"I graduated from the faculty of arts and graphics of Odessa Pedagogical Institute. Now it is South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University. My teacher was Valery Arutyunovych Geghamyan (Ukrainian artist, founder and the dean of the faculty of arts and graphics). For five years I attended his classes day after day. My teachers were also V.G. Efimenko and O.A. Tarasenko. The creative potential that I acquired at this faculty from the leading artists allowed me to make a career in the US and achieve broad international recognition. "

Yuri Gorbachev, an artist, New York, USA

January 6, 2014