Leonid Siveriver

I have been a professional Artist for over 40 years.
Born in Ukraine, I began my fine art education at age 10.
I am a classically trained artist. I studied and worked in Ukraine, Israel, Italy, Austria and the USA. I graduated with a BFA from the renowned Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem, Israel. My continuing studies include training at the Johnson Atelier in Mercerville, New Jersey and stone carving in Pietrasanta, Italy. I have received numerous accolades, I have been exhibiting my work for over 35 years. My work can be found in many collections internationally.

Art has been my life including Sculpture, Drawing and Photography.
My approach to drawings is influenced by my love of Photography and Sculpture. Photography influences my approach to composition and Sculpture influences my 3D approach to shading (light and dark).

EDUCATION
1983 Post Graduate Study, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1978-1982 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1968-71 Fine Art School in Ivano Frankovsk, Ukraine
SPECIAL STUDIES
1986-89 Apprenticeship in Sculpture, Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture, Mercerville, New Jersey: trained in all aspects of bronze casting
1983-84 Marble Carving, Studio Antoniazzi, Pietrasanta, Italy Bronze Casting, Foundry Tomassi, Pietrasanta, Italy

2017-present, Mason Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
2016 Fall Show, Mason Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA ,
2015 Spring Show, Mason Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA April-June
2015 ‘Asheville in the Third Dimension”, Artetude Gallery, Asheville NC June 1- July 31
2014 “Deck the Halls (and Walls)”, Artetude Gallery, Asheville NC Dec 3-24
2014 “Roosevelt Artists Past and Present”, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NC, February
2013 “Spirits”, Artetude Gallery, Asheville, NC, July-August 2013
2006 7th Annual Hardy Family Art Exhibition “Savior Affair”, Nemacolin Woodlands, March- November 1999-2015 Gruss Center for Visual Arts Faculty, Lawrenceville, NJ, October
2003 Sandarac Gallery, Baltimore, MD, October
1999 Gruss Center for Visual Arts, Lawrenceville, NJ, February
1994 Mariboe Gallery, Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ October
1994 Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, NJ March - April
1993 Dorothy Macrae Gallery, Atlanta, GA Spring
1991 Outdoor Exhibition, Quietude Garden Gallery, E. Brunswick, NJ May - June
1989 The Extension Gallery, Mercerville, NJ March
1988 The Extension Gallery, Mercerville, NJ February
1986 Rehavia Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel September
1985 Modus Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel April