Rusin Arkadiy Viktorovich
Studied at the M. B. Grekova Art College in Odessa (1941-1947) with P.S. Konovskiy, E. O. Bukovetskiy, L. E. Muchnik, in the I. E. Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad (1947-1953) with R. R. Frents. Worked in Stalingrad, lives in Odessa. Has been teaching at the Odessa Art College from 1958 on, held the Art and Graphic-Art chair at the Department of Fine Arts at the K. D. Ushinskiy State Pedagogic Institute in Odessa (1966-1972). Member of the Artists’ Union of the Ukrainian SSR, of the National Artists’ Union of the Ukraine, Distinguished Artist of the Ukraine, was awarded the Medal of Honour of the Governor of the Odessa Province (2005).