Raffael Lomas

Artist, Educator/Teacher

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)

Doing

"To see far,that is one thing: to go there that is another " - Brancusi

sculpture