Born on July 10, 1941, in the town of Varyazh near Sokal (territory occupied by the German Wehrmacht). As a result of Operation Vistula in 1946, he was resettled to Ukraine

1959–1965: studied at the Lviv State Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts (teachers: Witold Manastyrsky, Danylo Dovboshyński, Karlo Zvirynsky, Roman Selsky, and others) 

1970: member of the Union of Artists of Ukraine

1987 – awarded the title of Honored Artist

1999 – awarded the title of People's Artist of Ukraine

2001 – recognized as a professor

2002 – elected as a corresponding member

2004 – elected full member (academician) of the National Academy of Arts of Ukraine

2014 – winner of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine

2009 – awarded the Order of Yaroslav the Wise, V degree, and in 2018 – IV degree. 

His teaching career spanned the years 1966-1970 and 1087-2021. 

He painted the following major series of works: 

Peripheries – 1962-1965

Evacuations – 1964-1968, 1968-1996, 1998-2004

The Prodigal Son – 1999-2010

Terra Incognita, Ecce homo, Reminiscences, Parade of Parables, Genesis – 2010-2016.

Ad Hominem – 2016-2021