Gorditsa Ivan Dmitrovitch Was born December 10, 1944, village Mytkiv, Chernivtsi region, Ukraine. Education: 1951-61 Vikno of Bukovina Secondary School, 1961-68 Vizhnitsa College of Applied Arts, 1968-73 Kharkiv Arts-industrial institute. Occupation: 1988 - present Member of Ukrainian Painters Society, 1990-1992 Chairman of Chernivtsi Painters Society. Field of Creative Activity: wood carving, painting, design. Lives and works in Chernivtsi.