Ram Samocha

Ram Samocha was born in Israel in 1966. He holds a B.F.A from the Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem and a M.F.A in Drawing from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. His work draws from the locale and the location of its creation. The majority of his time is spent drawing, painting and sculpting works that derive from his personal experience. His art does not portray descriptions of existing situations, nor does it examine political realities, but rather deals with these issues through observing the singular, private, and intimate.

Within the work Samocha consider drawing to be a significant and independent artistic form and in particular during the past seven years drawing has become the main media that he used to express himself. His interest in painting, sculpture, design, writing and motion continues to be reflected through the media of drawing. He combines drawing with installation, new media and live performances, and thus further explores the encounter between the artifact and the audience, the process of creation and reception.

Ram Samocha presently resides in Ontario; his work is part of various museum and private collections and has been shown in Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Mexico, the United States and Canada.

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