Amir Shefet

Flowers, 2023,
Oil on canvas, 100X40 cm.
Signed and dated.

Amir Shefet (1978) is an Israeli artist who lives and works in the country. He acquired his artistic education through undergraduate studies in art and economics at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2004) and second-degree studies in arts at Bezalel (2013). In addition to his studies in Israel, Shefet also studied in Italy and New York, thus gaining knowledge and exposure to additional sources of inspiration. Shefet’s academic training in Israel and abroad did not prevent him from "returning to the sources" and learning from local masters, including the artist Aram Gershoni. His works have been exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Israel, including at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. His works are included in leading private and public collections in Israel and around the world, such as the Microsoft Collection, Bank Leumi, Bank Hapoalim, the Dubi Shiff Collection, and more. In his works, Shefet oscillates between meticulous realism and abstract expressionism. By combining these two styles, he attempts to delve into kitsch and then emerge beyond it into a more genuine and sincere realm. The images Shefet portrays recur repeatedly in his works. For example, one can also refer to the familiar flowers of the artist, which receive with each artwork a different meaning, emotion, and expression. These are created as a result of Shefet’s described process of "patchwork" work. The artist creates the image on the canvas, erases it or parts of it, and then returns to it again. These actions create tension between reality and imagination, between the viewer and the artwork as an object of observation.

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About: Amir Shefet

Amir Sheft, born in Israel, 1978, creates and works in Israel. In his works he ranges between meticulous realism and abstract expressionism. By combining these two styles, Shaft wants to dive into the kitsch, then go "beyond it", towards something more real, more honest. Sheft explains that his entire body of work encompasses the tension between shallow and deep, sweetness and fragility, irony, and faith... above all his paintings are a celebration of the rich possibilities inherent in painting.

Sheft ranges between the image as drawn by children, the image that is anatomically correct, and the image drawn from observation. His wok method feels like patchwork, he creates an image and erases it, and in between are these blocks, blocks of color in different designs, sometimes look like a wall or a background, but they often stand between the viewer and the image. Thanks to all this, his works create a feeling of an abstract work that can go on forever in any direction, an “all-over painting”.

Sheft is a graduate of the MFA program in art from Bezalel. His works have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world, starting with the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, and are in collections around the world, such as the Microsoft Collection, Bank Leumi, Bank Hapoalim, the Dobi Sheif Collection and more.