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Marina Korenfeld and Eli Bezimansky are an artistic duo working in many creative fields. Both are artists, combining world mythological stories with personal experiences and literary creations. They find the fullest expression of their artistic credo in the mystical poetics of ancient civilizations, in Babylonian mysteries and Kabbalistic numerologies, the art of alchemy and the austere simplicity of Zen. Their language is Symbolism. Marina is a printmaker; Eli is a sculptor and printmaker.
They've met in the US where they immigrated to in the 90s from Odesa, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia. Besides working on the art pieces of their own, together they organized "IDEA" - Aesthetic center for children in Brooklyn, with the focus on the process of training the imagination, which occurs through games and creative assignments during the courses in Russian, art, and sculpture.
Today, "IDEA" became a strong place of development for young intellectuals, artists, thinkers, community leaders and citizens.
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ELI BEZIMANSKY was born in the city of Moscow, an exuberant cultural center whose dazzling cosmopolitanism contributed to the formation of Eli's kaleidoscopic vision.
The richly nuanced emotional palette of Symbolism was a major touchstone in Eli's artistic development. Eli finds the fullest expression of his artistic credo in the mystical poetics of ancient civilizations, in Babylonian mysteries and Kabbalistic numerologies, the art of alchemy engendered by Hermes Trismegistus and the austere simplicity of Zen.
In 2019 Eli began taking welding at The Art Students League of NY. His work was selected two times for the Red Dot Exhibition as the Best in Show in 2014 and 2019.
Together with his wife Marina they teach painting, sculpture, and art history to kids of various ages (from 5 to 18 y.o.) at their Aesthetic Center for children called Idea in Brooklyn, New York. Their studio is a home away from home - a gallery, a school, an artistic gathering point.
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MARINA KORENFELD's immigrated to the United States from Odesa, Ukraine, with the diploma in Theater Arts and puppet building. She earned her BFA from the School of Visual Arts and later studied printmaking at the Art Students League of New York. A Merit Scholarship recipient and three-time Red Dot winner, she co-founded IDEA, an aesthetic center for children, with her husband Eli, where she teaches painting, drawing, and art history, and helps shape immersive art and theater camps and cultural enrichment program to Europe. Marina lives and works on Staten Island at the Bomzhstar Residence, a hybrid home, studio, and private museum.
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