Beni Gassenbauer

Living in Jerusalem for more than 40 years, I am attracted by the light that gives the city its unique atmosphere. It is this game between the transparent air on one side
and the shadows saturated with color on the other side that suggests a sense of secret mysteries.
My eye is also drawn by the city's mysteries through ancient gates, window openings, balconies, backyards and shadowed passageways, where I always finds
a vine arbor, a necklace of wisteria or a tuft of jasmine or bougainvillea, whose cool shadows highlight the architecture of white and gold stone. These secret
courtyards, gardens and stone stairs lead me to question what lies beyond the visible.
What medium could better express the intrigue of light, air, stone and sky than watercolor? This difficult medium, with no way to correct or alter, provides the necessary lightness and transparency. It allows me to paint -with poetry - the Mediterranean light that burst out in the brightness of the sun and penetrates the
deepest shadow, creating breathtaking, intense color contrasts.

Next exhibitions:
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- 2020 Ming Gallery of Art, Suzhou, China: solo exhibition, March 28th until April 12th, 2020 postponed
- 2021 Tirana International Watercolor Biennale, Albania: 13-24 March 2021, National Historical Museum, Tirana
- 2021 Indonesia International Watercolor Online Competition and Exhibition: from April 15th, 2021
- 2021 Galerie de l'Hopital, Morges, Switzerland: solo exhibition, November 13th-January 15th, 2022
_ 2022 Festival Aquarelle Mediterranee, Perpignan, France: May 12- 29, 2022
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International exhibitions:
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- 2020 Watercolor International Exhibition "We are together", Sare Gallery, Moscow, Russia: 19-30th December
- 2020 Re-Interpretation 2nd Zhuhai International Watercolor Exhibition: Zhuhai Taifeng Art Center, China
- 2020 Nanning International Watercolor Exhibition, Guangxi Art Museum, China
- 2020 Fabriano in Acquarello, Fabriano, Italy: online exhibition
- 2020 A.R.T. Taipei, Taiwan
- 2020 Jinan International Art Fair, Jinan (Shandong), China
- 2020 International Watercolor Exhibition, Shanghai, China
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- 2019 1st Olympiart, IWS India, New Dehli, India
- 2019 Re-Interpretation Zhuhai International Watercolor Exhibition, Zhuhai, China
- 2019 The 6th Silk Road International Ar...