I bring objects into my studio that have been structurally transformed by nature and time. These can be pieces of wood, rope, or metal weathered by the sea, the forest, or the desert. I combine them with metal, textile, and other craft materials I create.
My works are a manifestation of a formula; a logic that underlies the balance of weights and shapes. Their forms inspire the viewer's senses, generate impalpable sounds, and activate a precise yet invisible system that communicates with reality on encrypted frequencies.
Ultimately, at the core of my work lies my desire to create an encounter with beauty. To fill the hole of emptiness with the beauty found in the simple but skillful act of a person who sews a garment for himself with a thread and needle. Beauty in the unconsciousness of the child playing with a tree branch and sticks it in the ground and then puts a pine cone on it. My art presents a complex result of a chain of simple craft actions or a game with elements and discoveries that allow you to sail for a moment in your imagination and fill the void with joy and emotion.
Education
2017 – 18 Postgraduate Fine Art Program, HaMidrasha College of Art, Beit Berl, Israel (with honors)
2009 Advanced Printing Course, Haystack Mountain School of Craft , Portland- Maine, USA
2008 - 09 Apprenticeship in traditional restoration techniques, Yair Mor Restoration Studio, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007 Summer course ,Etching & Paper printing workshop, Venice printmaking studio, Italy
2004 - 08 B.Des. Textile design, Printing Master, Shenkar Engineering & Design College, Israel, Graduation with distinction
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Solo Exhibitions
2020 34, The Herzliya Artists' Residence. Curator: Bar Yerushalmi
2019 Expectancy, Beit Uri and Rami Nehushtan Museum, Ashdot Yaakov. Curator: Smadar Keren
2019 ex-sisto, Art Place Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Nir Harmet
2013 Undoing, Periscope Gallery ,Tel Aviv. Curator: Irena Gordon
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Group Exhibitions
2023 Serial Process, The New Gallery – Artists' Studios Teddy, Jerusalem. Curator: Tamar Gispan-Greenberg
2022 Archipelago, Bat Yam Museum of Art, The Greenhouse Project of Mifal HaPais. Curator Avraham Kritzman
2022 Zumu Nahariya - A Life Work. Curators: Milena Gitzin Adiram, Shua Ben Hari, Shahar Ben
2022 Choshen, Group Exhibition, Bat Yam Museum of Art. Curator: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman
2021 To Look Far And Breathe Deeply, A Decade to Atelia Shemi,Kibbutz Kabri. Curator: Smader Schindler
2021 What Was Done And What Happened, Kupferman Collection, Kibbutz Lochlimi Hagatot. Curator: Tal Bechler
2020 Back to nature, The Jerusalem Botanical Garden. Curator: Hadas Maor
2019 Traces VII – Action Line, The 7th Biennale for Drawing in Israel, Jerusalem. Curator: Hadas Maor
2019 What Does the Mater Want, Givon Art Forum, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Nicolas Trezzi
2019 Fresh Paint 11, Art Fair, Curator Yifat Gurion and Raz Shapira, Tel-Aviv
2018 Exercises in Flexibility, Hayarkon 19 Gallery Tel-Aviv. Curator: Noga Davidson
2017 On The Edge – Israeli Paper, Muza Eretz Yisrael Museum, Tel Aviv
2017 Remote Viewing, The Mocak Museum of Contemporary Art in Krakow, Poland.
Curators: Agnieszka Scahar and Maayan Sheleff
2016 Under the Press of History, Jerusalem Print Workshop. Curator: Irene Gordon
2016 Sculpture: allegories of the present, Artists House ,Tel-Aviv. Curator: Irene Gordon
2015 Same Sky | Same Land, Pulchri Gallery, Hagne, Netherlands. Curator: Uri Tzaig
2015 Same Sky | Same Land, Ljgalerie Gallery Amsterdam, Netherlands. Curator: Uri Tzaig
2014 And the Winners Are: The Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curators: Noa Rosenberg, Maya Vinitsky
2014 Artist Wall ,Einat Amir hosts Moshe Roas, Art Cube Artists' Studios, Jerusalem
2014 Design Museum in the Artist's House, Artists House, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yuval Saar
2014 Woven Consciousness - Contemporary Textile Israel, Eretz Israel Museum Tel Aviv. Curator: Irene Gordon
2013 Traces V - Beyond Paper "The Biennale for Drawing in Israel", Jerusalem. Head Curator: Tal Yachas
2013 Fresh Design, Design Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 ICFF International Contemporary Furniture-Fair, New York, USA
2013 4th International Triennial of Tapestry, Poland
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Awards and Scholarships
2023 A grant to create a new Artwork of Mifal HaPais
2022 The Greenhouse Project of Mifal HaPais
2019 Teacher Artist Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and Sports
2018 Teacher Artist Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and Sports
2017 Excellence scholarship, MFA Hamidrasha College of Art, Beit Berl, Israel
2015 Same Sky Same Land, Scholarship 2015, Artistic director and curator, Uri Tzaig
2014 Ministry of Culture 2014 Award for Art and Design In the field of Textile Design, Israel
2014 The Jerusalem Print Workshop , Resident Artist scholarship, Israel
2010 Study Scholarship AIDA Foundation, Haystack Mountain School of Craft Portland- Maine, USA
2010 Honorable Mention Award, Cheongju International Craft Competition, Korea
2009 Award of Excellence. “Talente 2009”, Textile Excellence, Munich, Germany
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Collections
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art’s collection
Haaretz Art Collection
The Gottesman Family Collection
Private collections
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Contact
Moshe Roas
+972 50 7871148