1973 Born in Israel
1993–1994 Studied Anatomy for the Arts with painter Oswald Adler, Tel Aviv
1995 Studied at Bezalel, Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
1996 Studied painting and drawing with painter Abraham Bykov
1990–1996 Freelance illustrator for book publishers, magazines, advertising agencies and the newspapers Maariv and Davar
1996–2001 Yediot Tikshoret network magazine principal illustrator
2002–2003 Maariv newspaper principal caricaturist
2003 Teaching classes and lecturing both privately and in various institutions
2011 Residency in Paris
2013 Moved to Berlin
Currently resides in Berlin
2024 Extended Moments, Evangelisches Zentrum, Berlin
2020 Luftgeschäfte, Kunstverein Worms, Germany
2020 Luftgeschäfte, Kunstverein Schwetzingen, Germany
2018 Keep Going, MZ Project Room Maia Zink, Berlin
2018 Schöneberger Art, Berlin
2017 Wie lange hält das Licht, MZ Project Room Maia Zink, Berlin
2011 Flesh & Light, Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2009 The Association of Painters and Sculptors -Jerusalem Artists’ House
2007 Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam
2005 Drawings & Several Paintings, Gallery Bernard, Tel Aviv
2004 Amnon David Ar -– Painting, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
2024 Unhidden, Zemin Art Space, Berlin
2024 NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2024 MiniARTures, WG Gallery, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2024 Brushes for Freedom: An Artistic Tribute for a One-Year-Old Hostage, Spreespeicher Eventlocation, Berlin
2023 Portraits – Environments – Aquarelle, The Municipal Art Gallery, Rishon Lezion, Israel
2023 BBA-Künstlerpreis, Kühlhaus, Berlin
2023 First Person Plural, Israeli Supreme Court, Jerusalem
2022 OXO Gallery, London
2022 Wales Contemporary, The Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales
2022 Orangerie Schloss Schwetzingen, Germany
2022 Israel Street Song, Israeli Supreme Court, Jerusalem
2021 Portrait Drawings, The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv
2021 Museo MEAM, Barcelona
2021 Anna K., Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2021 Palacio Edificio Bantierra de Zaragoza, Spain
2021 Kunstpreis Sparkasse, Karlsruhe, Germany
2021 Dream, Kunsthaus RoZig, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Rosig, Kunsthaus RoZig, Los Angeles, CA
2020 SCOPE immersive, Miami, FL
2020 Parallel Vienna, Vienna
2020 Salon Hakubia, Jerusalem
2019 A Decade of the Haim Shiff Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2018 NordArt, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2018 Shop It!, Haifa Museum of Art
2018 7. Int. Biennale Hamburg: Malerei, Hamburg
2013 Face to Face, Artists’ Self-Portraits from the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr., Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR
2012 Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv
2012 People & Places, Medici Gallery, London
2012 The Summer Exhibition, Medici Gallery, London
2012 Art Any Way: Exploring The Wheel, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2011 A Road to Nowhere, Ashdod Museum of Art, Israel
2011 Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv
2011 True Colours, The Soho Gallery, London; The Cube Gallery, Manchester
2010 Shelf Life, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
2010 ArtMonaco’10, Monte Carlo, Monaco
2008 Time Tunnel, Municipal Art Gallery Givatayim, Israel
2007 The Fine Art of Drawing – Modern & Contemporary Works on Paper, Forum Gallery, New York
2006 New Faces, Forum Gallery, New York
2006 The Armoury Show Art Fair, New York
2006 Realisme Art Fair, Amsterdam
2006 Arkansas Art Center, Collectors’ Show, Little Rock, AR
2005 The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
2005 The Jerusalem Center for the Performing Arts
2002 Portraits, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2000 Observation Time, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
1999 Bezalel, Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
1998 Bat Yam Art Museum, Israel
Prizes
2021 3rd place, Boynes Emerging Artist Award, Melbourne, Australia
2020 Grand Prize winner of SeeMee In Transition International Competition, New York
2011 Participant at the “Cité des Arts” residency project, Paris
2008 Winner of the first Haim Shiff Competition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Comissions
2024 Official Portrait of the Protestant Bishop of Berlin-Brandenburg, Dr. Markus Dröge
2006 Portrait of Abba Eban stamp for the Israel Post
2006 Double portrait of Yossi Harel, Commander of the Exodus, and Lady Sharon Harel
Collections
Works appear in many important collections, such as The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Len Balvatnic Collection, Shiff Collection, Druck Collection, Sabag Collections, Braun Collection, Shabtay Collection, Brandais Collection, Stiftung St. Matthäus, Sir Ronald Cohen Collection, among others.
Martin Kiefer, Aya Lurie, Doron Lurie, Amnon David Ar, Light Years, Munich / München: Hirmer Verlag, 2025
Nord Art 2024, Büdelsdorf 2024 (Kunstwerk Carlshütte)
David Graves, New Realism in Contemporary Israeli Painting, London / Londres: Austin Macauley, 2023
Stephen C. P. Gardner, Drawing – A Complete Guide, London : Thames & Hudson, 2023
José Enrique González, ModPortrait, Zaragoza 2020 (MEAM – Museu Europeu d’Art Modern)
Dietmar Schuth, Amnon David Ar – Luftgeschäfte, Schwetzingen 2020 (Kunstverein Schwetzingen; Kunstverein Worms)
Doron Lurie, Reuven Rivlin, Tania Coen-Uzzielli, A Decade of the Haim Shiff Prize, Tel Aviv 2019 (The Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
7. Int. Biennale Hamburg 2018: Malerei, Hamburg: Kulturaustausch Hamburg-Übersee e. V., 2018.Svetlana Reingold, Shop It! Haifa 2019 (Haifa Museum of Art)
Nord Art 2018, Büdelsdorf 2018 (Kunstwerk Carlshütte)
Brad Cushman, Face to Face, Artists’ Self-Portraits from the Collection of Jackye and Curtis Finch Jr., Little Rock 2013 (Arkansas Art Center)Fresh Paint 5. Contemporary art fair, Tel Aviv 2012
People & Places, London 2012 (Medici Gallery)
Aya Lurie, A Road To Nowhere, Ashdod 2011 (Ashdod Museum of Art)
Fresh Paint 4. Contemporary art fair, Tel Aviv 2011
True Colours, London 2011 (Soho Gallery London; Cube Gallery Manchester)
Bob van den Boogert, Amnon David Ar, Flesh and Light, Tel Aviv 2011 (Mika Gallery, Tel Aviv)
Tami Katz Freiman, Shelf Life, Haifa 2010 (Haifa Museum of Art)
Mordechai Omer, Aya Lurie, Amnon David Ar, Tel Aviv 2009 (Tel Aviv Museum of Art)
Gideon Efrat, Daniel Cahana, Time Tunnel, Givatayim 2008 (Municipal Art Gallery Givatayim)
Bob van den Boogert, Amnon David Ar, Amsterdam 2007 (Galerie Vieleers, Amsterdam)
Bob van den Boogert, Drawings & Several Paintings, Tel Aviv 2005 (Gallery Bernard, Tel Aviv)
Lehai’m, Ramat Gan 2005 (Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan)Meir Ahronson, Aya Lurie, Amnon David Ar –Painting, Ramat Gan 2004 (Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan)
Batia Donner, Observation Time, Ein Hod 2000 (Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod)