Joshua GriffitIsraeli Pop Art Large Vintage Antique Auto Pink Oil Painting Americana, 1989

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1951 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel

Since graduating from the Fine Art Academy in Florence, Italy and his return to … Read more 1951 Born in Tel Aviv, Israel

Since graduating from the Fine Art Academy in Florence, Italy and his return to Israel, Griffit presents a fascinating and unique journey from etchings to realistic paintings, combining abstract textures with realistic images.

Griffit is a collector of images from any source possible, history of art, advertisements, movies, childhood memories, nature and the Land of Israel, self-conscious nostalgia, second hand longing etc.

His paintings, created as a collage, expropriating natural environment and connecting the image to something more, ranging from images, 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 back to the studio every day.”

Griffit lives and works in Israel. Griffit has exhibited at museums and galleries around the world including Art Basel, the International Biennial of Graphic Art in Italy, Yugoslavia, Germany, Austria and Norway.

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

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              The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel

1993              Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery, Israel

1995              Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel

1995              Arad Museum, Israel

1996              Beit Yad Labanim, Ramat Hasharon, Israel

1997              Praxis, Paris, France

1997              Neve Tzedek Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

1997              Kibbutz Machanayim, Israel

1998              The Beit Yad Labanim Gallery, Ra'anana, Israel

1999              The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel

2001              Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center, Israel

2001              Goren Gallery, Emec Izrael Academic College, Israel

2001              Castra Gallery, Haifa, Israel

2004              Givatayim Theater, Israel

2005              Petach-Tikva Performing Art Center, Israel

2008              Gallery 37, Williamstown, MA, USA

2009 Gerstien Gallery Tel Aviv, Israel

2009 Artists’ House, Tel Aviv,Israel

2011 City gallery , Kefar Saba, Israel

2012 Gal-on gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2016 Machon-Hamaim, City Gallery, Givatayim, Israel
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2017 Art on Campus, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

Group shows:
Israel, France, U.S.A., Germany, South America, Italy, Norway etc.

Museum Collections: 
Tel Aviv Museum, Israel.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Israel Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel.
Herzliya Museum, Israel.
The Open Museum, Tefen, Israel.
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Private collections:
Discount Bank, Israel. Mercantile Discount Bank, Israel. The Israel Phoenix Assurance Co Israel. IDB Holding Corporation Ltd, Israel.
Alon Israel Oil Company Ltd. Direct Insurance co, Israel. Etc. See less