| 1969 | born in Usun-Agatsch, Kazakhstan |
| 1973 | Resettlement to Karl-Marx-Stadt |
| 1994 - 1999 | Diploma in Fine Art, Prof. Arno Rink, Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig |
| 1998 | Sokratis - scholarship, UWA Bristol, England |
| 2000 - 2002 | Scholarship Heinrich – Böll – Stiftung |
| 2000 - 2003 | Master student, Prof. Astrid Klein, HGB Leipzig |
| 2003 - 2006 | lives in London and Leipzig |
| since 2006 | lives in Berlin |