Shimon Okshtein ( born Shimon Okshteyn ; born 1951 , Chernivtsi, Ukrainian SSR ) is a well-known contemporary American artist .
| Shimon Okshtein | |
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| Date of Birth | 1951 |
| Place of Birth | Chernivtsi Ukrainian SSR ) |
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| Study | Odessa State Art College. Grekova |
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Biography
Born in Chernivtsi in a family of immigrants from the Bessarabian Jewish agricultural colony Kapreshty . In 1970 he graduated from Odessa State Art College. Grekov . In 1979, he arrived in New York .
Okstein's works are in the collections of the New York Museum of Contemporary American Art of Whitney, the Brooklyn Museum.
Personal exhibitions
- 2007 - “Shimon Okshtein: Conversation with the Object.” State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. Center for Contemporary Art "M'ARS", Moscow.
Notes
- ↑ Record # 16643823f // general catalog of the National Library of France