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
2025
Solo Exhibition: "A Reddening Horizon", Tel-Aviv Artists House, Tel-Aviv
"Saturn Syndrome", Petach Tikva Museum of Art
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, Tel-Aviv 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
"Collagistas Festival #4", Stecca 3.0, Milan, Italy
2016
"Sculpture: Allegories of the Present", The Artists' House, Tel-Aviv
"Collagistas Festival #3", Kelderman en van Noort, Eindhoven, Netherlands
"Der Himmel ist blau", Bahnhof Kropelin, Kropelin, Germany
2015
"Collagistas Festival 2015", Tabya Art Space, Thessaloniki, Greece
"Paperworks 3", Upstream Gallery, Hastings-On-Hudson, New York, USA
2014
"Earth (Adama)", Apter-Barrer Art Center & Gallery, Ma'a lot –Tarshicha
Solo Exhibition: "Mostly Collage", The White House, Nir-Oz
2013
"The Art of the Book", Apter-Barrer Art Center & Gallery, Ma'a lot –Tarshicha
Solo Exhibition: "You Are Not Alone", Bahnhof Kropelin, Kropelin, Germany
2012
"Connected", Villa 1912, Kropelin, Germany
Solo Exhibition: "Mostly Collage", Rawart Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2011
"Middle Yeast", Palazzo Sant'Elia, Palermo, Sicily
Berry Sakharof "You Are Here" CD Design Collaboration, See Here
2010
Fresh Paint 3, Tel-Aviv
Solo Exhibition: "You Are Here", Rawart Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2009
Fresh Paint 2, Tel-Aviv
Solo Exhibition: "Tuna Cans", Zimmer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2007
“Connected”, Altes Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2006
Solo Exhibition: “Naked and Bare”, Dwek Gallery, Jerusalem
1997
Group Exhibit, Peer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1994
Solo Exhibition: “Objects” – Peer Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1993
“Blickwechsel – Instant Recognition”, Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv
1992
Yefet 28 Art Gallery, Jaffa
1986
“Small Sculpture” – Kalisher 5, Tel-Aviv