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Art News:
Press Release: George Billis Gallery Los Angeles
Orit Hofshi: Selected Prints
Reception: April 2, 2010 4-6:30pm
Artist Talk: 5:30pm
Please join us a for a special reception and artist talk by Orit Hofshi at the George Billis Gallery this Friday. In conjunction with the Los Angeles Printmakers Society (LAPS), this is the last opportunity to hear this outstanding artist speak about her large scale woodblock prints before the end of her two week Los Angeles residency.
More information:
This special special exhibition of Israeli artist Orit Hofshi's large scale wood block prints is made possible by generous support of the Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI), the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Israeli Consulate, the Jewish Federation's TA/LA Partnership, and the George Billis Gallery LA.
Hofshi is best known for her extremely large-scale woodcuts that achieve grandeur while retaining an intimate quality. Many of her prints range from six feet to upwards of twenty feet. Using standard-size pine boards, Hofshi creates a matrix of horizontal and vertical panels in each of the prints. Gestural and intricate, the work draws the viewer in to closely explore the surface.
Hofshi was educated at the Wizo College of Design in Israel, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Leeds University in Leeds, England. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Prize for Outstanding Quality in Contemporary Israeli Art, from the Ministry of Science and Culture, Israel, in 2006, the 2005 Art on Paper Award from The Print Center, Philadelphia and a residency from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. Hofshi has exhibited at The Print Center, Philadelphia, the Israel Museum, the Herziliya Museum of Art, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Royal Academy of Arts, London and most recently in Philagrafika at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum. Her work is found in over fifteen permanent collections including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Israel Museum, and the Philadelphia University of Textiles. She currently lives and works in Herziliya, Israel.
Hofshi's prints will be on display at George Billis Gallery through April 10, 2010.
Image caption: Orit Hofshi, Venue, 2002, hand printed woodcut on Okawara paper, 70.4 x 70 inches
George Billis Gallery opened its second location in the Culver City area of Los Angeles in 2004 and marks its 14th year in the Chelsea arts district in New York City. George Billis shows work by both emerging and established artists. For more information please contact the gallery at:
George Billis Gallery LA
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
T: 310-838-3685
F: 310-838-3438
email: la@georgebillis.com
www.georgebillis.com
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George Billis Gallery LA | 2716 South La Cienega Blvd. | Los Angeles | CA | 90034
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