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Leo Svet is a second artist-name of the Leonid Tomilin professional artist. 

Today Leonid Tomilin's drawings are the result of more than 35 years of experimentation with technique and material (paper, graphite pencil).

Alexander Glezer, director general of the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City, USA, defined the direction of what Leonid Tomilin does as "figurative and abstract expressionism.

The conceptual task was to combine academic achievements in drawing with contemporary formal visual quests.

Intensive use of techniques more characteristic of painting (nuance, contrast, different tones), creates an impression of a watercolor. 

It is possible to classify the graphics of L. Tomilin as "expressive romanticism". In another case, it is "abstract expressionism". 

The range of subjects and forms is quite broad: from genre sketches and illustrations to abstract expressive compositions. 

Virtuoso laconic composition is the artist's philosophy. Huge arrays of drawing surfaces are covered by broad pencil strokes, more like brush strokes, and the use of pencils of different hardness allows for the achievement of maximum pictoriality of the drawing.

Education:

 South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D.Ushynsky (Odessa), the Faculty of Arts and Graphics, 1976-1980.

 Prydneprovs'ka State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architectural, the Faculty of Architecture. 

The Most Marked Exhibitions:

 • August, 1989 Gallery “Nil", Cologne, Germany 

•September 1995 Salon “Saint Just le Martel", Saint Just le Martel, France 

• July, 2000 Kagoshima, Japan 

• February 11-26, 2001 Exposition “Unknown Russia IV" in C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City, USA 

• December, 2001 II Biennial of Contemporary Russian Graphic and Sculpture in C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City, USA 

• March 12, 2002 Charity Auction “Russia to America" in Support of the 11th September Terroristattack Aftermath Liquidation in Grant Gallery in New York, USA 

• September, 2007 “Wind from East" in gallery “Griffon", Kiev, Ukraine 

• April 30 - May 4, 2008 “EuropArt 2008" in PalExpo, Geneva, Switzerland 

• February 20 - March 15, 2015 Group project "Inspired by Black Square" in "Mystetska Zbirka", Kiev, Ukraine 

• September 23 - September 28, 2019 Personal exhibition "Simboli" in "Via Dritta 22", Bordighera, Italy

Collections: 

Above 250 works are in private collections and galleries in Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, USA, Italy, New Zealand, Monaco and others.

Publications:

 • May, 2015 Interview in no. 3 «Art Reveal Magazine»

• September, 2015 Blog «Art Reveal Magazine» - press-release publication of Leonid Tomilin's project «Bonjour, Monsieur Malevich!», to the 100-th anniversary of Malevich's "Black Square".

Awards:

Finalist Awards in the Architectural Fantasy category of the International "ArchiGraphicArts" Competition of Architectural Drawing 2015-2016 


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Who is the artist?

Leo Svet is a second artist-name of the Leonid Tomilin professional artist. 

Today Leonid Tomilin's drawings are the result of more than 35 years of experimentation with technique and material (paper, graphite pencil).

Alexander Glezer, director general of the Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City, USA, defined the direction of what Leonid Tomilin does as "figurative and abstract expressionism.

The conceptual task was to combine academic achievements in drawing with contemporary formal visual quests.

Intensive use of techniques more characteristic of painting (nuance, contrast, different tones), creates an impression of a watercolor. 

It is possible to classify the graphics of L. Tomilin as "expressive romanticism". In another case, it is "abstract expressionism". 

The range of subjects and forms is quite broad: from genre sketches and illustrations to abstract expressive compositions. 

Virtuoso laconic composition is the artist's philosophy. Huge arrays of drawing surfaces are covered by broad pencil strokes, more like brush strokes, and the use of pencils of different hardness allows for the achievement of maximum pictoriality of the drawing.

Education:

 South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D.Ushynsky (Odessa), the Faculty of Arts and Graphics, 1976-1980.

 Prydneprovs'ka State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architectural, the Faculty of Architecture. 

The Most Marked Exhibitions:

 • August, 1989 Gallery “Nil", Cologne, Germany 

•September 1995 Salon “Saint Just le Martel", Saint Just le Martel, France 

• July, 2000 Kagoshima, Japan 

• February 11-26, 2001 Exposition “Unknown Russia IV" in C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City, USA 

• December, 2001 II Biennial of Contemporary Russian Graphic and Sculpture in C.A.S.E. Museum of Contemporary Russian Art in Jersey City, USA 

• March 12, 2002 Charity Auction “Russia to America" in Support of the 11th September Terroristattack Aftermath Liquidation in Grant Gallery in New York, USA 

• September, 2007 “Wind from East" in gallery “Griffon", Kiev, Ukraine 

• April 30 - May 4, 2008 “EuropArt 2008" in PalExpo, Geneva, Switzerland 

• February 20 - March 15, 2015 Group project "Inspired by Black Square" in "Mystetska Zbirka", Kiev, Ukraine 

• September 23 - September 28, 2019 Personal exhibition "Simboli" in "Via Dritta 22", Bordighera, Italy

Collections: 

Above 250 works are in private collections and galleries in Finland, Sweden, Germany, France, USA, Italy, New Zealand, Monaco and others.

Publications:

 • May, 2015 Interview in no. 3 «Art Reveal Magazine»

• September, 2015 Blog «Art Reveal Magazine» - press-release publication of Leonid Tomilin's project «Bonjour, Monsieur Malevich!», to the 100-th anniversary of Malevich's "Black Square".

Awards:

Finalist Awards in the Architectural Fantasy category of the International "ArchiGraphicArts" Competition of Architectural Drawing 2015-2016 

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When was Leo Svet born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1958