Selected dates:

November 12, 1940

Born in Nikolaev , Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine).

1946

The artist's family moved to Slutsk . An artistic atmosphere reigned at home, the father continued to draw himself and encouraged his son to do this.

The future artist visited the art studio of Vladimir Sadin .

1961–1966

After school, he studied at the Minsk Art College (now the Minsk State Art College named after Glebov).

As a student, he searched for himself in various techniques and types of art - print and book graphics, watercolors, while painting at the same time.

1965

He took part in the All-Union Exhibition of Young Artists at the Art Museum. The paintings "Self-Portrait with a Lemon" and "Still Life with an Iron", presented at the exhibition, aroused bewilderment among representatives of official art with their obvious antagonism to socialist realism.

1980

From that moment on, he devoted himself entirely to painting , experimenting in his works with the heroes of his own mythology, full of hidden metaphors and allegories.

2005

He was declared "Person of the Year" by the University of Cambridge.

August 12, 2015

Died in Minsk .