Education
He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1998, with an Art History concentration.
He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting in 1998, with an Art History concentration.
He spent two of those years at RISD at the European Honors Program, studying in Rome. In 2003, he was awarded an Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from Columbia University. He is known for large scale paintings, landscapes and abstract images.
Handelman’s work has been shown internationally and has been featured in the United States of America Today exhibition at the Royal Academy in London.
He has participated in exhibitions at several prominent commercial galleries such as Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, Elizabeth Dee Gallery in New York, and Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Los Los Angeles He is represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Company in New New York