Leo Ray

Born in 1950, in , , Since 1991 lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Graduated and Works in painting, graphics, small-scale sculpture. Head of the painting program in BASIS School of Sculpture (2006-2014).

Solo Exhibitions

2017 Collages, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv Infinite Painting, St. Louis University Museum of Art, Saint Louis 2016 Infinite Painting, KCCC Exhibitions Hall, Klaipeda, Lithuania 2014 Painting is the Expression Longing, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan 2013 This and This, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv 2010 Azure, Artists' Residence, Herzliya Drawings, BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yannay 2009 Paintings, Sv. Jono Gatves Galerija, Vilnius 2008 Passers By, Opal Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 2006 Recent Works, the Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan BASIS School of Sculpture, Beit Yannay 2005 White Landscape, the Municipal Art Gallery, Ramat Hasharon 2004 It's Not Him, the Municipal Art Gallery, Raanana The Veil Cultural Center, Kfar Shemaryahu 2002 Qadima Contemporary Israeli Art Gallery 2001 Opal Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel BASIS School of Sculpture, Eyn Vered 2000 "The Green House" of the Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv Opal Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel 1997 Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Rosh Ha Nikra Gallery, Rosh Ha Nikra 1995 Birds, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Drawings, LA Galerija, Vilnius 1993 Portraits, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv 1990 Ciurlionis Museum, Kaunas

Duo Exhibitions

2008 With Kazuo Ishii, Lietuvos Aido Gallery, Vilnius 1996 With Anton Staykov, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

Group Exhibitions

2014 The 5th Lithuanian Exhibition of Calligraphy, Klaipeda

2013 The Anatomy of the 21st Century, Arka Gallery, Vilnius 2011 The 4th Exhibition of Lithuanian Art of Penmanship, Vilnius Calligraphy on Sails, Klaipeda 2010 Traveling Letters, Lahti, Finland 2009 The 4th Lithuanian Letter Art Exhibition, Klaipeda Traveling Letters 2009, Vilnius 2005 Chicago Contemporary & Classic, USA 2004 Art Miami, USA Lilla Europa 2004, Bergooska Huset, Hallsberg, Sweden 2003 Caesarea Old City Gallery, Caesarea, Israel 2002 Salons 1999, 2000, 2001, Laureats And Nominees, The Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania Lilla Europa 2002 – 2nd Biennale of small-scale painting and printmaking, Hallsberg, Sweden 2001 The 11th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria 2000 Big Format, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Lilla Europa 2000, Bergooska Huset, Hallsberg, Sweden Small Format Engravings Salon, the Florean Museum, Baia Mare, Romania 1997 The XIX Independent Print Exhibition, Kanagawa, Japan The International Print Triennial, Bitola, Macedonia 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 1995 Autumn Collection, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv Meditationen 1995, Minoriten-Galerien, Graz, Austria Autumn Collection, the Prints exhibition, Cabri Ramat Gan Museum, Ramat Gan The Medal Art Symposium Members Exhibition, The Telsiai City Museum, Lithuania 1994 Instant Recognition, Center of Contemporary Music, Dresden, Germany 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 1992 Ayala House, Tel Aviv 1991 The Susanne Dellal Center, Tel Aviv Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv 1989 The Baltic Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius 1987 The Lithuanian Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius 1986 The Baltic Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius 1984 The Lithuanian Triennial of Medal Art, Vilnius, Lithuania

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

2000 The International Small Engraving Salon, Baia Mare, the Jury 1st prize 1987 The Lithuanian Triennial of Medal Art, the Jury Prize 1986 The Baltic Triennial of Medal Art, the Jury Diploma