Michael Kerzner was born in Kiev, Ukraine, in 1964 and went on to graduate from the High Academy of Art in Kiev with top honors. After graduation, Kerzner became a member of the Kiev Artists Association and participated in exhibitions around the U.S.S.R. In the early ’90s, he moved to Israel and began to teach art but he also continued to paint, and his works have appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions around the world.