theatre set designer, costume designer, chief designer of the Mikhailovsky Theatre, set designer of the Mariinsky Theatre, laureate of the State Prizes of the Republics of Moldova, Belarus and Kazakhstan; laureate of the Highest Theatre Prize of St. Petersburg, the Golden Sofit. People's Artist of the Russian Federation Graduated from the production department of the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography named after N.K. Cherkasov (workshop of I.G. Segal) in 1979. Debuted in 1977 with the ballet Giselle by A. Adam at the State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre named after S.M. Kirov (now the Mariinsky). Since 2019 - jury member and chief expert of the annual international festival and competition of digital scenography and directing in the theater for young media artists and multimedia directors Digital Opera.