Yair Meshoulam is a maker of beautiful and extraordinary paintings and installations,as well as a musician and performer. Born n Haifa in 1963, he has lived in London since 1966. He studied at The Royal College of Art (MA Painting 1986-88), and at The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art (BFA 1982-5) where he won a scholarship from St Edmund Hall, Oxford University. He has been a professional artist since his training, currently with a studio in West Norwood. He has exhibited extensively in London, the UK and with the British Council overseas.
The paintings are mainly on board and on paper, with maximum dimensions of 1 metre. The subject matter ranges from the mythological to the magical to the mystical but in a contemporary or timeless setting. The style is figurative from the imagination -surreal, symbolic, magic realist - label it how you will. The influences on his work range from Magreitte to Matisse to Redon.
Some of the work on show on this website are in a number of private collections, and many recent works are for sale, prices range from £100 to £5000. If you would like to arrange a studio visit, or have some works brought to you for viewing, please email ymeshoulam@aol.com or call 07931 290 796 to make an appointment.
Exhibitions
2010 Late at Tate Britain 'Shards of Utopia' Lecture/Performance with Steve OunanIan. Barbican in Ron Arad Show Lecture/Performace with Steve Ounanian. Stoke Newington International Airport Lecture/Performance with Steve Ounanian.2009 Group Show Lambeth OpenLondonVideo Web project Bureua de Change' Bank of Hope http://www.stevenlevon.com/?cat=162008 Two Person Show 'Wall Street', Bureau de Change, Shunt, London Bridge LondonUrban Arts, Brixton, London2007 Open Studio ASC 246 Stockwell Road Brixton London2006 Group Show ‘Technology of Enchantment’ Gallery CVA @ Menier Chocolate Factory London'Around the Houses Two’ Brixton, London2005 Group Show 198 Gallery Brixton LondonGroup Show IJAYA Ben Uri Gallery @ Tram Studios Camden Town LondonOpen Studio ASC 246 Stockwell Road Brixton London2004 Open Studio ASC 246 Stockwell Road Brixton LondonGroup Show, 198 Gallery, Brixton, London2003 Selected Group ‘Director’s Choice’ - Work to be purchased by the Ben Uri Collection,London2003 Selected Group Show, Limmud, Conference, Bromley College, Kent2002 Selected Group Show, 291 Gallery Hackney, LondonSelected Group Show, Ben Uri, Jewish Artist of the Year, Angel, London 2001Selected Group Show, ‘Secret’, RCA, London Bowieart.com/Time Out2000 Selected Group Show, ‘Contemporary Ceremonial Art’, Succah, JewishMuseum, Camden Town, London1999 Selected Group Show, ‘Jewish Magic and Mysticism’, Jewish Museum, Camden Town, LondonHouse Show, Brixton, London1998 Solo Show ‘Androids, Robots and Golems’ Trevelyan College, DurhamUniversitySolo Show Works on Paper 1988-1998 Ozten Zeki Gallery, Brompton Cross,LondonGroup Show Ozten Zeki Gallery, Brompton Cross, LondonOpen Studio Show, Parade Mews Studios, Tulse Hill, London1997 Solo Show ‘Robots’, Ozten Zeki Gallery, Brompton Cross, London.Group Show, Ozten Zeki Gallery, Brompton Cross, London. Group Show, Connoisseur Gallery, Marylebone, London1996 Two Person Show, Städtischen Galerie Haus Seel, Public Art Gallery, Siegen,GermanyWhitechapel Open Studios, Childers Street Open, New Cross, LondonGroup Show, Fitch’s Ark, Little Venice, LondonGroup Show, ‘Beyond England’ -Internationally Exhibited Art RCAGraduates, Hockney Gallery, London.Group Show, Art Connoisseur Gallery, Marylebone, London.1995 Two Person Show, Curated by Julia Weiner, Boston Consultancy, Mayfair,LondonSingle Stall, Alternative Art Market, Alternative Arts, Spitalfields