Gennadiy Petrovich Grushovenko was born in the small city of Uman outside of
Kiev, Ukraine in 1968. The son of a military Musician, Genna traveled with
his family from Germany to a small soviet island near Japan, settling finally in Kiev at the age of 7. After high school, he spent four years of compulsory military service playing trombone in the Soviet military band. When his service was completed, Genna began an apprenticeship with a master potter which eventually led to a partnership in Gonchary, a potter's cooperative and one of the first privatized businesses after the fall of the
Soviet Union. Genna came to the United States in 1997. He makes his home in LaGrange,
Georgia, with his wife, painter Signe Grushovenko and is currently a partner
and instructor at Artists in Residence gallery.

SELECTED EXHIBITS AND COMMISSIONS

2002: Spotlight on Southern Artists, Atlanta, Georgia.
Upcoming: "From There to Here" One Man Exhibition, CVAM.

2001: Power's Crossroads Festival in Newnan GA, Award of Excellence.

New Visions exhibition with Four Trees Alliance in Columbus GA..

Completed permanent installation of large painted platters based on the
works of Ukrainian folk artist Maria Primachenko for the West Georgia
Technical College Library.

Spring Invitational Exhibition at Artists in Residence in Georgia..

Merit Award, LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, Georgia..

2000: Commissioned to create 50 vases as gifts for patrons of the
Chattahoochee Valley.
Museum. LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, Georgia.

1999: Best in Show, LaGrange Artists Guild Exhibition, CVAM, Georgia..

1996: Exhibition with artist Gia Miminoshvilli at Griffon Gallery in Kiev,
Ukraine.

Commissioned to create architectual planters for Kiev
National Concert Hall "Palace Ukraine".

1995: Conchary Group Exhibition at theArtists Union of Ukraine in Kiev.

1993: Aids Awareness Exhibition in prague, Czechoslovakia.