Alex
Zwarenstein was born in 1952 in Southern Rhodesia which is now
Zimbabwe, and at 17 he left Africa in search to master his craft and
studied in London at the Royal Academy of Art where he obtained his
Master’s Degree in painting. He has received many awards such as the
Royal Academy of Art Gold Medal and the Turner Traveling Scholarship. He
spent 10 years giving back to the art community by teaching at the
Harrow College of Art in England, Fashion Institute of Technology in New
York, the National Academy of Design, and the Art Students League.
Zwarenstein’s work has been featured in National Geographic documentary
“Water Towers of New York”, numerous magazines covers in the U.S and
Europe; he also was a cover Illustrator for Forbes Magazine and the
National Review. Alex had his first Solo Exhibition at the Eleanor
Ettinger Gallery in New York in 1988 and has had successful exhibitions
in the U.S., Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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