Ray Leo

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1950             Born in Vilnius, Lithuania

                      Graduated Vilnius University and Vilnius Academy of Arts

1991             Immigrated to Israel

                      Active in painting, graphics, small-scale sculpture

1993-2014   Taught at BASIS School

Since 2015  Teaches painting and calligraphy at BASIS For Art and Culture School

                      Teaches at CAN New Artists' Collegium.

Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1990    Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania.

1993    "Portraits", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

1995    "Birds", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

1995    "Drawings", LA Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1997    Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

1997    Rosh Ha Nikra Gallery, Rosh Ha Nikra, Israel.

2000    "The Green House" of the Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv.

2000    Opal Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2001    Opal Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2001    BASIS School of Sculpture, Eyn Vered, Israel.

2002    Qadima Contemporary Israeli Art Gallery, Israel.

2004    "It’s Not Him", The Municipal Art Gallery, Raanana, Israel.

2004    The Veil Cultural Center, Kfar Shemaryahu, Israel

2005    "White Landscapes", The Municipal Art Gallery, Ramat Hasharon, Israel.

2006    BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yannay, Israel.

2006    "Recent Works", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.

2008    "Passers By", Opal Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2009    "Paintings", Sv. Jono Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2010    "Azure", Herzliya Atists' Residence, Israel.

2010    "Drawings", BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yannay, Israel.

2011    "The Beginning of the Infinite"Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel

2013    "This and This", Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2014    "Painting is the Expression of Longing", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.

2016    "Infinite Painting", KCCC Exhibitions Hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania.

2017    "Infinite Painting", St. Louis University Museum of Art, Saint Louis, USA.

2017    "Collages", Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2017    "Infinite Painting Fragmented", BASIS for Art and Culture, Herzliya, Israel

2018    "LightAndShadow", prints and more from years 1994-2018, Gottesman Etching Center, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel

 

DUO EXHIBITIONS

1996    With Anton Staykov, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

2008    With Kazuo Ishii, Lietuvos Aido Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1984    The Lithuanian Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius, Lithuania.

1986    The Baltic Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius.

1987    The Lithuanian Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius.

1989    The Baltic Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius.

1991    The Susanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv.

             Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

1992    Ayala House, Tel Aviv.

1993    Instant Recognition, The Frederick R. Mann Auditorium, Tel Aviv.

             Autumn Collection, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

             Sinai - Berg des Bundes, Minoriten-Galerien, Graz, Austria.

             Contemporary Israeli Artists, Zagreb Museum, Croatia.

1994    Instant Recognition, Center of Contemporary Music, Dresden, Germany.

1995    Autumn Collection, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

             Meditationen 1995, Minoriten-Galerien, Graz, Austria.

             Autumn Collection, The Prints exhibition, Cabri, Israel.

             Ramat Gan Museum, Ramat Gan.           

             The Medal Art Symposium Members Exhibition, The Telsiai City Museum, Lithuania.

1996    Process – Space, The Baltchik City Gallery, Bulgaria

             International Triennial of Painting, Sofia, Bulgaria.

             Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.           

             The XVIII Independent Print Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan.           

             ARCO 96, Madrid, Spain.

1997    The XIX Independent Print Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan.

             The International Print Triennial, Bitola, Macedonia.

2000    Big Format, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

             Lilla Europa 2000, Bergooska Huset, Hallsberg, Sweden.

             Small Format Engravings Salon, The Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania. 

2001    The 11-th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria.

2002    Salons 1999, 2000, 2001, Laureats And Nominees, The Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania.

             Lilla Europa 2002 – 2nd Biennale of smallscale painting and printmaking,      Hallsberg, Sweden.

2003    Caesarea Old City Gallery, Caesarea, Israel.

2004    Art Miami, USA.

             Lilla Europa 2004, Bergooska Huset, Hallsberg, Sweden.

2005    Chicago Contemporary & Classic, USA

2009    Travelling Letters 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania,

             The 4th Lithuanian Letter Art Exhibition, Klaipeda, Lithuania.

2010    Travelling Letters, Lahti, Finland.

2011    The 4th Exhibition of Lithuanian Art of Penmanship, Vilnius, Lithuania

2011    Calligraphy on Sails, Klaipeda, Lithuania.

2013    The Anatomy of the 21st Century, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2014    The 5th Lithuanian Exhibition of Calligraphy, Klaipeda, Lithuania

 

WORKS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Vilnius Museum of Arts, Lithuania.

Kaunas Museum of Literature, Lithuania.

Telsiai City Museum, Lithuania.

Naisiai Medal Museum, Lithuania.

Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Zagreb Museum of Arts, Croatia.

Baltchik City Gallery, Bulgaria.

Grafikens Hus, Mariefred, Sweden.

Moscow Vuchetich Sculpture Funds, Russia.

Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania

The Municipal Art Gallery, Raanana, Israel

The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel

Ein-Harod Museum, Israel

 

PRIZES AND AWARDS

1986    The Baltic Triennial of Medal Art – The Jury Diploma

1987    The Lithuanian Triennial of Medal Art – The Jury Prize

2000    The International Small Engraving Salon, Baia Mare, The Jury 1-st prize

 

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