Biography

Leonid Gervits was brought up on a rich heritage of West European art. The artist is highly professional, as a result of serious academic training. The artist graduated from the St.Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts in an atmosphere of great art that had existed there for two centuries. Gervits had been teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg and continued at the New York Academy of Figurative Art (1991-1997). He has also taught at the Art Students' League (NYC) and giving workshops at different art institutions.

Principal Exhibitions

1998
Tweed Gallery, New York, NY
Classic Art Gallery, Carmell, CA
Chrysalis Gallery, Southampton, NY

1997
American Inaugural Exhibition - Design Center, Washington D.C.

1996
National Portrait Competition, New York, NY

1995
East-West Gallery, Midtown, New York, NY
Polo-Gallery, Edgewater, NJ
CASE Museum, Jersey City, NJ

Museums

Russian collection of Zimmerli Art Museum
Rutgers University, New Brumswick, NJ
Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
Russian Ministry of Culture, Moscow