In my artistic practice, I delve into the tension between beauty and hardness, exploring the juxtaposition of tenderness with violence. I delve into the realm of vulgarity while maintaining a delicate balance that challenges the uniformity of our visual culture today. Through my work, I aim to break away from aesthetic norms, embracing diverse painting techniques and fragments to resist conformity and search to increase the tension inside the action of painting and transform it into the viewer's reality.
Drawing inspiration from the history of painting and traditions within it, I engage in a dialogue between art and context, seeking to strip down contextual constraints and explore the concept of artistic freedom. My process is intuitive, often beginning with revisiting old paintings and adding layers until a narrative emerges, ultimately aiming to create a mysterious dark yet alluring image, in my paintings, I explore the dissonance between material and narrative.
Emotionally charged and driven by a profound desire, my paintings serve as a counter-reaction to societal issues, particularly stemming from the complexities of the situation in Israel where I was born. Through my reluctance to commit to an artistic style, I confront the visibility of social media and the algorithms that dictate narratives, sedating reality. Through my visual research, I strive to illuminate hidden truths and evoke discomforting reflections in viewers. This desire extends beyond mere representation; it invites viewers to construct their narratives, challenging conventional modes of thought through aesthetic inquiry and eclecticism. I aim to provoke a sense of tension and dissonance, akin to the fragmented nature of a dream, where the meeting of art and context becomes unclear. By transcending familiar signifiers into the realm of abstraction, I seek to create a space where viewers can engage with the complexities of the human experience.
As I navigate the intersection of narrative, abstraction, and signifier within the act of painting, my work serves as a container for empathy. By weaving together stories from history, current events, and personal biography, I aim to challenge viewers' perceptions of reality and invite them to question familiar narratives. Through subtle shifts and reinterpretations, I spark doubt and curiosity, encouraging engagement with the deeper layers of meaning embedded within each painting. Ultimately, my artistic research in painting catalyzes aesthetic inquiry, urging viewers to construct their own narratives and embrace the tension and dissonance inherent in the artwork—this process of challenging conventional perceptions and igniting curiosity. I aim to leave an imprint on viewers and mirror reality, especially the parts that lack representation in existing words.
1987 Born in Even Yehuda, Israel
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.
2009-2013 B.F.A, Department of Multidisciplinary Art, Shenkar College of Engineering,
Design and Art, Ramat Gan
2014 Screenprint Teaching, Visual Communication Department, Shenkar College of
Engineering, Design and Art, Ramat Gan
2014-2022 Art Teaching, Various Schools in Tel Aviv, Herzelia and Ramat Gan.
Awards and Scholarships
2012 Excellence Award in Printmaking, in memory of Aba Fromchenko
2013 Scholarship for residency and Co-Creation, University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA, in Collaboration with Shenkar College of Engineering, Design
and Art, Ramat Gan
About
Exhibitions
2024 My Hand Against My Heart, Framed, Berlin. (solo)
2023 Silver Linings Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (group)
2022 Blade Memory CCA: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv (group)
2021 Where Did The Kids go? Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (solo)
2020 Blade Memory CCA: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv (group)
2020 Continents and Oceans The left bank, Tel Aviv.(solo)
2018 Why Do Cockroaches Die On Their Backs? Ventilator, Shoken 6, Tel Aviv. (group)
2017 Agoraphobia Gabirol Gallery, Tel Aviv. (group)
2017 Beit Yad Labanim Indie Photography Group Gallery, Tel Aviv. (group)
2016 Sports Day Bata Vegrega, Tel Aviv. (solo)
2015 Juklook’s Service, The Jerusalem Artist’s House, Jerusalem.(solo)
2014 Gaza Surf Club, Gabirol Gallery, Tel Aviv.(solo)
Anti Mehikon, Anti Mehikon group, The Wall Gallery, Tel Aviv
Youth, Youth, Youth, Anti Mehikon group, Ankori HIgh School, Tel Aviv
The Law of Art, Anti Mehikon group, Gabirol Gallery, Tel Aviv