Ronny Someck is an Israeli poet and author, whose works have been translated into many languages.
The Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art was an art biennial event held in the city of Herzliya, Israel.
Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures.
Sigalit Ethel Landau is an Israeli sculptor, video and installation artist.
Shy Abady is an Israeli artist. Over the years, Abady created "biographical" series, which followed individual figures .Other series addressed historical-political themes .In some other series,, Abady examines the language of art itself and the aesthetic influences and relationships between Western-Christian art and Jewish-Israeli art. Abady's work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions in many galleries and museums in Israel and abroad.
Visual arts in Israel refers to plastic art created first in the region of Palestine, from the later part of the 19th century until 1948 and subsequently in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories by Israeli artists. Visual art in Israel encompasses a wide spectrum of techniques, styles and themes reflecting a dialogue with Jewish art throughout the ages and attempts to formulate a national identity.
The Negev Museum of Art is an art museum in the Old City of Be'er Sheva, Israel. The building is the former Governor's Mansion, built in 1906 by the Ottomans as part of government edifices that include the Seraya and the local mosque.
Miriam Cabessa is an Israeli-American painter, performance and installation artist. Cabessa was born in Morocco, raised in Israel, and has lived and worked in New York City since 2000. Her slow action painting has been internationally recognized since 1997 when she represented Israel at the Venice Biennale. Over the past two decades, she has abstained from using brushes, opting to make marks with objects and her body. Her imagery ranges from organic to mechanistic with surfaces that are both haptically handmade and digitally serene. Cabessa has shown extensively in the U.S., Europe, and Israel.
Andi LaVine Arnovitz is an American-Israeli printmaker and multimedia artist.
Dalia Levin is an Israeli museum director and art curator. She was director and chief curator of Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art in 1993-2014 and chief curator of Petah Tikva Museum of Art in 1988–1993.
Michael Sgan-Cohen was an Israeli artist, art historian, curator and critic. His oeuvre touches different realms of the Israeli experience and the Hebrew language, displaying a strong connection to the Jewish Scriptures. His works were nurtured by his extensive knowledge of Art history, philosophy, Biblical Texts, Jewish thought and Mysticism, which in turn illuminated all these pursuits. His engagement with Judaism and the Bible as a secular scholar and his vast knowledge of modern and contemporary art contributed to the development of a distinctive approach which combined Jewish and Israeli symbols and images to create a multilayered and contemporary artistic language.
Daniel Landau is an Israeli entrepreneur, artist, and researcher. His work in the field of virtual reality has been presented in museums, festivals, and conferences worldwide. Landau is involved in the Israeli startup scene, developing behavioral assessment and learning tools using virtual reality.
Tamar Raban is an Israeli artist, who also creates and works in performance field. Founder and Artistic Director of Performance Stage, Ensemble 209 and the ZAZ Festival. She is one of the most prominent performance artists in Israel and her performances have been exhibited in Israel and abroad in festivals, theaters, galleries, museums, shelter 209 and in performance stage. Co-founder of the Dan Zackheim 209 Shelter for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Art in Israel Founder and Artistic Director of the Performance and Ensemble Stage 209.
The Israeli pavilion houses Israel's national representation during the Venice Biennale arts festivals.
The Jerusalem Biennale, is a biennale taking place in Jerusalem, Israel, every odd year since 2013. As stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
The Jerusalem Biennale, as stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
The Jerusalem Biennale, as stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
Dr. Ido Noy is a curator and historian of Jewish art and history, folklore, popular art and ephmera.
Ram (Rami) Ozeri is the Founder and Director of the Jerusalem Biennale. He was born in Jerusalem.
Shai Azoulay is an Israeli painter. Azoulay lives and works in Jerusalem and is a faculty member of the Fine Art Department of The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
