Yitzhak Nir

Yitzhak Nir Autodidact painter. Former I.A.F fighter pilot, EL AL captain, CAAI aviation safety inspector & leader of a national campaign against car accidents.

1943 Born in Kibbutz Merhavya, Israel
1960 Art studies at Oranim Collage with Marcel Yanco - charcoal drawings
1978-1982 Art understudy with artists Ernest Fuchs and Wolfgang Manner, Austria - classical painting, tempera and mixed techniques
1980-1982 Art studies with Lev Steiman, Tel Aviv - mixed technique
1996-1998 Dr. Avital Haymen, New Haven University - Art history
2005-2011 Art understudy with artists: Wolfgang Manner, Zvi Malnovitzer, Dan Livni, Gad Ulman, Erez Aharon, Ben Tritt, Smadar Katz: Landscapes, portraits and composition.

Technique: Drawing, Gouache, Oil, Tempera, Acrylic, Prints, Mixed techniques

2012 Hareshonim Museum, Rosh Pina, Israel: Group exhibition “Birds”
2012 Neeman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel: Permanent exhibition “When thy enemy falls”
2012 Neeman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, Group exhibition “Birds - eye view”
2012 Antiques Museum, Jaffa, Israel: Group exhibition, “Birds eye view-Le Livre des Artistes Israeliens"
2012 Jerusalem Theatre: Solo exhibition
2007 Ben Rom Gallery, Caesarea, Israel: Solo exhibition
2000 El Al campus, Lod, Israel: Permanent exhibition, wall painting
1994 Blue Gallery, El Al campus, Solo exhibition
1991 Gallery Kibbutz Einat: Solo exhibition
1989 El Al campus, founder and maneger of the "Blue Gallery"
1989 Daniel hotel, Herzeliya, Israel: Solo exhibition
1986 El Al campus: Group exhibition
1985 El Al campus: Group exhibition
1980 Habima National Theatre, Tel Aviv: Group exhibition “Lev Steiman’s Student Artists”