Anatoliy Vasyliovych Kusch - born 30 November 1945 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Finished Art School (University) in 1972. Honored by Ukraine's Academy of Arts, USSR Ministry of Culture, and Presidium of Supreme Soviet. National Artist of Ukraine. Several other honors have also been bestowed on him. His works are exhibited in museums in Kyiv, Poltava, Cherkassy, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Moscow, St. Petersburg. International exhibitions include: McLean Center - Chicago, Moscow, and St Petersburg. He is also in private collections in Switzerland, Holland, Hungary, Germany, Japan, Ukraine, Russia, and USA.