Michael Rozenvain was born in Kiev, in the Ukraine in 1963.After studying at the Art School of Kiev, he completed his artistic studies at the Academy of Applied Arts in Lvov. In 1990 Rozenvain immigrated to Israel. In 2006 he relocated his family to Toronto, Canada, where he currently resides and spends his time painting. The Rozenvain’s also maintain a residence and studio in Whistler, Canada. While at art school Rozenvain met and fell in love with his wife Aleksandra Savina Rozenvain. Together, they have raised two extremely talented children, Barak and Miri Rozenvain. All four members of the Rozenvain family are professional artists.Michael Rozenvain has participated in many collective and solo exhibitions throughout his career. Countries in which his work has hung publicly include the Ukraine, Israel, South Africa, Turkey, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Russia and the United States of America.Along with his wife and children, Michael Rozenvain travels the world in search of inspiration. Each member of his family can frequently be seen sketching their favorite landscapes, city scenes and wildlife encounters. They share their sketches with each other and often compete to see who can best re-create the drawings in their own unique painting style. They spend countless hours in their studios together painting and brainstorming ideas. No Rozenvain painting is complete without explicit approval from each member of the family. This familial approach to painting ensures that every painting to leave the family studios is truly a masterpiece.Michael Rozenvain paints with thick oil paints with a wonderful array of colors on his palette in the impasto technique. He applies many layers of paint, thus creating the illusion of depth through his highly textured canvases. His use of palette reflections, combining several colors on the palette knife at once, are a highlight of his engaging works. His sense of composition, mastery of painting light, agile palette knife strokes, vibrant colors and passion for a wide array of subjects are all elements that make a Michael Rozenvain painting immediately recognizable.