Bio and Exhibitions
Over the past thirty years, Avi Yair has lived and worked in Tel-Aviv. Various artistic mediums have interested him and over the past fifteen years, collage and assemblage have become the center of his artistic efforts. Yair works with readymade, primarily printed matter dealing with history and geography such as maps, old atlases and magazines, as well as easily accessible materials such as tuna cans, paint brushes and figurines.
Through the process of cutting, tearing, gluing, and reassembling, He assigns these materials a new role, steering them away from their original purpose. Working in this way allows him to conduct intimate dialogues with the past and create new narratives, new worlds, new perspectives. These dialogues have also found their way into his work in etching and lino-cut, mediums he has pursued for over ten years. Furthermore, these endeavors enable Yair to explore issues of immigration, conflict and identity, as they touch upon the individual's personal history in addition to the events of the 20th century.
Selected Exhibitions
2022
Solo Exhibition: "Rear Window", Urban Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2021
"The 18th International Asian & African and Mediterranean International Art
Exhibition", Tagus Center of Arts, Hangzhou, China
"Empty Columns Are A Place To Dream", Birr, Offaly, Ireland
Solo Exhibition: "Peopleless", Urban Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2019
"Collagistas Festival #6", Maison du Peuple, Brussels, Belgium
"Taanugot" ("Delights") - Small Format Etchings, The Artists' House, Tel-Aviv
2018
"Back Shortly", Zadik Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Solo Exhibition: "Topographic Iconography", Urban Gallery, Tel-Aviv
"What If?", KAOS Festival, Kranj, Slovenia
"Collagistas Festival #5", Temple Bar + Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
2017
Solo Exhibition: "Believe, The Day Will Come", Zadik Gallery, Tel-Aviv
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"Collagistas Festival #4", Stecca 3.0, Milan, Italy
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2016
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"Sculpture: Allegories of the Present", The Artists' House, Tel-Aviv
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"Collagistas Festival #3", Kelderman en van Noort, Eindhoven, Netherlands
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"Der Himmel ist blau", Bahnhof Kropelin, Kropelin, Germany
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2015
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"Collagistas Festival 2015", Tabya Art Space, Thessaloniki, Greece
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"Paperworks 3", Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, USA
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2014
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"Earth (Adama)", Apter-Barrer Art Center & Gallery, Ma'a lot –Tarshicha
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Solo Exhibition: "Mostly Collage", The White House, Nir-Oz
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2013
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"The Art of the Book", Apter-Barrer Art Center & Gallery, Ma'a lot –Tarshicha
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Solo Exhibition: "You Are Not Alone", Bahnhof Kropelin, Kropelin, Germany
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"Scopophilia", online exhibition: http://thescopophiliablog.blogspot.co.il/
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2012
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"Connected", Villa 1912, Kropelin, Germany
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Solo Exhibition: "Mostly Collage", Rawart Gallery, Tel-Aviv
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2011
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"Middle Yeast", Palazzo Sant'Elia, Palermo, Sicily
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Berry Sakharof "You Are Here" CD Design Collaboration, See Here
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2010
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Fresh Paint 3, Tel-Aviv
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Solo Exhibition: "You Are Here", Rawart Gallery, Tel-Aviv
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2009
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Fresh Paint 2, Tel-Aviv
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Solo Exhibition: "Tuna Cans", Zimmer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
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2007
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“Connected”, Altes Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany
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2006
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Solo Exhibition: “Naked and Bare”, Dwek Gallery, Jerusalem
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1997
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Group Exhibit, Peer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
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1994
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Solo Exhibition: “Objects” – Peer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
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1993
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“Blickwechsel – Instant Recognition”, Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv
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1992
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Yefet 28 Art Gallery, Jaffa
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1986
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“Small Sculpture” – Kalisher 5, Tel-Aviv