YEVHEN LESCHENKO (1952, Kryvyi Rih) – painter and graphic artist; member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine (1992); Honored Artist of Ukraine.

He graduated from the Kyiv State Art Institute (1973). According to American art critics from the Museum of Modern Art, Yevhen Leshchenko is the founder of “Paradise art”.

He has exhibited his works at Ukrainian and foreign exhibitions in London, Paris, New York, Chicago, Washington, Toronto, and Bonn. The artist’s works are stored in the Lviv Art Gallery, Pereyaslav-Khmelnytsky Museum of Local Lore, Poltava Art Museum, National Art Museum of Chicago, as well as in private collections in Ukraine, France, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Germany, Japan, USA, Canada and others.