Yohanan Delaunay-Israel

J/Y Delaunay-Israel was born in France. He has been living and working in Jerusalem since 2015. Trained at the I.A.V. of Orleans and the Villa Arson (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Arts) of Nice, he then, in parallel with his artistic activity, worked as a nurse, a care executive and a director of care in psychiatry.
At the end of his studies he decided to follow the voices of painting which, from the blown hands of Gargas to the prints of those of Jasper Johns in " Plongeur ", carried him from the banks of Support Surface to Motherwell and Ryman via Shi-Tao (" Les propos du Moine Citrouille amère ") and the ocean of Art Brut.
Thus since 1984, he has been creating series on canvas or paper with different techniques (watercolour, acrylic, inks, oil, charcoal, pastel) whose titles are often inspired by literature or music: Composition " 1984/1989, " Prémices " 1988/1990, " Desseins " 1991/1994 , " Curvas " 1994/1996, " Patrimoine " 2000/2004 , " Les Bijoux " 2002/2006 , " Ellis Island " 2004/2013 , " Epiphanies hierosolymitaines " 2017/2019, " Dances/Ricoudim "2016/..., " Long distance call " 2017/..., " Songs without word/Nigounim" 2020/..., " Fugues " 2016/..., " Lishma " 2018/...
Methodically, starting from principles of compos...

STUDIES

1974-1976 Institute of Visual Arts - Orléans
1976-1979 National School of Fine Arts- Villa ARSON –
Nice
1980-1983 School of psychiatric Nurse – G Daumezon
Hospital – Fleury les aubrais
1990 School of Health Executives – St Anne Hospital –
Paris
1999 EHESP School of Public Health – Rennes

1991 Scholarship from the Head Office for Cultural Affairs
in Région Centre
2015 Aid to olim artists : mention « particularly excellent »
Ministry of Allya and Intégration

SOLO EXHIIBITIONS
2021 - "Lishma 2018/2021 לשמה " Delaunay-Israel Studio
Kfar Etzion
2019 - « Hiérosolymitan Epiphanies » Delaunay-Israël
Studio Kfar Etzion
2017 - « News from past year » Delaunay-Israel Studio
Jérusalem
2016 - « Open doors » Delaunay-Israël Studio Jérusalem
2011 - « Le Pays Où le Ciel est Toujours Bleu » Gallery –
ORLEANS
2006 - Municipal Gallery - JERUSALEM
1998 - « Les Temps Modernes » Gallery - ORLEANS
1997 - « Le Carré » Gallery - LILLE
1997 - Louis Joseph Soulas School - Bazoches les
Gallerandes (Loiret)
1996 - Contemporary Art Center - Carré Saint- Vincent –
ORLEANS
1995 - Maurice Genevoix House - Saint Denis de l ‘Hôtel
1992 - Gallery Louis Guilloux School - ORLEANS
1989 - Contemporary Art Center - Carré Saint- Vincent
ORLEANS

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 - Nature and landscapes in Israeli contemporary Art
Curator Dr A. Agam Dali Phd. Natural history
museum Ramat-Gan Israel
2021 - "Alienation" Virtual exhibition Artsteps.com
Curator : Dr Avivit Agam Dali Phd
2020 - "Abstract" Virtual exhibition
Curator: Dr Avivit Agam Dali PhD
h...