Rami Meiri

Rami Meiri was born in 1957 in Ramat Gan

Rami Meiri was born in Ramat Gan on August 16, 1957, to Segula and Yitzhak Meiri. He has a brother and a sister.

From 1978 to 1982 he studied drawing, sculpture and painting at the Avni Institute in Tel Aviv. While a student, in 1980, he painted his first mural at Gordon Beach in Tel Aviv.

Meiri works with brush, charcoal and spray, and often uses the trompe l'oeil technique. His murals show real-life scenes and characters, often in black and white with light and shadow. His works include "The Scream" near the Azrieli towers in Tel Aviv and "Dancing Children" on Bialik Street in Ramat Gan.

He has painted murals in countries such as China, Brazil, the United States, Germany and Argentina, some commissioned by Israel's embassies. His murals are made with municipal approval, and he avoids work in private homes.

In 2002 he painted a mural in Tel Aviv of boys peeping into a women's changing room, as a tribute to the film "Metzitzim". After criticism from feminist activists and repeated vandalism, the Tel Aviv Municipality decided in August 2020 to remove it. Meiri did not oppose the removal. He is married to Rachel.