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Leon Bronstein has had a life of adventure that has taken him from the country of his birth in Moldavia, to the land of Israel.

An engineer and watchmaker by training, Bronstein’s vivid and active imagination ripened and evolved as he sought freedom with his family away from the constraint of the culture of his birth.

Bronstein, like many seekers, discovered within himself a source of strength and creative power that would generate an artistic vocation inspired with determination to express a reach for freedom.

The year was 1979, Bronstein could not find a job as an engineer or watchmaker, he needed employment, he could work with tools and had molded clay and worked with wood as a child. It was the beautiful grain of a piece of olive wood that motivated the sculptor to fashion a small figure at a wood shop in the Old City Caesarea.

It was through this statue that was so well received by a local shopkeeper that Bronstein’s new artistic direction was charted.

This combination of circumstances and the success of his first sculpture gave direction and purpose to his innate talent…

Photos / Ilustrations

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Leon Bronstein

Exhibitions

Selected Solo Exhibitions
THE TIME IS NOW - The Caitlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA.
2022
SLUMA – Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, MO, USA.
2020
Mary Martin Gallery, Charleston, SC, USA.
2015
Olly Garden, Ein-Hod, Israel.
2015
The “Olive Press Gallery”, Ein-Hod, Israel.
2009
Lawrence Gallery, Aspen CO, USA
2007
Triton Museum of Art Santa Clara, CA, USA.
2002
Caithlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA.
2001
Caithlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA.
2000
Caithlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, USA.
1999
E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen CO, USA.
1999
The Old City Caesarea Gallery, Caesarea, Israel.
1999
Caithlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, US.
1998
Caithlyn Gallery, St. Louis, MO, US
1997
International Russian Cultural Foundation Moscow, U.S.S.R.
1991
C.G. Rein Galleries, Edina, MN, US.
1991
The Willow Gallery, SOHO, NY, US.
1991
Artist Village, Ein-Hod, Israel.
1990
The Beachwood Museum, Cleveland, OH, US.
1989
Emil Leonard Gallery, SOHO, NY, US.
1989
Adam Art Center, Long Island, NY, US.
1987
Art Gallery of Harbor Citadel Caesarea, Israel.
1986
The Midtown Gallery Washington DC, US.
1984
Art Gallery of Harbor Citadel Caesarea, Israel.
1982
Selected Group Exhibitions
Lahaina Galleries Hawaii, USA.
2023
Lahaina Galleries Newport Beach California, USA.
2018
Lahaina Galleries Newport Beach California, USA.
2018
The Saint Louis University Museum of Art, Saint Louis MO, USA. “THE DREAM” – The Winter Family Collection and the Dreamer
2014
SOFA NY, New York, USA
2010
SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago IL, USA.
2009
SOFA WEST, Santa Fe NM, USA.
2009
Art Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
2007
SOFA NEW YORK, NY, US.
2007
SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago IL, US.
2007
SOFA NEW YORK, NY, US.
2006
SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago IL, US.
2006
Art Miami, Miami Fl, US.
2005
SOFA NEW YORK, NY, US.
2005
SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago IL, US.
2005
Art Miami, Miami FL, US.
2004
SOFA NEW YORK, NY, US.
2004
SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago IL, US.
2004
SOFA NEW YORK, NY, US.
2003
SOFA CHICAGO, Chicago IL, US.
2003
Art Miami International, Miami, FL, US.
2002
Art Miami International, Miami, FL, US.
2001
Art21 Las Vegas, NV, US.
1999
ArteBA, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
1999
Art-98, Vancouver, Canada.
1998
Art Americas Miami, FL, US.
1995
Art Multiple, Dusseldorf, Germany.
1994
Art Miami International, Miami, FL, US.
1994

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