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About Me

Raffael Lomas

Sculptor

Born 1962 in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Currently lives Israel.
www.raffaellomas.net

A Journey as a Form of Art project.

The Voyage of the Screw 1995-2002
1995 - Materialization of the screw.
1998 - Florence, Italy.
2000 - Dachou, Germany.
The Art brut Collection in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The tomb of Vincent van Gogh near Paris, France.
2001 - New York, in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum.
2002 - India, the sources of the Ganga River in the Himalaya Mountains.:

Solo Exhibitions

2009- OK Harris. USA
Avingion , France

2008 - Kayama Gallery Tel- Aviv
Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery.Roma .Italy
Art Fair Bolonga ,Italy

2007 - Teffen Museum, Israel

2006 - Home Base – Israeli Art Week, NY
- Shanghai Art Fair.
- Tel Hashomer sculpture park, Israel

2005 - Broadway Windows, NYU, NY. November 19-2004 -January 3 2005
2002 - Raffael Lomas – The turn of the Screw, Long Island, NY, USA
1999 - Raffael Lomas - The presence of the Absence, Florence, Italy.

1999 - Raffael Lomas, ‘Foyer Degli Artiste Gallery’, Florence, Italy
1998 - Nitkei Tikkun,Yanko Dada Museum, Haifa, Israel. Curated by Mr. Yonah Fisher





Group Exhibitions

2008- Fresh –Paint .Tel Aviv
2005 - Sticks and stones, The making of a sculpture garden, Philadelphia, PA.
2004 –; Mars Gallery, Hobe Sound; Florida .Raffael Lomas-The Wheel Series
2004 - Visionaries, Makor Gallery (92st Y), Manhattan, NY.
2004 - Art in the Park, Key West National Park, Key West, Florida, USA.
2001 - Istanbul Biennale, Istanbul.
2000 - The Arturo Schwarz Collection, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel.
2000 - Outsider Art, Mersey, France.







Some of Raffael Lomas’ works are included in major collections such as the Pecci collection -
Florence, Fracaroli Collection – Verona, La-loga collection Florence; Arturo Schwarz Collection ,Milano.Italy. Tel-Aviv museum of art.Israel. The Open Museum Tefen .Israel. Brandies Bardin Collegiate Institute,USA









Reviews
2008- Grand Avignon 14 Jun .France
2007- The Topor Sculpture Garden pa. 15-16
Haaretz Art Magazine May 14 Israel.
2006- Bar –Ilan University .The Faculty of Jewish Studies pa .30
Art Shanghai Catalog pa.206
2004 NY Arts Magazine Vol.6 N 9 pa78
2002- Great Neck Record – Feb 14 .Pa 4
2002 - Greta Gruber; Independent Art Curator “around and again”
2001-Segnid Darte Magazine no.20 pa.2
2001 - Danielle Knafo; ‘The Metamorphosis of Raffael Lomas’
2000- Arturo Schwarz Collection.Tel Aviv Museum
1999 - Arturo Schwarz; ‘The Life of the Screw’
1998 - Mr. Dan Eban, Former Curator of the Israel Museum Art Collection, Jerusalem, Israel.



Lectures:
2009- The Israel Museum .Jerusalem. Israel
2005 – Makor .NY
2004 – Lishmah NY
2000 - Haifa University Israel
1999 - Bologna University .Italy


Artist in Residence:
2005 – 2009 Brandies Bardin Collegiate Institute, California


Awards

2003-2004 Artist Visa, USA.
2006 Excellency Grant from the Israeli Ministry of Integration.
2007 A Scholar at "Artist for Social Change " Program at the Naggar School.Jerusalem.
2009 Institute of International Education of America , Exchange Program.



Documentary Film

2009- Visual Workshop for the Blind .( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MvyIqGEH-0)
2003 Liberez la Vis; Co-Production France-Israel (http://beam-light.com/docu/docu.htm#vis)