Leonid Afremov

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Leonid Afremov (Vitebsk, Belarus, 1955-) is a Belarus born, Israeli modern painter who creates unique landscapes, cityscapes and figures using a palette knife rather than a brush to paint.

Born in Marc Chagall´s birthplace, Leonid Afremov graduated from the famous Vitebsk Art School, an art school that was founded by Chagall, in 1921 and includes many notable patrons such as Malevich and Kandinsky.

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A selected list of his exhibitions is as follows:

1977 - Students' Anniversary Exhibition, Vitebsk

1990 - Exhibition of Soviet Artists' Union, Vitebsk

1989 - Exhibition of Judaica-based Paintings, Moscow

1991 - Amaliya Alber Art Gallery, Israel

1992 - Exhibition of Judaica-based Paintings, Ramat-Gan Museum, Israel

1994 - Exhibition of Judaica-based Paintings, TeI-Aviv Museum.

1997 - Anniversary Exhibition, Ashdod Museum , Israel.

1994 - "Lapid" Art Gallery, Ashdod

1995 - "Dilon" Art Gallery, Jaffo

1998 - "Belt Opera" Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv

1999 - "ofir" Art Gallery, Ramat-Aviv

Currently his art is being collected in countries all over the world, including USA, Israel, Italy, France, England, Ireland, Spain, Norway, Canada, Australia, New Zealand.

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