Bio.

Joel Amit, born in Jerusalem in 1982, resides in his homeland where he is noted as both a designer and an artist.

After his military service, Amit left for the Negev desert to join the pioneer Ayalim Association, which was building new student and artist villages in the periphery. During this time, Amit completed a B.A. in psychology and was on the course of continuing further studies and practice in rehabilitation neuropsychology. However, his engagement with the creative and technical process of planning and building villages affected him deeply and he decided to change course and begin architecture studies at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design.

Parallel to his studies, Amit had begun creating art from laser-cut metal, and by the time he graduated with his B.Arch. in 2016, he had already gained international recognition for his art.

Amit works mostly with laser-cut metal, creating domestic-scale wall sculptures, as well as large-scale public installations. Influenced by nature and its coexistence with the computerized world, Amit developed his way of representing the beauty and spontaneity of life in a way relevant to the digital, plastic, age. Each vibrantly painted metal piece is strategically set in a different plane and becomes a part of the rhythmical energy of the work as a whole.

Amit finds an intriguing contrast in the process of forming heavy, cold steel into graceful, flowing works of art. A contrast that is “liberating” and exciting. In his words, he is “always in search for an extra dimension, a hidden layer, and to challenge to the eye; and it is my sole wish to share it with others.” Today, his art is present in galleries and Museums on five different continents and he continues to create for private as well as public spaces.

Artist Statement

Joel Amit’s work focuses on the ‘Power of Many’. It constantly pursues the sense of wonder in visualizing numerous objects that are organized in a random, yet correlated pattern. By manipulating layout and density in a 3D space, Amit seeks to achieve a sense of movement and imagined 4th dimension of time.

Amit draws his inspiration from graceful movements found in nature; he examines the effect of their deconstruction through the filter of computerized and pixelated media.

While observing a flock of birds moving across the sky, the larger the flock, the greater the impression it makes on the observer. In Amit’s artwork, the ‘effect of the many’ is twofold: in addition to the visceral awe experienced from observing something abundant, the sense of wonder is also drawn from the evident hard work and diligence required in order to produce such great quantities. This direct correlation between repetitive work and effect offers a relevant message in our current world, where things are expected to happen ‘instantly’, with the press of a button.

Special projects

(Ongoing) Jungle Rain, 3x3x5 meters, permanent art installation, Hanging Gardens of Bali, Indonesia.
(Ongoing) Generations, 15x7.5x1 meters, permanent art installation, The Jewish Center, Stockholm, Sweden.
(Ongoing) Life and Liberty, 10x5x5 meters and 13x13x5 meters, Two public art installations, Masada World Heritage site, Israel.
2020 Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting Memorial, 5x2.5 meters, permanent art installation, Parkland, FL.
2019 Blue Shield, 3x3 meters, permanent art installation, Blue Shield of California building, Oakland, CA.
2019 Infinisea, 11x3 meters, permanent art installation, Qianhai Metro Station, Shenzhen, China.
2018 El Espiral de la Esperanza, 15x5x5 meters, permanent art installation, MyT Museum, Mexico City.
2018 On Eagles’ Wings, 6x2 meters, permanent art installation, The Israeli Embassy, Washington DC.
2018 Jerusalem, 3.3x1.2 meters, permanent art installation, The Israeli Embassy, Washington DC.
2018 A Nation Overseas, 12x1 meters, permanent art installation, The Israeli Consulate, Toronto.
2017 Holocaust Memorial, 7x4 meters, permanent art installation, Bais Yehuda synagogue, Wesley Hills, NY.
2016 - 2019 Presidential Prize for Education, trophy design and production.

Exhibitions and awards

2020 Galerie Mensing, Berlin & Hamburg, Germany
2019 Bravo Art Group, Shenzhen, China
2019 Art Wynwood, Miami FL, USA
2019 Art Expo, New York NY, USA
2019 White House Gallery, Johanesburg, South Africa
2019 Galerie Mensing, Berlin & Hamburg, Germany
2018 MyT Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
2018 Blue Gallery, Delray Beach, FL, USA
2018 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
2018 The Hanging Gardens of Bali, Bali, Indonesia
2018 Sara Sist Gallery, Venice, Italy
2018 Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
2018 Bravo Art Group, Shenzhen, China
2017 Gefen Fine Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
2017 Gefen Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2017 Art Wynwood, Miami, USA
2017 Bravo Art Group, Shenzhen, China
2017 Art New York, NY, USA
2016 Shanghai Art Fair (20th), China
2016 Art Stage Jakarta, Indonesia
2016 Art Porters Gallery, Singapore
2016 Blue Gallery, Delray Beach, FL, USA
2016 Art Expo New York, NY, USA
2016 Gefen Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2015 Smile Design Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2015 Blue Gallery Las Olas, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA
2015 Dameron Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
2014 Gefen Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
2014 Art Center Berlin, Germany
2014 Greg's Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2013 Gefen Gallery, aJerusalem, Israel