Gheorghe Iliescu-Calinesti was born in the village of Calinesti, county Arges, Romania, on July 14th 1932. He graduated from the Nicolae Grigorescu Academy of Fine Arts in 1959, where he studied sculpture under Professor Corneliu Medrea.

The Sculptor begain to participate in Romanian and international events in 1961, and has exhibited in Belgium, Italy, USA, Germany, Greece, Turkey, Spain, Austria, Finland, Russia, Germany, Croatia, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Canada, Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain, Denmark and Slovenia.

Landmark sculptures in Romania:

"Dochia's Legend" - stone - Herestrau Park - Bucharest

"Evolution" - stone - Caracal

"Catching light beams" - stone - Arad

"Sphinx" - stone - Magura Buzau

"Maternity" - stone - Agronomy Institute

"Six Works in Stone" - Pitesti

"Column" - marble - ROCAR - Bucharest

"Evolution" - bronze - Timisoara

"Iancu de Hunedoara" - bronze - Hunedoara

"Thinking" - bronze - Vata - Hunedoara

"Bird in Flight" -  - bronze - Calea Victoriei - Bucharest Financial Plaza

Landmark sculptures in other countries:

"The Family" - wood - Lennan Foundation - Palm Beach, Fl. - USA

"Window" - wood - Oronsko, Poland

"Dragon Fly" - wood - Krapina, Croatia

"Column" - stone - Koper - Slovenia

Awards:

1966 - Romanian Union of Fine Arts Award for Sculpture

1977 - Orosko/Poland Interntional Symposium Award for Sculpture

1982 - Efurt/Germany Quadrennial Diploma of Honour for Decorative Art

1982 - Romanian Union of Fine Arts Award for Sculpture

1983 - Romanian Academy Award