George Pocheptsov

George Oleg Pocheptsov VII (born 29 January 1992) is an American painter, draughtsman and entrepreneur.
Life and Career
Early Life
George Pocheptsov was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1992 to Ukrainian parents. He started to paint six months before he started to talk. Pocheptsov is compared by the The New York Times and other press to a young Pablo Picasso or Marc Chagall for his early rise to fame in the art world. His paintings sell upward of $200,000. The press and art collectors describe Pocheptsov as a child prodigy. He was commissioned to create "sculptured canvas," a self-created technique, for the Mitchell Camera Museum in London and for the United Nations' 60th anniversary exhibition.
Pocheptsov was also invited to Geneva, Switzerland for a book titled “Art and Copyrights” in which he was used as an example of an international artist. Pocheptsov's artwork is exhibited in museums and galleries in England, France, Korea, South Africa, Holland, Russia, Japan, and the Ukraine. A documentary film detailing Pocheptsov’s life, “A Brush with Destiny,” won four Emmy Awards.
Charitable Work
The George Pocheptsov Foundation
Pocheptsov donates artwork to a charitable organization, and this artwork is subsequently auctioned at a gala or fundraiser to benefit the charity. Pocheptsov’s charitable foundation has donated over $5 million dollars through the auctioning of his artwork. The charities supported by the foundation include the America’s Promise Alliance by Colin Powell, Georgetown University Pediatrics, Duke University Pediatrics, The John Walsh Missing and Exploited Children Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and the American Cancer Society The foundation supports sixty charities a year. Pocheptsov has also been commissioned to create an official United States postage stamp for the Brain Tumor Awareness Organization.
Personal Life
Pocheptsov speaks Russian, Ukrainian, French, and English. He is also proficient in Latin.<ref name="starnews"/>

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