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Nathan Sawaya, a lawyer in New York, has given up legal matters, in which he has already been successful, to build himself a new life as a Lego artist. In 2001, he quit his job as a corporate lawyer. Sawaya, a 36-year-old, is now an artist who builds custom three-dimensional models and large-scale mosaic from Lego toy bricks. He has his unique way of building each bricks into a beautiful sculpture. In 2004, he won a nationwide search for a professional Lego Master Model Builder. He has opened his own art studio in New York and is officially recognized by The Lego Group as a Lego Certified Professional. In 2007, he had his first exhibit in Spring at the Lancaster Museum of Art. “The Art of the Brick” is the first major museum exhibition in the U.S. that focuses solely on the use of Lego building blocks as an art channel. New York Lawyer is Now a Lego Artist is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →