Edward Yashin was born in Ukraine in 1960 and has held numerous solo and group exhibitions since graduating from the Institute of Art and Industry in Kharkov in 1984, including Giacobbe Fritz Fine Art Gallery in Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2001 Art Expo in San Francisco, James Yarosh Gallery in New York, Gallery Godot in Prague, Czech Republic, Treatiakov Gallery in Moscow, Russia, Vilga Art Gallery in Sofia, Bulgaria and many more.