Yair Garbuz

Yair Garbuz

Yair Garbuz (Hebrew: יאיר גרבוז, born 1945) is an Israeli artist. He was director of the art school at Beit Berl Teachers Training College for 12 years.[1]

Biography

Yair Garbuz mural, Carmelit station, Haifa

Yair Garbuz was born in Givatayim, Israel.[2] In 1962-1967, while a member of Kibbutz Kfar HaHoresh, he studied painting under Raffi Lavie. He also attended the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv. Since his debut in 1967, Garbuz's work has been exhibited in dozens of one-man shows and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad.

In 1973-2009, Garbuz taught at Hamidrasha, the art school of Beit Berl Teachers Training College, which he directed from 1997. He has also taught at the Avni Institute, Tel-Hai College, and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem.[2]

Awards and recognition

Yair Garbuz won the Emet Prize in 2004.[2] His painting has been described as "adept in the poetics of loneliness, constantly lighting fires that signal from one mountaintop to the next an ironic wish to belong."[3]

Published works

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