Leonid Zikeev Gallery Safed
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− | + | ('''Hebrew''': ליוניד זייקיב / '''Pronunciation''': Lei-oin-id Zee-k-eev / '''Translation''': Leonid Zikeev/ '''Definition''': Tzfat Artist Quarter Artist / '''Description''': Classically-trained artist whose works are noted as modern Tzfat classics) | |
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− | + | Leonid Zikeev arrived in Tzfat from Russia in 1991. He was one of the first artists from the Former Soviet Union to open a gallery in Tzfat after the Soviet Union collapsed and new Russian immigrants began to stream into Israel. | |
== Background == | == Background == | ||
− | Leonid Zikeev was born and raised in Leningrad where he studied art, first at the Kursk College of Arts and then at the prestigious Faculty of Painting of the Leningrad Academy of Arts. He specialized in the study of “Graphics and Moral Painting.” He arrived in Tzfat with the wave of Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union and established his gallery in the [[ | + | Leonid Zikeev was born and raised in Leningrad where he studied art, first at the Kursk College of Arts and then at the prestigious Faculty of Painting of the Leningrad Academy of Arts. He specialized in the study of “Graphics and Moral Painting.” He arrived in Tzfat with the wave of Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union and established his gallery in the [[Artist Quarter Safed|Tzfat Artist Quarter]]. |
== Style == | == Style == | ||
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== Exhibitions == | == Exhibitions == | ||
− | Zikeev maintains a permanent exhibition in Tzfat’s Artist Quarter, next to the | + | Zikeev maintains a permanent exhibition in Tzfat’s Artist Quarter, next to the General Exhibition. He has also participated in exhibitions in Finland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, Poland, the United States, Canada, Spain, Brazil and Yugoslavia. His works hang in private collections throughout the world. |
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[[Category:Safed]] | [[Category:Safed]] | ||
[[Category:Jewish Art]] | [[Category:Jewish Art]] |