Lisa Gostev was born in Kiev, Ukraine. She studied at Carver Center for Arts and Technology and received a BFA in Painting at Maryland Institute College of Art and MFA in Painting at Indiana University. Recent selected exhibition venues include The Cade Gallery, MD; The Bowery Gallery, NY; Fraser Gallery, MD; SOFA Gallery, IN. Her awards include the Young Artist Award; Bethesda Painting Awards, MIEA study abroad grant of Baltimore Community Foundation to study at the Studio Arts Center International, Florence, Italy (2006). She was also granted the Thalheimer and Presidential Scholarship from Maryland Institute College of Art in 2004. As of 2011, she is teaching painting and drawing at Anne Arundel Community College and Howard Community College. She currently lives in Baltimore, MD.