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GEZA GYORKE  artist was born in 1991 in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. At the age of five he entered the Uzhhorod Children's Art School. His teacher was a famous artist Emma Levadska. He also studied at A. Hromovy's studio. In 1997, for the first time he took part in the fine arts competition in memory of Zoltan Bakonyi and became one of three winners. Later he was a multiple winner of the national and international children competitions and festivals. Since 2001, he has been a member of the children and youth art association ‘Minor Louvre’.

 In 2014, he graduated from the Lviv National Academy of Arts (teachers in specialty were I. Shuisky, Ya. Shymyn, O. Maksymenko, L. Medved, M. Andrushchenko) and stayed here to continue his postgraduate studies and work as a teacher at the Monumental Painting Department.

 At the age of 9 he held his first personal exhibition (together with H. Lazarashvili) in Uzhhorod. Two years later he had the next exhibition ‘Silhouettes of Acoustics’ (2002) with participation of the sculptor V. Roman and the artist F. Semaniv. In 2004 and 2006, the following personal exhibitions in Uzhhorod took place.

 Since then, he has been a permanent participant of all-Ukrainian and international art exhibitions and Plein Airs (Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Uzhhorod, Kyiv (Ukraine).The artist's canvases are kept in collections of the Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art (Kyiv), Transcarpathian Regional Art Museum named after Joseph Bokshay, as well as in private collections in Ukraine and abroad.