Gathered Silent FacesUntitled (2023)
Acrylic and marker on reclaimed wood. A vertical composition of stylized, mask-like faces stacked together to form a collective human presence. Bold black outlines and turquoise accents create a balance between individuality and unity, while the natural wood grain adds warmth, texture, and an organic character to the piece.
Shmulik Granit
ืืื โ ืื ื ืืืจืกื ืืื ืคืชืืื ืืฉื ืฉืื: **An Israeli multidisciplinary artist, animator, and designer, living in Beit Elazari and working from his studio in Kfar Bilu. His practice moves between painting, object, animation, and digital image-making, exploring the space where memory, history, and popular visual culture meet. For more than two decades, he has worked at the intersection of art, media, and design.** He studied in the Department of Animation at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, graduating in 2002. He began his professional career as an art director at the Israel Broadcasting Authority, and later worked in branding and visual communication. In 2013, he co-founded RNGS Studio with Reuven Rosh, creating work for companies and organizations in Israel and internationally. Alongside his commercial practice, he maintains an independent artistic practice. His paintings are created on recycled wooden surfaces, skateboards, and found objects that carry traces of previous lives; the marks of time, wear, and erosion become an integral part of the work. At the center of his paintings are contemplative female figures, moving between memory and imagination, surrounded by animals, toys, symbols, and everyday objects that merge into a personal visual theatre. His artistic language draws from illustration, Pop Art, Art Nouveau, and early Israeli painting. His love of history and collecting objects flows into his work, where the past becomes a living material for constructing private mythologies. In recent years, he has also expanded his practice into generative AI-based creation, examining the changing relationship between the artistโs hand, the algorithm, and the machine. His works have been exhibited at Farkash Gallery in Tel Aviv, in the exhibition **โAdamaโ** in Rehovot, at the Givat Brenner Cultural Center, and in international art symposiums in Germany, Argentina, and other frameworks.
ืืื โ ืื ื ืืืจืกื ืืื ืคืชืืื ืืฉื ืฉืื: **An Israeli multidisciplinary artist, animator, and designer, living in Beit Elazari and working from his studio in Kfar Bilu. His practice moves between painting, object, animation, and digital image-making, exploring the space where memory, history, and popular visual culture meet. For more than two decades, he has worked at the intersection of art, media, and design.** He studied in the Department of Animation at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, graduating in 2002. He began his professional career as an art director at the Israel Broadcasting Authority, and later worked in branding and visual communication. In 2013, he co-founded RNGS Studio with Reuven Rosh, creating work for companies and organizations in Israel and internationally. Alongside his commercial practice, he maintains an independent artistic practice. His paintings are created on recycled wooden surfaces, skateboards, and found objects that carry traces of previous lives; the marks of time, wear, and erosion become an integral part of the work. At the center of his paintings are contemplative female figures, moving between memory and imagination, surrounded by animals, toys, symbols, and everyday objects that merge into a personal visual theatre. His artistic language draws from illustration, Pop Art, Art Nouveau, and early Israeli painting. His love of history and collecting objects flows into his work, where the past becomes a living material for constructing private mythologies. In recent years, he has also expanded his practice into generative AI-based creation, examining the changing relationship between the artistโs hand, the algorithm, and the machine. His works have been exhibited at Farkash Gallery in Tel Aviv, in the exhibition **โAdamaโ** in Rehovot, at the Givat Brenner Cultural Center, and in international art symposiums in Germany, Argentina, and other frameworks.
