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Sculpture: Modeling in Clay, Mixed Media
Leonid Lerman was born in Odessa where he studied drawing and sculpture at the
Odessa School of Art and the Professional School of Mosaics and Woodcarving. He
received his M.F.A. from the Mukhina College of Art and Design in Leningrad in 1979,
and emigrated to New York during the following year. In 1980, he received the James
Wilburt Johnston Sculpture Award in Washington, D.C.
Before leaving Russia, he was commissioned to create wooden sculptures in
public parks and gardens in Odessa, Ukraine, and a monumental war memorial in
Kazakhstan, formerly a Russian Republic.
His work has appeared in numerous exhibitions including On the Edge: the
Sculpture of Leonid Lerman at Duke University Museum of Art in 1988.
His teaching experience includes New York Sculpture Center, University of Art
in Philadelphia, New York University, Fashion Institute of Technology and International
School of Art in Umbria, Italy. In addition to the Art Students League, Mr. Lerman is
currently teaching drawing and sculpture at the New York Academy of Art and is a
visiting professor at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He is represented by
McKee Gallery, New York.
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