Joshua Griffit

Born 1951, Tel Aviv, Israel.
I'm a collector of images from any source possible: history of art, advertisements, movies, childhood memories, self-conscious nostalgia, second hand longings, etc.
The painting is created as a collage: expropriating natural environment and connecting the image to something more, ranging from images and associations, and a calligraphic stream of consciousness. The painting looks like a stage: some lit, some focused, some in darkness and partly implicit.
Painting at its best is similar to poetry: sometimes lean and precise, sometimes hearty and vague. I have no preferences. I want to be surprised with myself every time and curiosity drives me.
The voyage is unknown, the first stain on the fabric and the result at the end is what inspires me to go back to the studio every morning for another day of poetry in color.

Graduate of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Florence, Italy.

Selected One-person Exhibitions:

1973 Old Jaffa Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
1974 Graphic 3 Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1980 Tourel Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1982 Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1983 Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 Goldman Art Gallery, Haifa, Israel
1985 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1986 Small Maimad Visual Arts Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1987 Herzliya Museum, Israel
1988 Small Maimad Visual Arts Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1988 Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1988 Herzliya Museum, Israel
1989 Jack Gallery, New York, U.S.A
1991 The White Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1991 Tivon Art Gallery, Israel
1992 Noga Gallery, Herzliya, Israel
1992 The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel
1993 Navon Art Center, Neve Ilan, Israel
1993 Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery, Israel
1995 Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel
1995 Arad Museum, Israel
1996 Beit Yad Labanim, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
1996 Danon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
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