Amikam Bar Garma
| Amikam Bar Garma | |
|---|---|
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| Born | December 6, 1947 Jerusalem |
| 💼 Occupation | Artist, Sculptor, Painter |
| Style | Expressionism, Romance, Color Field Art |
Biography[edit]
Amikam Bar Garma was born in Israel on the 6th of December, 1947. He graduated (1965) with his studies in the professional high school for art "Wizo France" at Nahlat Yitzhak in Tel Aviv in drawing, graphics, ceramics, and sculpture as a major.
Amikam Bar Garma studied technology and ceramic design in the Bezalel academy (1971) and opened a ceramics studio in Herzliya named "Netzer Kadarim" where he practiced applied ceramics in design and ceramic sculpture. Followed by a few years of intensive ceramic and ceramic sculpture practices he ran his course in ceramic sculpture and in the year 1983, returned to practice drawing.[1] In 2019, 45 years later, his ceramic pieces are sold as vintage products at all auction houses in Israel.
During the years 1968-2019 Amikam displayed numerous painting exhibitions in Israel as well as in museums and galleries worldwide.[2][3][4]
After studying pedagogy in the tuition college of Beit Berl (1988) and progressing in art history and psychology at the Open University (2001) he began teaching art and painting at the culture department cathedra of Herzliya city. In other times he founded in Petah Tikva a painting school acknowledged by the Education and Culture Ministry of Israel (2018).[5][6][7]
Artistic style[edit]
In his artistic career, Amikam practices different styles that characterize the schools of painting during the '70s and '80s in the 20th century. In recent years, his pieces are characterized with a romantic approach while using expressive and symbolic values and imagery from the world and natural environment in which he lives.[8]
Recognition[edit]
In the year 1965, he received a scholarship from America-Israel Cultural Foundation for young artists. He is a member of the Israel Painters and Sculptors Association (2003). Amikam Bar Garma is found in the "Israel Artists" records at the Museum of Jerusalem.
Amikam Bar Garma exhibited at MIIT Museum, Turin, Italy which is affiliated to the MIIT Museum at Rome[9][10], as well as in Satura gallery, Genoa[11], Italy as well as in the Cultural Center Art Museum ZIL in Moscow.
Exhibitions[edit]
Single artist exhibitions - painting[edit]
- Exhibition Hall (2017) - The City Culture Hall of Petah Tikva
- Yad Labanim Ramat Hasharon (2003) - "A guardian you are to me and a studio"
- Yad Labanim Haifa (2002) - "A guardian you are to me and a studio"
- The Culture Hall - Yad Labanim Kfar Sava (2001) - "A guardian you are to me and a studio"
- Yad Labanim Museum - Ra'anana (1994)
- Gallery - Ha'sharon - Herzliya (1988) - under the auspice of Herzliya's city hall
- "Berger" Gallery - Berlin (1985) - "Impression"
- Embassy of France Israel (1972) - Ceramic sculpture
- First professional exhibition (1968) in Katz Gallery at Dizengoff street, Tel Aviv, together with his artist teachers. "After the war"
Group artist exhibitions[edit]
- Cultural Center Art Museum ZIL, Moscow (2019)
- Satura Art Gallery, Genoa (2019)
- Internationl Museum MIIT (2018) - Turin, Italy
- Chagall House Gallery (2019) - Haifa, Israel, "Breakdown of Conventions"
- Chagall House Gallery (2019) - Haifa, Israel, "From Holocaust to Revival"
- Tribute to Chagall (2016) - Painters and Sculptors Association Haifa and North
- Annual Exhibition (2006) - Painters and Sculptors Association Haifa and North
- The Culture Hall (1998) - Kfar Sava
- Bat Yam (1996) - Department of Education
- "Peasant Yards" Museum Kfar Tavor (1994)
- Arad - (1988) Artists house
- Mevo'a - (1986) Discount Bank Kfar Sava
-
The storm A - 2018
-
The storm B - 2018
External Links[edit]
- Amikam Bar Garma in the Information Center for Israel Art website, Israel Museum
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Satura Art Gallery, Genoa
- MIIT Museum, Turin
- MIIT Exhibition - Turin
- Cultural Center Art ZIL Museum, Moscow
- Russian television interview showcasing Amikam's art, Moscow
- America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- Historical Katz Gallery at Dizengoff street, where Amikam had his first exhibit, 1968
- Bezalel
- Beit Berl College
- Open University
- Amikam Bar Garma on Gvanim Bekav - artist's gallery website
- Art by Amikam Garma
References[edit]
- ↑ http://www.gvanim-art.org/ArtSchool/viewaboutimg.php?id=3
- ↑ http://www.gvanim-art.org/ArtSchool/viewaboutimg.php?id=4
- ↑ http://www.gvanim-art.org/ArtSchool/viewaboutimg.php?id=9
- ↑ http://maarachot.idf.il/PDF/FILES/7/110477.pdf
- ↑ https://amikam.art
- ↑ http://gvanim-art.org/ArtSchool/viewaboutimg.php?id=14
- ↑ http://gvanim-art.org/ArtSchool/viewaboutimg.php?id=15
- ↑ http://gvanim-art.org
- ↑ https://amikam.art/2018/07/08/התערוכה-במוזיאון-הבינלאומי-miit-בטורינו/
- ↑ http://www.torinotoday.it/eventi/shalom-pace-miit.html
- ↑ https://www.exibart.com/artista-curatore-critico-arte/amikam-bar-garma/
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