Pyotr Dmitrievich Skryabin was born in 1923 at Volochisk (now Khmelnytskyi region, Ukraine). Skryabin studied under the guidance of V. Kotsetsky and S. Grigoriev in the Painting Department of the Kyiv Art Institute, graduating in 1951. Skryabin participated in republican exhibitions since 1957. He was active in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.