1966 Was born in Kharkov, Ukraine
1976-1979 Studied Fine Art with Mikhail Dementiev
1977 Won a trip to the summer camp "Young Artist" in Carpathian Mountains, Svaliava, Ukraine
1981 Moved to Tbilisi, Georgia with the family
1984 Entered Georgian State Polytechnic University majoring in Computer Science, worked as an artist for faculty newspaper in Tbilisi, Georgia
1989 Immigrated to United States of America
1998-2000 Studied drawing, painting and sculpture at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Studied landscape painting in the Manayank Art Center with Alex Kanevsky
2000 Was admitted to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to the Post-Baccalaureate Program, Philadelphia, PA
2001 Was admitted to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts to the MFA Program, Philadelphia, PA
2000-2002 Studied painting and ceramics with Liudmila Makarova, Philadelphia
2003
Graduated from MFA Program from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
2009
Artists Residency Palazzo Rinaldi Via Rinaldi N. 5 85035 Noèpoli (PZ) Italy
2013-2016
Studied printmaking with Christine Blair
2015-2016
Illustrated “Square Black Bear” children’s book by Marc Kallman
2015-2016
Illustrated “Всего не расскажешь” Yiddish songs and poems translated to Russian by Psoy Korolenko and Vicky Feldman
Solo Shows
September 2003
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468
September 2004
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468
November 2005
Art Studio "Stylissimo", St. Petersburg, Russia, Zagorodnij Per, 5 phone 7-812-118-4595, solo show
May-June 2005
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468, solo show
May 2005
“Infusion Gallery” S. Main St. Los Angeles, California tel. 213-683-8827
October 2005
“Gallery Borey”, St. Petersburg, Russia, “Traces” Solo Show
December 2005
Abington Art Center, 2004 Annual Competition, 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA , 19046
March 2006
“Unlikely Target” Group Show, Redux Art Center, Charleston, SC
March 2006
“CASE Museum of Contemporary Russian Art”, Group Show, 80 Grand Street, Jersey City, NJ
May 2006
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 19106 610-328-3468,
October 2006
Gallery Borey, St. Petersburg, Russia, “Echoes” Solo Show
May 2007
“Arts on the Avenue”, 1616 Passyunk Ave, Philadelphia, PA Two person show
September 2007
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468
October 2007
Gallery Borey, St. Petersburg, Russia, “Resonance” Solo Show
April - May 2009
Harry Krug Gallery “Making Faces”– solo show Art Department Pittsburg State University, Kansas
July 2009
End of Residency Exhibition, Palazzo Rinaldi, Noèpoli Italia
September 2010
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468, solo show
September 2011
PII Gallery , Solo Show, 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468, solo show
November 2014
PII Gallery “Favorite Things” joint show with Mikhail Prosmushkin
February 2015
PII Gallery – 10th solo show at PII 242 Race St. Philadelphia, 610-328-3468
April 2018
NoBA Art Space 202 Bala Ave., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania 19004
“Sound and Silence” joint show with Megan Cox
Group Shows
May 2003
PAFA, MFA Graduate Exhibition, 104 N.Broad St, Philadelphia, PA
January 25 - April 4, 2004
Woodmere Art Museum, The 64th Annual Juried Exhibition, 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118
February 6 – April 9, 2004
Gabriele Bieber and Mark Ham Gallery at DCCA, Members’ Juried Exhibition
March 2004
Sketch Club , 141th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, Sketch Club , 235 S. Camac St. Philadelphia, 19106 215-545-9298.
December 2004
Abington Art Center, 2004 Annual Competition, Best of Show, 515 Meetinghouse Rd, Jenkintown, PA , 19046 Best of the Show
June-Sep 2005
38th Annual Art of the State, State Museum of Pennsylvania , 300 North Street • Harrisburg, PA 17120
May 2006
“The Well” Group Show 1631 Loretta Ave. Feasterville, PA
November 2007
Lombrail-Teucquam, Paris “Arts Russes, Tableaux, Militaria, Souvenirs Historiques, Art Religieux” – paintings in the auction
October 2014
James Oliver Gallery, Art Nude Philly, group show.
September 2015
Adam Styka Annual Art Exhibition, group show
September 2019
PII Gallery “Excess Baggafe” joint show curated by Maria Kraybill with Elena Drozdova and Aissulu Kadyrzhanva
October 2018
PII Gallery :”Amused by Nature Landscape Show”
October 2019
PII Gallery “First Encounters” joint show curated by Maria Kraybill with Martin Camos and Alex Griffit