ARTISTIC STATEMENT
I am interested in complex literary, religious, and philosophical themes grounded in history, science, symbolism, mysticism, personal experience, and imagination.
The theme of a painting is not always clear in advance. Sometimes it reveals itself during the process, and sometimes it becomes fully understood only long after the work has been completed. For me, painting is a process in which themes, meanings, and connections gradually reveal themselves.
Currently, I am working on a series of circular portraits of great personalities, including Goethe, Dante, and Swift, while continuing to create illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy and paintings inspired by religious and philosophical themes.

The years of the pandemic and the ongoing war narrowed exhibition life in Israel almost to nothing, but studio work never stopped. Several bodies of work were completed during this period and are awaiting exhibition.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member of the International Association of Art (IAA/AIAP)
Member of the Israel Union of Plastic Artists (IUPA)
Represented by ArtRewards Gallery (Oslo)
Featured on Artnet, Artsy, and Saatchi Art

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 – "Studies in Expression" • ArtRewards • Artsy Online Viewing Room
2020 – Michaelson Art Gallery • Tel Aviv
2016 – Electra Building Gallery • Petah Tikva
2012 – Silver Towers • Ramat Gan
2010 – Aviv Towers • Ramat Gan
2006 – TTI Gallery • Petah Tikva
2003 – COPPA d'arte Gallery • Tel Aviv

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 – "Bodies and Skin" • ANV Biennale • Bat Yam ART Institute
2025 – Paintings Exhibition • Open Studio • Tel Aviv
2024–2025 – Permanent Exhibitions • Art Fun Gallery • Tel Aviv
2009 – Lamps & Paintings Exhibition • Open Studio • Tel Aviv
2009 – Sderot Street Art Exhibition • Tel Aviv
2008 – TTI Gallery • Tel Aviv
2005 – Art of the Land 2005 • Reading Station • Tel Aviv
2004 – Art of the Land 2004 • Reading Station • Tel Aviv
2004 – Optimism • Hatzepha Club • Tel Aviv
2004 – Escapism • Beit Shlosha • Neve Tzedek • Tel Aviv
1996 – Student Exhibition • Israel Museum • Jerusalem
1994 – Association of Free Painters • Yad Labanim • Rehovot
1993 – Association of Free Painters • Weizmann Institute • Israel

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS
2009 – 100 Portraits of 100 Centenarians • concept, text, artwork and design by the artist • limited edition • artist's book
2011 – Heshbon Nefesh • illustrated book • Oren Goren • Gvanim
2009–2019 – Illustrations for Israeli magazines and newspapers

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2011 – Anti-smoking campaign • commissioned by the Municipality of Petah Tikva • series of ten works produced as public posters • installed in municipal buildings

COLLABORATIONS & PERFORMANCE
2012-2014 – Ongoing collaboration with artist Yuval Caspi • Tel Aviv studio • joint projects and exhibitions
2010 – Studio 46 • Tel Aviv • collaborative projects
2007 – Featured in Mindprint Art Catalog
2007 – Art performance - painting on the big wall • Studio Salame 26 • Tel Aviv

APPLIED & COMMERCIAL WORK
2010 – Illustrator & Creative • Zarmon Goldman • Tel Aviv
2011 – Illustrator & Creative • OmekLeTodaa • Israel
2010 -11 – Music Album design • Igayon
2012-2020 – Commercial design: packaging and branding, food and beverage products • Israel
2012-2020 – Commissioned portrait works, private clients
2012-2020 – Freelance animation and graphic design

COLLECTIONS
Works are held in private collections in Israel and the United States, including acquisitions through auction.

AUCTION
2025 – "The Eye of the Soul" • Bidspirit, Sadikov Gallery • Israel

ARTISTIC BIO
Born in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel. Father of three children.
Grew up on stage from an early age, first studying classical ballet and later performing as a child actor in a professional theatre. Many of his paintings are conceived as theatrical mise-en-scènes, with events, figures and symbols unfolding across the stage-like space of the canvas.
"There are stage curtains hidden along the edges in almost all of them."

EDUCATION
Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Industrial & Design Studies • Ukraine
Architecture & Interior Design • Tel Aviv College

LANGUAGES
English • Hebrew • Ukrainian • Russian

ONLINE
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