Iris, a renowned Israeli designer and a graduate of Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy, brings her love of nature's bounty and grace to each creation which leaves her studio.

"All my paintings are taken directly from things which I see and experience.
I can sit in a Rock concert and see the lighting and the smoke, and suddenly I no longer hear the music, but only see the colors and what I am about to paint later on"

The structure of the painting is an essential part of it. The eye completes the sequence and so makes the observation more active, expresses Dishon her attitude towards her work – not casual drawings, but design in drawing, as she puts it. The sense of continuity is created by the spots of color, which move on to the next drawing, or, alternatively, by a subject sequence. In addition to the fact we relate to each drawing as self defined painting, the combination of a few drawings as a series creates another, larger painting, with a designed richness. This provides the observer with a unique aesthetic experience.

Dishon conceives her work as being a part of an overall designing concept. In her paintings she does not tell a story, she portrays visions and shapes of powerful visual presence, visions that make a difference in the space they are in, and make it interesting.


Biography

1970-71                   Studied painting, sculpting and drawing at Oranim College of Art.

1971-75                   BFA from Jerusalem's Bezalel Academy of Art.

1975-80                   Head designer at Idan (major advertising agency in Tel Aviv) Working on                         campaigns for various political parties and commercial companies.

1980-83                   Art Director of leading Tel Aviv weekly Ha'ir.

1983-90                   Dishon (independent design studio), designing theater posters And                         commercial exhibitions in Japan, France, Germany and the U.S.A.

1990-93                   Olam Ha'isha (women's world) magazine, Art Director.

1993-96                   Dishon-Shy (design studio) designing restaurants and bars; Concept                         design for weekly supplement of Yediot Ahronot (leading daily                         newspaper). Run for four years.

1996               Dishon studio, designing and crafting furniture, fabric and decorative
                        art. Features in trade consumer magazines; set design of TV news and
                        talk show programs; designing a new line of hand-painted fabric for
                        Paltechnica – an Israeli office furniture company. 

Exhibitions

1983               The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; group show with a number of   Bezalel                        Academy graduates

1989               Poster exhibition for Israel's 40th anniversary.

1997/8,2001 Israeli Design Exhibition: furniture, lighting and pictures.

2002             Castra Gallery, Haifa: theatrical designs.

2004              New York: Art Expo
                       Ein Hod: Chairs.

 





 

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