Kolodzei Art Foundation

For over thirty years the Kolodzei Art Foundation encourages a more diverse arts world and advancing knowledge of contemporary and nonconformist art of Eurasia.

Shimon Okshteyn

Ukrainian-American Shimon Okshteyn (1951 - 2020). Born in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, Shimon Okshteyn was a graduate of the Mitrofan Grekov Art College in Odessa, Ukraine. He lived and worked in the USA since 1980. His works are in many public collections including Whitney Museum of American Art.

Selected works from the Kolodzei Art Foundation

Shimon Okshteyn, Button, 2000
Shimon Okshteyn
Button, 2000.
Graphite, mixed media on canvas, 58 x 58 inches
Shimon Okshteyn, Still Life with Fruit and Game, 2006
Shimon Okshteyn
Still Life with Fruit and Game, 2006.
Graphite, charcoal on canvas, mixed media, frame, 81 x 96 x 8 in.
Shimon Okshteyn, 5 from the Reflections Series, 2007
Shimon Okshteyn
5 from the Reflections Series, 2007.
Graphite on canvas with mixed media on mirror, 81 x 99 inches
Shimon Okshteyn, Self-Portraits, 2012
Shimon Okshteyn
Self-Portraits, 2012. Set of 6. Silicon Rubber.
From the Kolodzei Art Foundation Collection at the exhibition ID ART/TECH: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation and Frants Family Collections at TMORA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2022.

For more information on Shimon Okshteyn visit https://www.okshteyn.com/

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