Iryna Gusiuk

Iryna Gusiuk was born July 6, 1980 in the small Ukrainian village of Volodymyr-volynsky as the oldest of two children.  According to her mother, by age 6 to 7, she spent most of her free play time designing clothing for her paper dolls.  Iryna accelerated in regular school and at age nine she began art classes for nine hours a week until age fifteen.  Iryna attended Odesa Art College (M.B. Grekova) and South Ukraine University of Art and Graphics (K.D. Ushinsky) in Odesa Ukraine, eventually graduating at age 25 with a master's degree in art.