Michael Khandros
(President of MKDR - Khandros Designs) was educated at Odessa
State College of Theater Design, Ukraine, Parsons
School of Design, New York, where he
received a BA in Sculpture, and an MA in
Theater Design.
He worked as an artist and designer for
the Odessa State Opera House in
Russia; as a
sculptor for the Ukrainian State
Restoration Workshop; and as design
manager for close to a decade at the
Excalibur Sculpture Bronze Foundry in New York; also as a designer-modeler for Jed Johnson and
Associates - the leading American
Interior Design company, New York. He also taught
Sculpture at the American Institute of
Art in Anzio, Italy.
Michael has been at the forefront of
many exciting projects. Among them:
Sculptor for the Hermitage Museum in
Leningrad, Russia; Sculptor and Restorer
for Iglava,
a 15th century castle in Czechoslovakia;
restoration and recreation of
chandeliers and historical lighting
fixtures at the Ohio State Capitol in
Columbus; creation of historic fixtures
for the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New
York; recreation in bronze ticket
windows and fixtures at the Grand
Central Terminal, New York recreation of
historic lighting posts for NYC College
in New York; and fashioning bronze
furniture for Sacks 5th Avenue in Miami.
He is the winner of numerous design
competitions, including one for a
Commemorative Medallion for US troops in
the Gulf War, by the Lorenz Alexander
Mint in Minneapolis.
Five of his Mezuzahs are on permanent
display at the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, Israel, and a bronze menorah he sculpted is at
the LarchmontTemple in Larchmont, NY.
At present he is the president and owner
of
Khandros Designs in Maplewood NJ, where he designs and restores works
of art for corporate and private clients
and museums.
