Artist statement
In my paintings I deal with questions about Israel, a charged and complex place in many aspects, I try to understand what i am I feel for him as an artist, and as a painter working in his territory and on his land.
I paint from deep listening to this place in many ways, the main one being commitment for the direct observation of the landscape, through the materials and colors found in it.
I read the ingredients in the landscape; Earth, vegetation and trees, to which I connect a reading of biblical, historical writings and poetry, Israeli and Palestinian, and learn about the connection between the innocent nature of the space and its informed interpretation.
Bio
Born in 1994, grew up in Kfar Yona, Israel.
Graduated with a bachelor's degree in fine art from Bezalel Academy, 2023.
Graduated with Master's degree in Fine Arts at Bezalel Academy, 2025.
Participated and curated the exhibition "The Conscious Fish" in Beit Yanai, 2018.
Participated and curated the exhibition "Mark of Cain" in Uriel 23 Tel Aviv, 2024.
Participated in the exhibition "BACK STAGE" in The New Gallery, Artist’s Studios Teddy, 2025.
Winner of the Cooper Scholarship to New York, a scholarship which is given once every two years to an outstanding student from the art department, 2022.
Winner of the Lorin and Mitchell Presser Award, 2023, for achievements in the field of painting.
Working as a teaching assistant for the artists Leah Avital and Yosef Crispel in sculpture and painting classes at the Bezalel Academy, 2022-2024.
Frame maker at "The Print House" photography workshop in Tel Aviv, 2023–2025.
Founder and curator of the archive of painter Hanna Shvily, sins 2022. hannashvily.art
contact
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