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FEATURED ARTIST - October 2005
Elya DeChino (1955 - )Elya DeChino was born in 1955 in Tbilisi, in the Republic of Georgia. Since he was three years old, Elya has had a passion for the fine arts and has participated quite frequently in TV Art programs as well as having had his works published in children's magazines. He entered the Tbilisi Academy of Art in 1972 and graduated in 1979.
After graduating from the prestigious Tbilisi Academy of Art in 1979, Elya became more prolific, and his art more experimental. Profoundly inspired by different styles and schools of thought, Elya presented his work regularly at All-Union exhibitions. Despite his strong opposition to Communist ideology and its oppression of free artistic expression, his talent was recognized by the USSR Union of Artists, which at the time was under the strict censorial control of the Communist regime. Although he had originally planned to become a university professor of painting, his own exhibitions were frequent enough to support his studio.
With the advent of Gorbachev's Perestroika, many artists took the opportunity to exhibit their works in Western Europe and beyond. Elya was one such artist, and his work successfully transcended national boundaries, receiving acclaim wherever it was shown. Following the civil wars in the former USSR, Elya decided to immigrate to the United States, arriving first in New York and eventually establishing residency in Atlanta.
Elya has been happy to settle in the heart of America's Georgia,
where he has planted roots - literally - in his elaborate garden, and found
powerful inspiration in the complex Southern landscapes and history.
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