Born on 18 November 1940 in Vilkaviskis.
In 1959 he graduated from secondary school in Kaunas, in 1965 he studied at Vilnius University, in 1973 he graduated from the postgraduate course of the Institute of History.From 1974 to 1990 he worked at the Institute of Philosophy, Sociology and Law, from 1990 to 2009 he was a lecturer at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (from 1993 to 2001 - Head of the Department of History and Theory of Art). For several years he was a tutor at the Open Society College founded in 1997. Doctor of Humanities, Honorary Professor of Vilnius Academy of Arts. Contributor to the weekly magazine "North Athens". He has written and published various texts and articles in the press and art books.