Tsibi Geva

Tsibi Geva was born in 1951 in Ein Shemer

Tsibi Geva was born in 1951 in Kibbutz Ein Shemer. His father, Yaakov (Kuba) Gever, was an architect, and his mother, Franka Gever, was a painter. His older brother is the artist Avital Geva.

At 16 he enrolled at the Avni Institute. He studied at the Midrasha School of Art in Ramat HaSharon from 1976 to 1979. A 1984 scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation let him study at the New York Studio School from 1985 to 1987.

His work mixes graffiti, sculpture and abstract expressionism. He has shown solo exhibitions since 1979, including at the Israel Museum, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Haifa Museum of Art. His works are held in collections such as MoMA and the Jewish Museum in New York.

Since 1989 he has been a professor of art at the University of Haifa, and he has taught at Hamidrasha School of Art at Beit Berl College since 2011. He has also curated exhibitions. He lives and works in Tel Aviv and is a father of 3.