Flowers About Leonid Afremov Leonid Afremov was born on July 12th 1955 in Vitebsk, Belarus (formerly  USSR). He was raised in a traditional Jewish home;  his father was a shoe designer and maker, and his mother was a metal factory worker. Leonid Afremov graduated from Vitebsk Art School in 1978. In 1990 he immigrated to Israel. Years … More The Art of Leonid Afremov.