Lev Khesin, born in 1981 in Pensa, Russia, the son of an artist couple – father and mother icon painter – is a child of his time. Khesin has completed study trips in the US and Japan, and his works have also been exhibited in Italy, Russia, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia, attracted wide attention everywhere. Khesin works with silicone, a soft and murky material. In doing so, he often stirs the pigments into the transparent mass prior to the painting process, and partly spreads them during the painting process.
