Raphie Etgar

Raphie Etgar (born August 1947, Jerusalem) serves as Curator and Artistic Director of the Museum on the Seam since its initiation and establishment in the year 2000. The exhibitions he initiates and curates deal with issues at the center of public discussion and in the spirit of human rights and civic duties and a commitment to bring moral and social change through contemporary art, and to examine reality and the conflicts it bears in its local and universal contexts. One of the objectives declared by the museum is to create dialogue in face of disagreement. The museum was chosen by the New York Times as one of the 29 leading art venues around the globe.

In 1972, Etgar graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.

During the years 1980-1995 Etgar was widely considered as one of the most prominent poster designers in Israel. He created over one thousand posters and prints for most of the theater plays in Israel as well as to the main cultural events that took place during those years. In 1995, following the murder of the late Yitzhak Rabin, Etgar initiated privately, for the first time, a poster for the event that eventually became a stepping stone and an icon for his work, and would later open his solo exhibition at the Israel Museum.

In the course of these intensive years of creation, Etgar was invited to lecture and direct projects in academies and art institutions throughout Europe, including:

Akademie der Künste, Berlin \ National College of Art and Design, Dublin \ Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna \ Hochschule der Künste, Zurich \ Akademija Likovnih Umjetnosti, Sarajevo \ Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf \ Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart

During the years 1990-1999, Etgar was invited to serve as an Art Director and Artist in Residence to the renowned S. FISHER publishing house in Germany. As part of his work he initiated a project that incorporates many leading authors and creates art works inspired by their books. Project "Bücher werden Plakate" involved Noble Prize winning authors such as: Nadine Gordimer, J. M. Coetzee and Kenzaburō Ōe among others. His work with these renowned authors created a unique dialogue between the artistic and literary worlds that enriched the reading experience through the visual one.

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