Born in 1953 in Nizhny Sergi (former Soviet Union); currently resides in Moscow (Russia).He is a leading artist in contemporary Russian art. Since 2003, he has traveled to dozens of countries around the world—including Romania, Ukraine, France, the Arctic, and the United States—with his moon sculptures, photographing them against local landscapes as part of his project “Private Moon”, which aims to connect the world under the same moonlight.