Dafna Horev

Engaging with art for me is like diving into my micro cosmos self and beyond .
To my deepest feeling, the world that surrounds us, flowing through the human prism, pours into a deep and vast reservoir of our subconscious, emotions and souls, giving us its unique human interpretation. In the interface zone between the raw world of 'things in themselves' and the known interpretive world, in an alchemical-magical-synergistic process, art happens.
Flying cranes that embody for me the spiritual power to make a leap of faith into the unknown often pass through my works.
Primordial conch shells, guarding in their womb the secrets of eons, ripple reflections in which reality becomes an ever-changing impressionist vibration, heroes form mythological stories in which I find deep existential psyche truths, making an homage and personal interpretation of masterpieces - Thy all are the main subjects I deal with in my art.
To me, using gold paint in my works detaches the subject matter from the realistic context and elevates it to a metaphoric level. It grants a halo of secular holiness to human wonders, hopes and doubts.
I paint for many years. In recent years I have ...

I graduated graphics studies in the 'Technion's External Studies Section' in Tel Aviv, and the the 'Midrasha' school of art in Ramat hasharon, Israel. I have a degree in Education through Art from Bretton Hall Colledge of the University of Leeds - Israeli extention.

Exhibitions
'100 Women Artists in the World' - Nasdaq Building Big Screen Show, Times Square, New York, June 2023
• Rossocinabro Gallery, Rome, Italy, June 2022
• Carrousel du Louvre - Exhibition at the International Salon of Contemporary Art, November 2022
• 'Consciousness' - Art Exhibition at Palazzo Albrizzi Cappello, Venice, Italy, May 2022
• Digital Solo Exhibition, Artosino Gallery, New York, 2019
• Solo Exhibition, Metropolitan Gallery/Art Museum, Las Vegas, 2019
• Digital Exhibition on Billboards, Manila, Philippines, 2019
• 'Perception', Exhibition at Millepiani Gallery, Rome, Italy, 2019
• Online Winter Exhibition, Israeli Art Market Magazine, 2018
• 'Alchemic Body', exhibition at the Jorge Jurado Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia, 2017
• 'Visions', Anima Mundi, exhibition at the Palazzo Albrizzi-Capello in Venice, Italy, 2017
• 'Running Thoughts', exhibition at the Habima National Teater, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2016
• 'Colors in the Theater', exhibition at the Habima National Theater, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015
• The Big Exhibition', Israeli Art Market, Hangar 2, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2015
• Milan Expo 2015 International Contemporary Art, Trezzo sull'Adda, Italy, 2015
• 'Red', exhibition at the Municipal Gallery of Kfar Saba, Isr...