Amnon David Ar
1973 Born in Herzliya, Israel.
1993 - 1994 Studied Anatomy for the Arts with the painter Oswald Adler.
1995 Studied at Bezalel, Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem.
1996 Studied painting & drawing with the painter Abraham Bykov.
1990 - 1996 Freelance illustrator for book publishers, magazines, advertising agencies & the newspapers Maariv & Davar.
1996 - 2001 Yediot Tikshoret magazine network, Home Illustrator.
2002 - 2003 Maariv newspaper, home caricaturist.
2008 Painter of the Abba Eban stamp
for the Israel Post.
Solo Exhibitions
2004 Amnon David Ar - Painting, exhibition & catalog, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2005 Drawing & Several Paintings, exhibition & catalog, Bernard Gallery, Tel Aviv Israel.
2007 Exhibition & catalog, Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2009 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, exhibition & catalog, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2009 Solo exhibition - The Association of Painters and Sculptors – Jerusalem Artists House, Israel.
2011 Body & Light, exhibition & catalog, Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2017 Wie lange hält das Licht, exhibition, MZ Project room and Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
2017 Art Schöneberg, exhibition, Berlin, Germany.
2018 Keep going, exhibition, MZ Project room and Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
Group Exhibitions
1998 Group exhibition, Bat Yam Art Museum, Israel.
1999 Group exhibition, Bezalel, Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
2000 Observation Time, exhibition & catalog, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel.
2002 Portraits, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2005 Group exhibition, exhibition & catalog, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel.
2005 Group exhibition, the Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts, Israel.
2006 New Faces, Forum Gallery, New York, USA.
2006 Realisme Amsterdam Fair, The Netherlands.
2006 Arkansas Art Center, collectors show, USA.
2007 The Fine Art of Drawing – Modern & Contemporary Works on Paper, Forum Gallery, New York, USA.
2008 Time Tunnel, exhibition & catalog, Givataim Municipal Gallery, Israel.
2010 Collections, exhibition & catalog, Haifa Museum, Israel.
2010 Art Monaco fair, Monaco.
2011 A Road To Nowhere, exhibition & catalog, Ashdod Museum of Fine Arts, Israel.
2011 Fresh Paint Art fair, exhibition & catalog, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2011 True Colors, exhibition & catalog, The Soho Gallery, London, the Cube Gallery, Manchester, England.
2012 Fresh Paint art fair,exhibition & catalog, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2012 People & Places, Medici Gallery, exhibition & catalog, London, England.
2012 The Summer Exhibition, Medici Gallery, London, England.
2012 Art Any Way: Exploring The Wheel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2013 Face to Face Artists' self-portraits from the collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr., exhibition & catalog,
Arkansas Art Center, USA.
2018 VII. INT. Malerei Biennale Hamburg, exhibition & catalog, Germany.
2018 Shopping- exhibition & catalog, Haifa Museum, Israel.
2018 NordArt, International art exhibition, Büdelsdorf, Germany.
Forthcoming
2019 Group exhibition of the Shiff prize winners, The Tel Aviv Museum of art, exhibition and catalogue, March 2019
Prizes & Collections |
2008 Winner of the first "Haim Shiff" competition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2011 Participant at the "Cite Des Arts" residency project, Paris, France.
Works appear in many important collections, such as The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Len Balavatnic collection,
Shiff collection, Druck collection, Sabag collection, Braun collection, Shabtay collection, Brandais collection,
Sir Ronald Cohen among others.
Currently resides in Berlin, Germany.