Avant-garde artist Yuri Pliss has died in Odessa

Yuriy Plisswas born in Odesa in 1954. In 1981, he graduated from the Odesa Theater and Art School with a degree in “puppet theater artist.” In addition to painting, he worked in the field of theater arts. Pliss was a student of the renowned Odesa artists Valentin Khrushch and Stanislav Sychov and was part of the avant-garde art scene.

From 1989 to 1994, the artist was a member of the “Belyaevo” group, associated with Moscow’s unofficial art scene. During this period, he participated in exhibition projects in Moscow and abroad.

Among his exhibitions were “The Garden” in Moscow in 1989, “Belyaevo—Gothenburg” in Sweden in 1990, as well as the international exhibition “10 Positions of Time,” which took place in 1990–1991 at the Nordico Museum in Linz, Austria. In 1994–1995, Pliss also participated in the “Forum—Art Laboratory” project in Odesa, and in the late 1990s, he held solo exhibitions.

The artist was a member of the UNESCO International Federation of Artists. His works are held in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Nordico Museum in Austria, the Rus Gallery in Helsinki, as well as in private collections in Europe, North America, and other regions of the world.