Leon Sarantos

Leon Sarantos graduated from the College of Arts and Architecture at the University of Michigan. Mr. Sarantos is an architect, as well as an artist.

Continuing Studies
Art Institute of Chicago, figure painting.
Hyde Park Art Center, oil painting, portraits, independent study with Darrell Roberts.

Represented by Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois; Paul Henry's Art Gallery, Hammond, Indiana; CornerStone Art Gallery, Whiting, Indiana; Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.

Member: Union Street Gallery Guild; Artsia: The Society of International Artists; 119th Street Artists; Studio 659.

Listed in Art World Chicago: Online Art Gallery: Chicago Painters, Chicago Photographers.

Artist Statement: A Love Affair With Colors.
I use color as a driving force to create art that is recognizable to the viewer, yet abstracted from a literal representation. This interplay of abstraction and realism in my art is akin to abstract realism. In this approach, I find inspiration in the art of Milton Avery.
In carving out the elements of the painting, I use strong dark lines to give the art movement and delineate the objects portrayed. For added visual variety and movement, I graduate the values from very light to dark ...

B. Architecture, University of Michigan, College of Arts and Architecture, 1957 - 1963. Studies included drawing, composition, rendering and water color painting.

Additional Studies

Art Institute of Chicago, figure painting.
Hyde Park Art Center, oil painting, portraits, independent study with Darrell Roberts.

Solo Exhibits

ColorPlay, Bernard Gallery at Calumet College of Saint Joseph, IN. Curator, Martin Martinez, 2015.
Networks. CornerStone Gallery, Whiting, IN. 2013.
A Love Affair With Colors, CornerStone Gallery, Whiting, IN. 2012.
Art by Leon Sarantos, Riverside Mall Theatre, North Riverside, IL. Curator: Claire Vartabedian. 2011.

Group Exhibits

Privates, Studio Oh! Chicago, Il. Curators: Lisa Stefaniak and Erwin Overes. 2018.
An Open Heart: Everyone is Welcome Here, Howard Brown Health Clinic, Chicago, IL. Curator: Lisa Jenschke Stephens, 2018
Spring Members Show, Leslie Wolfe Gallery, Chicago, IL. Curator: Chicago Alliance Of Visual Artists. 2017;
Perspective: In Depth, Studio Oh! Chicago, Il. Curators: Lisa Stefaniak and Erwin Overes. 2017.
Domicile Exhibit, Glessner House Museum, Chicago, IL. Curators: Jessica Q. Lucas & Marcy Kennedy Anderson. 2016
Insider Art, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL. Curator, Claudia Creamer, 2016.
12 X12 GACI Art Showcase, GACI Gallery, Chicago, IL. Curator, Miyeon Kwon. 2016.
Inaugural Exhibit, GACI Gallery, Chicago, IL. Curator, Miyeon Kwon. 2015.
Artistic License, Studio 659, Whiting, Indiana. Juror, Michael Kaysen.
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