Market,LondonBen Uri Open, Ben Uri Gallery, Dean Street, Soho, LondonTwo Person Show, ‘As Above, So Below ‘, Ben Uri Gallery, Soho, LondonGroup Show, House of William Blake, South Molton St., LondonGroup Show, Atrium Gallery, Whiteley’s, Queensway, London1994 Berlin/London Exchange Group Show, British Council, Bahnhof Westend,BerlinBen Uri Open, Ben Uri Gallery, Dean Street, Soho, LondonGroup Show, Atrium Gallery, London1993 Whitechapel Open Studios, ‘Diagrams of Splendour’, Childers Street, LondonBen Uri Open, Ben Uri Gallery, Dean Street, LondonGroup Show, Slaughterhouse Gallery, Smithfields, London Group Show, Smith’s Gallery, Covent Garden, LondonGroup Show, Hyde Park Gallery, LondonGroup Show, The Gallery, Mayfair, London1992 Selected for Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, LondonGroup Show, London Connection’, Kassel (during Documenta) GermanyGroup Show, ‘Bloom’, European Outposts, Spitalfields, LondonTwo Person Show, Gallery 47, Bloomsbury, LondonWhitechapel Open Studios, Tower Bridge Studios, London1991 Two Person Show, Ozten Zeki Gallery, Brompton Cross, LondonThree Person Show, Gallery Dagmar, Dulwich, London Group Show, ‘Utopias’, Gallery Dagmar, Dulwich, London Gallery, LondonGroup Show ‘Pictures on the Railings’, Dagmar/ Dulwich Picture Gallery,LondonGroup Show ‘East Meets West’, Smith’s Gallery, Covent Garden, London1990 Portobello Open, Tabernacle Gallery, Portobello Road1989 Selected for Whitechapel Open, Whitechapel Gallery, LondonThree Person Show, Gallery Dagmar, Dulwich, London1988 Degree Show, Painting Department, Royal College of Art, London
Awards1982-1985 Scholarship, St. Edmund Hall/Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art,Oxford University.
CollectionsSure Start, Lambeth Education London; Oxfordshire Health Authority, John Radcliffe Hospital; St. Edmund Hall, Oxford University; Simmonds; Whitton; Chandris
Teaching Workshops Rosendale Primary School, South London. Artweek 2001Winchester School of Art, Foundation Course, Visiting Lecturer.Winchester School of Art, Art History Course, Visiting Lecturer.Summer School Robin Child Norwich, Wiltshire, Cambridge.
Publications1992 Guardian Newspaper Whitechapel Open Review,Whitechapel Gallery,‘Under Eastern Eyes’ Tim HiltonNew Statesman. Whitechapel Open Studios Review, David LangsamCatalogue Gallery 47 Show, ‘Little Flowers of St Francis’.Catalogue Ozten Zeki Gallery, ‘Biblical Paintings’.1993 Catalogue Childers Street Show, ‘Diagrams of Splendour, Paintings from theZohar’.1994 Catalogue British Council Show in Berlin, ‘Arrival’.Der Tagespiegel, Berlin Newspaper Review, Katrin Bettina Muller1995 Catalogue Ben Uri Gallery ‘As Above, so Below’ – Images inspired by theKabbalahGLR Radio Interview. Jewish London item on Kabbalah, discussion & review ofBen Uri ShowHam & High Newspaper Review of Ben Uri Show, ‘Magic and Morality’, LindaTalbot1996 Siegen Zietung Newspaper; Westfalen Rundschau; Westfalen Post; Reviews ofSeigen Show,Germany1997 Jewish Chronicle, ‘Making their mark, up and coming Jewish Artists’, JuliaWeiner1998 Catalogue Solo Durham Show, ‘Androids, Robots & Golems’,Meshoulam/Reid/Weiner ISBN 09533129091999 Contributor, ‘Fold, Newspaper of the Unconscious ISBN 1466-40892000 Succah Panels–Jewish Ceremonial Art, Jewish Museum ISBN 0953312910
Linkshttp://www.stevenlevon.com/?cat=16http://www.shunt.co.uk/galleries.php?art=188http://www.gallerycva.co.uk/artists.htm www.198gallery.co.ukwww.iniva.orgwww.bowiewonderworld.comwww.artsunwrapped.comwww.amazon.frwww.amazon.co.jp www.redpill.me.ukwww.redraven.comwww.siwikultur.dewww.roseberys.co.ukwww.artist-info.comwww.wallpaperhangers.org.ukhttp://www.yes-crisis.com
