Raised in Moscow and West Germany, he took private art lessons by Ukrainian artist and Russian-language poet Vilen Barskyi.
From 2004-2008, he studied at the famous Kunstakademie Düsseldorf by Markus Lüpertz and Siegfried Anzinger and graduated with master of fine arts and Diploma.
From 2011-2012, he was in a PhD programme at the University of Potsdam, and did a research about the art philosophy in postmodern times influenced by Jacques Derrida and Emmanuel Levinas.
Jenny Holzer, Thomas Klipper, Anselm Kiefer, Katharina Grosse, Rose Wylie, Antje Majewski, Douglas Gordon, Joseph Kosuth, Candida Höfer, Norbert Bisky, Henning Strassburger, Nevin Aladag, Abraham David Christian, Assaf Gruber, Reinhard Mucha, Monika Bonvicini, Anish Kapoor Biennale Ansbach (group) with Jonas Burgert, Justine Otto, Nicola Samori, Martin Kobe.. 2019 Michael Horbach Stiftung, Köln (group) “Avanti” with Leiko Ikemura, Frauke Dannert, Katharina Jahnke, Philipp Schwalb.. St. Joseph Münster (solo) Franz Hitze Haus, Münster (solo) Lachenmann Art, Frankfurt am Main (group) with Jonathan Meese, Justine Otto, Philipp Grözinger Lachenmann Art, Konstanz (solo) 2018: Kunstmuseum Bochum “Bild Macht Religion” with Jake and Dinos Chapman, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Martin Kippenberger, Arnulf Rainer, Joseph Beuys, Imi Knoebel, Berlinde de Bruyckere, David Lachapelle, Hermann Nitsch, Nam June Paik, Sigalit Landau FELIX – NUSSBAUM – HAUS, Osnabrück (solo) NS Dokumentationszentrum, Cologne (solo) Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen with Thea Djordjadze, Anna K. E., Yury Kharchenko, Frauke Dannert, Seb Koberstädt, Gereon Krebber, Eli Cortiñas, Florian Meisenberg Kunstverein Sundern Galerie Noah, Augsburg Kunstmuseum Walter im Glaspalast 2017 Ketterer, Berlin with Thomas Zipp, Anton Henning, Walter Stöhrer, Thomas Hartmann, Eugen Schönebeck, Bernd Koberling, K.H.
Hödicke, Takeshi Makishima, Gama, Miriam Vlaming, Yury Kharchenko Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf New presentation of Museums art collection, selection as master piece of the month, curated by Kay Heymer Podium discussion with Kay Heymer at Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf “Luther and Avantgarde”, in the Old Prison Wittenberg with Ai Weiwei, Erwin Wurm, Jonathan Meese, Isa Genzken, Olafur Eliasson, Stephan Balkenhol, Christian Jankowski, Jürgen Klauke, Günther Uecker, Tal R, Gregor Schneider, Gilbert & George, Yury Kharchenko Sotheby’ s Auction, Wien with Mischa Kuball, Michael van Ofen, Axel Geis, Kristine Roepstorff, Sophie von Hellermann, Ricarda Roggan Alte Synagoge Essen (solo), curated by Kay Heymer