איליה גפטר - ברוך שובך לתחנה

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איליה גפטר - פורטרט עצמי 2006, שמן על בד.

CV

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia. 1980
Lived in Canada since 1995
Worked in Israel and in Italy since 2003

 

Education:

2004	Jerusalem Studio School; Jerusalem, Isreal
1999 - 2003	Maryland Institute College of Art; Baltimore, USA. BFA Summa cum Laude
2001	Studio Art Centers International; Florence, Italy
1999	York University; Toronto, Canada

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2011	"Spaces and Figures", Julie M Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2008	“Ilya Gefter: Paintings”, Golconda Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007	“In Contrast”, Leonardo Gallery, Toronto, Canada (two-person show)
2006	“Old World, New World”, Leonardo Gallery, Toronto, Canada (two-person show)
2002	“Works on Paper”, Maryland Institute; Baltimore, USA
2002	“A Year in Italy”, Veni Vidi Gallery; Port Perry, Canada
2001	“Encore”, Veni Vidi Gallery; Port Perry, Canada
2000	“Works Thus Far”, Veni Vidi Gallery; Port Perry, Canada

 

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011	New Acquisitions, Sterling Memorial Libraby, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
2007	Presences, Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007, 2004	Krasota, Magic Door Gallery; Sunderland, Canada
2005	Had Gadya, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2004	Work in Progress, Artspace Galley; Jerusalem, Israel
2004	Unusual Suspects, Gallery One; Toronto, Canada

 

Selected Grants and Awards:

2007, 2003	Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, E. Greenshields Foundation, Canada
2003, '01, '99	John Hirsch Scholarship for the Arts; JIAS Canada
1999	David Jacobs Full Tuition Scholarship; Maryland Institute, College of Art, USA
1999	Academic Excellence Scholarship; Maryland Institute, College of Art, USA

 

Teaching Positions:

2010	Durham College, Oshawa, Canada. Professor
2007 - Pres.	Ha-Tahana School for Figurative Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Instructor
2004 - 2008.	Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel. Instructor

 

Teaching Experience:

Painting and drawing classes
Seminars and workshops
Lectures on art and art history

 

Collections:

Works are found in public and private collections worldwide

ליחצו כאן לקטלוג של התערוכה האחרונה של איליה "Spaces and Figures" 
ליחצו כאן לאתר האינטרנט של איליה בו תוכלו למצוא עבודות, טקסטים, מידע, ועוד.


ולסיום, בחרתי טקסט של איליה שמדבר אליי במיוחד, ואחריו כמה מציוריו האהובים עליי.

Statement

I see my “vocation of the visual” as a search suspended between two “poles” which are the motives, and the justifications of my efforts. First, there is the experience of observable reality. This experience is highly subjective, personal, and intense. Second, there is the desire to attain an ever-elusive internal coherence of colors, planes, and lines on a two-dimensional surface.

My process is both intuitive and intellectual. For it revolves around the attempts to infuse a two-dimensional plane with subjective experiences, and to impart coherence and structure to the visual reflection of these experiences.

The process of my work is a dialogue between the subjective experience and the more objective ideal of order and harmony. My pieces, therefore, are always born somewhere between the Experience and the Ideal. As they grow, they strive to reach the unrepeatable particularity of the former and the utmost beauty of the latter.

2003

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