Raphie Etgar - CV

1980-1990 - Etgar is considered one of the leading poster artists in Israel. During these years he paints hundreds of posters, mainly for the theater, receives awards and was invited to give lectures in academies around the world.

1990-1999 - invited to serve as the in-house artist for one of the leading and most prestigious publishing houses in Germany, S. Fischer. During his stay with S. Fischer, he works with leading authors in Germany and abroad and paints hundreds of book covers inspiring the unique project, “posters following books”. During these years, his posters are shown in solo exhibitions in a prestigious list of museums and biennales around the world.

1999 - Back in Israel, Etgar establishes the first socio political contemporary art museum in Israel, The museum on the Seam in Jerusalem ,moved by the pressing need to bring about dialogue, understanding and existence side by side in the region. As art director and curator of the Museum, he mounts exhibitions on topics that are on the public agenda and in the spirit of human rights. Etgar acts out of a persistent faith in his goal to bring about change and an expansion of social consensus, all this through the help of artists from around the world and relevant contemporary art.

2000-2005 - Etgar initiates an international art poster exhibition entitled COEXISTENCE that begins a journey around the world motivated by the universal and growing need to make it possible for more and more people around the globe to acknowledge the right of the other to exist and to think differently about each other. The exhibition calls for mutual respect between people, nations, religions and in every place it visits it inspires discussions, meetings, art workshops and many more activities. The exhibition's journey moves forward for its fifth continuous year, visiting many cities and invited to visit many more in the years to come.

Traveling the world

2001

Jerusalem
Belfast
Luxembourg
Sarajevo

2002

Berlin
Zurich
Berne
Copenhagen

2003

Cape Town
Vienna
Prague
Amsterdam
Miami

2004

St. Petersburg
Boca Raton
Sarasota
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Washington D.C.

2005

Tucson
Austin
Houston

2006

Auckland, New Zealand
San Paulo, Brazil

2007

New Brunswick
Hartford
Quad Cities

2008

EUROPE