Ricardo Lapin

Ricardo Lapin is a plastic artist based in Israel. He was born at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1961. At age 16 he left to Israel at the times of Military "Junta". He began to study oil painting at age 10, and this discipline become a way of life: with more knowledge & experience, it continues till today.

My Artist Statement:

Art is a meeting between the individual and the universal, question marks about the human soul. I believe that the artist must reflect the "Zeitgeist" of the period he works. My own struggles and dilemmas, the culture and environment in which I live are present in every piece of work.
Painting for me is my inmost protected and stable place, like a priceless shelter. Always present, since my early childhood, despite changing situations and realities. A territory that can be built and changed endlessly, a meeting place for memories, fears, desires. Within the creative process everything has existence, without a name or definition, there is place where everything is possible and can be repaired. My work is born mainly from images, the imagery nurtured by experiences, stemming from memories and dreams, mine and from my family.
The artist work examines and describes the existence of man in this world, allows th...

From 1970- 1977> Studies at "Workshop Rio de la Plata", with the painter Eugenio Mariani, former disciple from the Uruguayan Constructivist School Taller Torres-Garcia.( Oil painting, Mural painting, use of the Golden Section, History of Art).
1984-1988> Studies at Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem- B.F.A., 1988 from the Faculty of Fine Arts.(Painting, Printing & graphic techniques, Sculpture, Drawing, theory of Art ).

He has participated in collective exhibitions and solo shows at Argentine (San Telmo Fair, Buenos Aires 1976 and Visual Arts Museum, Santa Fe & Jewish Museum, Santa Fe, 2013), Italy ( Palazzo del Comune- San Ginesio, Le Marque, 2012- Siena Art Institute, Siena, 2011 & Palazzo Giacomelli, Udine, 2011),Germany (The WhiteBOX Gallery, Munich, 2009), Croatia (Klovicevi Dvori Gallery, Zagreb, 2008), ) , Brazil (Estar Bem Decor, Loja de artes, móveis e decorações, 2017) and USA (The Jewish Center, New York , 2007) and in several galleries & Museums at Israel (the Kibbutz Artzi Gallery, Tel Aviv, 1989-TAL Stoobik Gallery, Ramat Gan, 2007/8- Beit Hagevulot Museum, Metula, 2008 - Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv, 2009 - The New Gallery of Bat-Yam's Art Institute, Bat-Yam 2013 - Gallery 58, Holon, 2016-