Abeshaus was born in Leningrad. In the mid 70’s, Abeshaus founded and headed the art up "Aleph,” - a circle of Jewish non- conformists artists from Leningrad. He emigrated to Israel in 1976, with most of the “Aleph” members. His early Leningrad and Israel style is characterized by biblical images like Adam and Eve, Judith, Jonah, and Jacob, portrayed as eternal models of psychological qualities inherent in human nature.