Evgeni Gordiets
Evgeni Gordiets (; born 1 April 1952) is a Soviet surrealist painter. (1986). He is a member of the (1979). Biography. Evgeni Gordiets was born on April 1, 1952, in the city of Makeyevka, Donetsk Oblast. In 1967, he entered the Shevchenko Art School in Kiev. From 1971 to 1977, he studied at and graduated from the Kiev State Art Institute, where his teacher was . Then, from 1978 to 1982, Gordiets studied at and graduated from the fellowship in Creative Workshop of the in Kiev (1978-1982), where his professor was . From 1977 to 1991 he worked in the  professional Art Association “Artist". From 1977 to 1978 he was a professor at the Kiev State Art Institute. Since 1979 he has been a member of the . From 1978 to 1982 he had a fellowship at the Creative Workshops of the USSR Academy of Arts in Kiev. Since 1991 he lives in the USA. Art. Eugene Gordiets is known as a surrealist artist. He writes in genres of landscape and still life. His work is compared with the works of the French artists Pierre Puvis de Chavannes and René Magritte He was a member of the Ukrainian and USSR exhibitions  since 1977. His personal exhibitions have been hosted in Paris (1989), New York (1995), Scottsdale and Nantucket (2001). His works are stored in the , the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow, the Cologne Museum of Modern Art and a number of museums in Ukraine. In 1990, his work graced the cover of Christie’s catalog.