscapes", Exhibition Hall of the Donetsk Regional Art Museum.

1994 - “Combinations”, Art Radon Gallery. Donetsk

2005; - “Traveler's Album”, Donetsk Art School.

“Strange Dreams”, Department of Culture of the City of Villa Carlos Paz, Argentina.

"Strange Dreams", Gallery "Manzana de las Luces", Buenos Aires.

2006 - “The Traveler's Album”, the editorial staff of “Travetiyek newspapers”, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2012 - Latin Motives, Griboedov Night Club, St. Petersburg, Russia.

2016 - “Non-child riddles”, Cultural space “Kazan 7”.

2018 - “Labyrinths of Dreams”, Museum “Art-Donbass”, Donetsk, Makeevka Art Museum of Local Lore

Currently  I’ve been preparing a big exhibition of works devoted to my travels. 

At the beginning of 2020 in Makeyevka will be held a new exhibition of works dedicated to my travels.