In 1981 he graduated Chelyabinsk Higher School of Arts and after that he taught at an art school for three years.In 1985 Igor entered Moscow Surikov State Institute of Arts where he studied by Professor V. N. Zabelin. After successful graduation of the Institute in 1991 the painter during three years collaborated with ARKA Moscow picture-gallery which helped the young painter to get ahead and devote himself to creative work.