juggling various media:

Alex's main professional interest in illustration is in portraiture / characters development and figurative art. He works in traditional and digital techniques, striving to stay in tune with new technologies, yet retaining traditional art fundamentals.

Throughout 20 years of his illustration and design career, Alex "juggled many balls", handling a large variety of illustration and design projects.

Working in various media, Alex enjoys adding new challenging projects to his collection of creative experiences.

 

brief BIO:

Alex graduated from the USSR State Art University with an MA in Illustration and Design in 1990. In 1992 Alex started his six years of work on info-graphics and illustrations in the news department of Maariv Daily Newspaper, Israel.

During Alex's work in Maariv, he won the 1995 Reuter Foundation's News Graphics Award contest for the best info-graphics artist. The award was given for a series of graphical portraits of major Israeli politicians and businessmen. These graphical portraits were used in the 1996 elections on the State Television News.

Since 1997, Alex has lived and worked in Toronto. He has been working on a variety of projects including court illustrations, storyboards, graphic design and multimedia works. Alex has worked for leading Canadian and International Broadcasters and Publishers.

In 2006, Alex received an Award of Excellence in the Society for News Design's (SND's) Annual Creative Competition for participation in The Toronto Star's News Design projects. He was nominated for the 2009 SND award for his info-graphical illustration of The Toronto Star's Investigative Story.

 

worked in the following Industries:

Advertising - Broadcasting / Media - Exhibitions - IT - Newspaper / Publishing - Movies - Retail

 

areas of expertise in illustration:

- 2D Animations - Book Illustrations - Cartoons - Character Development

- CHILDRENS' Illustrations - Courtroom Illustrations - Cover Illustrations - Editorial Illustrations

- Info / Instructional Illustrations - Logo, Icons and Vignettes - Portraits, Graphical / Traditional - Sensual / Figurative Illustrations

Awards and honours :

2006	Won Award of Excellence in the Society for News Design Annual Creative Competition for participation in The Toronto Star News Design projects in 2006.
1996	Participated in the International Info-graphics workshop “Show, Don’t Tell” in Pamplona, Spain in 1996.
1995	Won the 1995 Reuter Foundation’s News Graphics Award contest for the best info-graphics artist.

 

 

LIST of CLIENTS:

Publishers

Academia Kiado
Calgary Herald
Chicago Tribune
Edmonton Journal
Hamilton Spectator
Irwin Publishing
Maariv
MacLean's
National Post
Newsweek
Ottawa Citizen
Prentice Hall Canada
Regina Leader-Post
The Globe and Mail
The Montreal Gazette
The Toronto Sun
The Toronto Star
The Vancouver Province
Time Magazine
Saskatoon Star Phoenix
Vancouver Sun
Victoria Times Colonist
Windsor Star

Broadcasters

Associated Press
Canada.com
Canadian Press
CBC
CBS
CNN
City TV
CTV
FOX News
France Press
French TV Channel M6
Global TV
German 1SAT TV
Hadashot 2 TV

Advertising Agencies

BBDO Canada
Corus Entertainment
Grey Canada
Finesilver Design
High-Touch Comm.
Klick Communications
Lowe RMP
McLellan Group
Myriad Communications
Mystus Exhibits
Power Point Graphics
TD Waterhouse
Trace Pictures

Corporate

IATA
Indian Motorcycle
Hotspex
Masco Canada
Purolator Courier
Salvation Army
Scanvec
Scotia Bank
CPA