Leonid Afremov - Biography

Leonid Afremov (born 1955) is a Jewish Belarusian painter. His paintings are often vividly-coloured landscapes, cityscapes and figures, and are typically painted using a palette knife and oil paint. His work has been greatly influenced by contemporary cityscape painter and modern impressionist Michael Flohr.

Afremov graduated in 1979 from Vitebsk Art School. After discovering that only communist propaganda posters would sell in the Soviet Union, Afremov moved to Israel in 1990. Within two weeks, he had found a job in an advertising agency painting billboards, but on the eve of an exhibition, his studio was broken into and vandalised. After having his art gallery vandalized, Leonid moved to the United States.

He currently resides in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico.

Selected exhibitions

• 1977 Students' Anniversary, Vitebsk
• 1990 Soviet Artists' Union, Vitebsk
• 1989 Judaica Paintings, Moscow
• 1991 Amaliya Arbel Art Gallery, Rishon Lezion, Israel
• 1992 Judaica Paintings, Ramat Gan Museum
• 1994 Judaica Paintings, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
• 1997 Anniversary Exhibition, Ashdod Museum
• 1994 Lapid Art Gallery, Ashdod
• 1995 Dilon Art Gallery, Jaffa
• 1998 Opera House Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 1999 Ofir Art Gallery, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv
• 2000 Tel-Aviv Museum

External links

• Official site
• Forum
• Fine art america

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