Studied at the Art School named after V.V. Fedorov, Volgograd and received BA from Ryazan State University in 1998. Member of the National Association of Artists of Great Britain (A-N) and the International Association of Arts (IAA) as part of UNESCO. Member of Artists Trade Union of Russia with a rating of 5-B (professional artist). "Art never left me though. I think, like with anything that is born in you, such as writing and music, it never leaves you – you see the world through a writer’s or musician’s, or in my case, an artists’ eyes."