Biography followed by Resume

I was 11 when I realized what art meant to me. At the time I was visiting Holland and seeing Rembrandt's original oil paintings. The power of the visual language: The depth of the emotions he portrayed coupled with the mastery of rendering the human body, even its soul, hit me like nothing I have seen before or since. The life I have lived and the experiences I have gained have only confirmed my feelings. 

When I returned I attempted my very first drawing, a portrait of my favorite poet in charcoal from a black and white photograph. I did not know that I could sharpen a charcoal and had no reason to expect much of the outcome. Yet I was pleasantly surprised. 

Having experienced the emotions art can create and being encouraged by what I believed was my own yet-undeveloped potential I wanted to paint more than anything else. 

However, growing up in a small economy and a technocratic society art was not perceived as a viable career choice. I pursued other studies. I completed a BS in Chemistry, with honors, and an MBA. I moved to the US, on my own, when I was 23. I completed the first year of Art School prior to leaving Israel and later continued to take art classes at the New York Academy of Art for four more years.  I started exhibiting my work in 2000. 

liron Sissman, liron, artist
Neither time nor a different life course changed my love. On the contrary, the longer I did not paint the harder it became to keep not doing it. Encouraged by my collectors, I took the leap of leaving a career as a Director of Finance for a public company in order to pursue art full-time. 

I am inspired to paint daily by the mere fact that I can finally do so.   

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Selected Solo Shows

2007   Nature as a Metaphor, The Donald B. Palmer Museum, Springfield,  NJ
            Seeing with the Mind's Eye, Walter Skulski Art Gallery, Clark, NJ
2006   Visions of Landscapes, Johnson & Johnson World Headquarters Gallery, New Brunswick, NJ
2005   Speaking About Flowers, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ
            Visual Metaphros, Block Gallery, Montclair, NJ
2004   Flowers as Portraits, Waltuch Gallery, Tenafly, NJ

National Juried Shows

2007   The American Artists Professional League, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY (also in 2005)
2005   Hudson Valley Art Association, Newington-Cropsey Museum, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
            Taboo, Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ (Juror: Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic, Village Voice)
2003   Westminster Gallery, Bloomfield, NJ (Juror: Joseph Jacobs, Curator of American Art, Newark Museum)
2002   CAA, Ridgewood Art Institute, Ridgewood, NJ

Selected Group Shows

2008   The Four Seasons, Hudson Guild Gallery, (Chelsea) New York, NY
            Gallery Artists, Peter McPhee Fine Arts, Stone Harbor, NJ  (represented since '07)
            Gallery Artists, Sheldon Fine Art,  Newport, RI   (represented since '08)
            Gallery Artists, Courtyard Gallery, Mystic, CT   (represented since '08)
            Gallery Artists, Geary Gallery, Darien, CT   (represented since '07)
2007   Jourenyscapes, Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY (Two-person show)
            Spring Exhibition, Peter McPhee Fine Arts, Stone Harbor, NJ
            Leaving their Mark, Pomona Arts Center, Pomona, NY (Two-person show)
            RENEWAL Interpreted, The Art Center of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ
2006   Two Brushes with Flowers, Synagogue for the Arts, New York, NY (Two-person show)
            Artists' Showcase, Euro Art Gallery, Montclair, NJ  (Three-person show)
2005   C. Magor Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
            Spring Color, Galleria Nuova, Warwick, NY
            Celebrations, Glory, Heritage and Holidays, Perkins Gallery, Stoughton, MA  (Three-person show)
2004   Port of Call Gallery, Warwick, NY
            Geneva Gallery, Morristown, NJ
            Midday Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2003   Salmagundi Club Theme Exhibition Flowers, New York, NY (also in 2002)
            Salmagundi Club Women Artist Exhibition, New York, NY
2001   The Artist Gallery, Ridgewood, NJ
2000   Modern Masters, Madison Gallery, New York, NY
            Summer Showcase, Limner Gallery, New York, NY

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