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Leo Ray

About the artist

Born in 1950, in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Graduated from Vilnius University and Vilnius Academy of Arts.

Since 1991 lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Active in painting, graphics, small-scale sculpture.

Taught at BASIS School 1993-2014.

Taught painting and calligraphy at BASIS For Art and Culture 2015 – 2019.

Teaches at CAN New Artists’ Collegium.

Artworks

EXHIBITIONS

SOLO

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 – “LightShade”, Gottesman Etching Center, Kabri, Israel

2019 – “Oasis”, FORTE gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2019 – “Summer-Autumn” THE ROOM gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

2019 – Infinite Painting, Villa Wenkenhof, Basel, Swtzerland

2019 – Infinite Painting, Between Two Worlds, Kurtz, Basel, Switzerland

2022 – “Creatures”, AP Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania

2022 – “Movement and Personification”, ART and About Gallery, Emek Hefer, Israel

2022 – “Between Dreams and Reality”, MS Evolutie, Basel, Switzerland

DUO EXHIBITIONS

1996 – With Anton Staykov, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.

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

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

2014 – Upstairs and Downstairs, the Municipal Gallery of Rishon LeZion, Israel

2015 – Travelling Letters 2015’, Vilnius, Lithuania

2016 – Teacher and Students, The Gallery of the Academy of Art, Telsiai, Lithuania

2018 – The Running Time, The Gallery of the Academy of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

2018 – Angels, Videniskiai, Lithuania

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

BIBLIOGRAPHY

  1. Choice, The Jerusalem Post Arts & Leisure Supplement, September 13,1991.
  2. The Jerusalem Post Magazine, November 5, 1993, Jerusalem.
  3. Ha Olam ha-ze, The “Globes” supplement, November 17, 1993.
  4. Autumn Collection, catalog, Bineth gallery, 1993, Tel Aviv.
  5. Instant Recognition, Artists’ Portraits Israel – East Germany, catalog Leipzig, 1993.
  6. Meditation 1993, catalog, Minoriten-Galerien, Graz.
  7. Contemporary Israeli Artists, catalog, 1993, Zagreb.
  8. Begegnungen, Artists From Sachsen and Israel, catalog, 1994, Dresden.
  9. Ray Leo, “Paintings 1994-1995“, exhibition catalog, Bineth gallery,Tel Aviv.
  10. Diena, September 22, 1995, Vilnius.
  11. Lietuvos Rytas, June 30, 1995, Vilnius.
  12. Lietuvos Aidas, September 20, 1995, Vilnius.
  13. Blich Baruch, “Nest for a Bird “(Ken le-Tsipor), Ha-Ir, April 28, Tel Aviv, 1995.
  14. Maariv, May 2, Tel Aviv, 1995.
  15. The XVIII Independent Print Exhibition, catalog, Kanagawa, 1995.
  16. Ray Leo, “Reflections”–paintings ’96-’97”, catalog, Bineth gallery,Tel Aviv.
  17. Process-Space 5, festival & exhibition catalog, Sofia, 1996.
  18. The International Triennial Of Painting, catalog, 1996, Sofia.
  19. Jankeviciute G., Lubyte E. “Skulptūra 1975-1990“, Aidai, Vilnius,1997.
  20. The XIX Independent Print Exhibition, catalog, Kanagawa, 1997.
  21. Levine Angela, A Feast Of Painting, The Jerusalem Post Magazine, June 27, 1997.
  22. OPAL Art Gallery, Gallery’s Artists Catalogue, Tel-Aviv, 2000
  23. Alon Ktzia, “Leo Ray”, Mehira Pumbit, May-June 2000, Tel Aviv.
  24. Lilla Europa 2000 – 1st Biennale of small-scale painting and printmaking, catalog.
  25. The International Small Engraving Salon 2000 – www.cmc.ro
  1. 11-th International Print Biennial Varna 2001, catalog, ASI Printing House, Varna.
  2. Non-Stop, The Vesti Supplement, December 6, 2001, Tel Aviv.
  3. Mehira Pumbit, January-February 2001, Tel Aviv.
  4. Mehira Pumbit, May-June 2001, Tel Aviv.
  5. Leo Ray Portfolio – “Portforleo“, catalog on CD, GraphicsGames, 2001.
  6. Lilla Europa 2002 – 2nd Biennale of small-scale painting and printmaking, catalog.
  7. Art Miami, 2004, catalog
  8. Leo Ray, It’s Not Him, paintings, text by Orna Fichman, catalog, 2004
  9. There Are Horses Without Dots, Tsomet Hasharon newspaper, 26.2.2004
  10. CREDIT No.20, the magazine of design and visual communication, January-February 2004
  11. Shaar hamathil, 2.3.2004
  12. Maariv, 5.3.2004
  13. Strange good demons, Haaretz 19.3.2004
  14. All creatures, great and small, Haaretz (English edition), 19.3.2004
  15. Hashavua, 24.3.2004
  16. Haim hadashim, 24.3.‏2004
  17. Leo Ray, Paintings 2004, The Old City Caesarea Gallery, text by Dalya Markovitch, catalog, GraphicsGames, limited edition, 2005
  18. Chicago Contemporary & Classic, catalog, 2005
  19. Galeria, Haaretz, 6/04/2006
  20. LEO RAY, Recent Works, catalog, hardcover, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2006
  21. Azure, The Artists’ Residence, Herzliya, 2010
  22. The Beginning of the Infinite, catalog, text by Ketzia Alon, Artists’ House, Tel Aviv, 2011
  23. Painting is the Expression of Longing, (Hebrew), catalog, hardcover, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel, 2014
  24. LEO RAY, Infinite Painting, brochure, Saint Louis University Museum of Art, 2017
  25. LEO RAY, Retrospective, catalog, Crow Publishung House, Tel Aviv, 2019