Michael Kogan

Michael Kogan was born in 1955 in Leningrad (now - St Petersburg).
He was taught his first drawing lessons by his father.
From 1976 to 1978 he studied at the studio of the artist Y.I. Skorikov and attended evening drawing classes at the Academy of Arts.
In 1978-1983 Michael studied at the Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design in Leningrad (now – Stieglitz Art and Industry Academy).


The artist was highly influenced by the aura of the house he grew up in - the house of the merchant Dernov on the corner of Tverskaya and Tavricheskaya streets in St. Petersburg, the so-called "tower-house". This house was one of the centers of cultural, intellectual and artistic life of Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The history of the house is connected with the names of Vyacheslav Ivanov, Anna Akhmatova, Alexander Blok, Nikolay Gumilyov, Valery Bryusov, Alexander Benois, Leon Bakst, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, Ivan Bilibin, Mark Chagall - representatives of the "Silver Age" of Russian literature and arts.


While experimenting as a student, Michael created his own original technique, language and symbolism, his own code.


In 1990 Michael immigrated to Israel, where to this day he continues to develop his style. He is...

Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design in Leningrad (now – Stieglitz Art and Industry Academy)

- 1983 - Exhibition of the artists union, in the main hall in Leningrad.

- 1984 - Exhibition "young painters of Leningrad ", exhibition hall of the artists union.

- 1985 - Exhibition of graphic paintings, exhibition hall of the artists union, in Leningrad.

- 1985 - Exhibition of the artists union, in the main hall in Leningrad.

- 1987 - 1990 – Member in the union of "free artists", exhibition in gallery "Nevsky 22".

- 1988 - Autumn salon, artists union in the main hall in Leningrad.

- 1988 - 1990 – Membership with the publishing " Prosveshenie "

- 1989 - Great wall painting in the medical center, " krasnoye selo " city.

- 1990 - Immigration to Israel.

- 1992 - Exhibition in "butterfly" gallery in Tzfat.

- 2000 - I founded artist's group "Tramway".

- 2003 - Personal exhibition in exhibition hall of the artists union.

- 2004 - Exhibition of "Tramway" in "Boston cultural center", USA. Curator, Natasha Raevich.

- 2005 - Exhibition in the Israeli "Knesset".

- 2006 - Exhibition of "Tramway" in "Givatayim Theatre". Curator, Doron Polak.

- 2008 - Exhibition of Israeli painters, Recognition to "60 years to Israel".

- 2008 - 2011 - Gallery "Albitum", Ein Hod artists village.

- 2012 - Persona...