Art and designמארק ינאי
Marek Yanai
Marek Yanai is an Israeli figurative painter who works in watercolor and oil and is a senior lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
born 1946Watercolor portraitsPaintings of Jerusalem landscapesTeaching painting at Bezalel
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Marek Yanai was born in 1946 in Germany
Marek Yanai was born in Germany in 1946. He immigrated to Israel from Poland in 1957.
He graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 1970, where he studied with Yosef Hirsch. In 1973 and 1974 he studied Old Master techniques in Vienna and at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid.
In 1969 he founded the Teddy Puppet Theater and directed it until 1971. His paintings show Jerusalem landscapes and people, including watercolor portraits and everyday scenes such as solar water heaters, gas tanks and hanging laundry. His oil paintings are realistic and built in layers, following European methods of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Since 1996 he has been a senior lecturer at Bezalel, and he also teaches in his own studio. His teaching centers on painting from observation, drawing, composition and color theory. He lives and works in Jerusalem.
Milestones in Marek Yanai's life
- 1957
Immigrated to Israel from Poland.
- 1967
Received the Fenniger prize for young artists.
- 1969
Founded the Teddy Puppet Theater.
- 1970
Graduated from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.
- 1996
Became a senior lecturer at Bezalel.
- 1997
Received the Shoshana Ish Shalom prize for artistic creation.
- 2003
Received the Mordechai Ish Shalom prize.
- 2022
Held the solo exhibition On the Threshold at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem.
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