Born on September 11, 1946 in Yahotyn, Kyiv region (Ukraine).
In 1976 he graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute, Faculty of Painting.
Member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine.
On February 9, 2012, the list of winners of the 2012 Shevchenko Prize was announced.
He is a member of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize Committee of Ukraine (since December 2016).
Personal exhibitions
2012 - 2013 - permanent exhibition at OntoArtGallery, Kyiv.
2011 - "Landscape of the XXI century", OntoArtGallery, Kyiv.
2011 - Art Collection Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine
2006 - Soviart Center for Contemporary Art, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2004, 2005 - Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2003 - Persona Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2001 - Karas Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
2000 - Center for Contemporary Art "Soviart", Kyiv, Ukraine.
2000 - 2004 - ARTEast Gallery, Kyiv, Ukraine.
1996 - Kaspari Gallery, Fürth, Germany.
1993 - D'art Gallery, Toulouse, France.
1992 - Donti Gallery, Nuremberg, Germany.
In 2011, at an auction in New York, the painting "Steppe" was sold at a record price for Ukrainian painting. Since then, his paintings have been sold at higher prices.