Orna Ben-Shoshan

Born in a Kibbutz in Israel - 1956, living and working in Raanana, Israel.SpenOrna Ben-Shoshan's artwork gives the viewer a rare and insightful visit to places beyond consciousness. Her paintings release the imagination and extend the limits of ordinary perception. In her colorful scenes, which take place in a distant world, creatures and objects interact in unpredictable ways and are uninfluenced by the laws of physics.Artist Orna Ben-shoshan receives the images she paints through channeling. Unlike most artists, all of her paintings are completed in her mind before she transfers them onto the canvas.Orna's works infuse deep spiritual experience with subtle humor. Critics remark that each of her pieces is a world unto itself. The images are executed with intricate detail and seasoned by a multitude of colors and decorative patterns that are influenced by her work as a designer.During her career as a fine artist for the past twenty years, Orna has created a large body of work and is presently focusing on oil paintings. In addition to oil paintings, she creates computer art. These images are transformed into hand-decorated prints on canvas. Currently she also works as a freelance illustrator and textile designer.

Self-taught artist.ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS (Partial List) July 1982 121 Studio Gallery, Lancaster, PA November 1985 Kowan Gallery, The Parthenon Museum, Nashville, TN April 1987 Options Gallery, Nashua, NH December 1989 The Horn Library Gallery, Babson College, Wellesley, MA October 1990 Newton Municipal Gallery, Newton, MA December 1990 Salem State College University Gallery, Salem, MA June 1992 Bak Galley, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA November 1995 Newton Art Gallery, Newton, MA July 1998 Tzavta Theatre, Tel-Aviv, Israel March 1999 The Gallery at Yad Labanim, Raanana, Israel October 1999 Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem, Israel March 2000 Zionists of America house, Tel-Aviv, Israel May 2000 Aba Hushi Community Center, Haifa, Israel October 2000 Doxa, Tel-Aviv, Israel December 2000 Beit Gavriel, Kineret, Israel April 2001 Tzavta, Tel-Aviv, Israel Sept. - Nov. 2001 Mitzpe Hayamim, Rosh Pina, Israel Dec. 2001-Jan. 2002 Haichal Hatarbut Rishon LeZion, Israel 1 March- April 2002 Haichal Hatarbut, Karmiel, Israel Feb - March 2003 Glikman House, Ramat-Hasharon, Israel April ...

See them on my website: http://www.ben-shoshan.com/en/one-person-exhibition-list