Ground Work Painting

Born in 1983, ryan rakover currently works and lives in Jerusalem, Israel Rakover graduated with a BFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (May 2005) February 2009 Rakover was awarded במיוחד מצטיינ from the government of Israel for Art Practices. In 2010 Rakover was an artist in residence - at the American Jewish University Los Angeles. Rakover's artwork makes constant reference to relocation and city life. Living and traveling throughout major urban areas of South East Asia, Europe, Middle East and Latin America have influenced the compositions, textures, and surface treatments of his work. Inspired by urban landscapes , graffiti, growth and destruction. Comprised of acrylic paint, spray paint and charcoal. Rakover's works can be found in corporate collections, as well as private collections across North America, Israel and Brazil. Rakover's paintings have been exhibited in New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angels, Jerusalem and Beijing. Rakover's artistic engagement began when his family moved from America to Hong Kong in is early childhood. After ten years living in Asia, residing in Hong Kong as well as Taiwan, his family moved to New York City, where, by then a teenager, he began formal art studies at the Art Students' League.