Shalom Brilliant, born in New York City in 1947, studied briefly at Pratt Institute but is largely self-taught in art. He holds an MA in History and a law degree, working nearly forty years as a trial lawyer, mainly with the Justice Department in Washington, D.C. He created many paintings and drawings, especially in recent years after retiring.

​The subjects and styles of Shalom’s work is varied, with the style often determined by the subject.  His earliest paintings tended toward surrealism of a kind one might expect from the 1960s college student that he was at the time.  His more recent paintings generally tend toward realism, impressionism, or cubism.  Having spent a lifetime in a professional career centered upon verbal persuasion, Shalom pointedly refrains from using art to express ideas that can be expressed verbally. 

 Shalom and his wife, Cynthia, live in  Raanana, Israel.