Belsky was born in 1963 in Colki, Volyn region, Ukraine. He has studied in Republican Art School in Kiev and the Dnepropetrovsk Art School.
In 1991 he graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, the faculty of monumental art. Since 1992 he is a member of the Art Union of painters of Ukraine.
In October 2009 Edward moved to Ljubljana, Slovenia. Now he lives and works in Izola, Slovenia.