Tami Keidar

Born in Israel, married with 3 children.
PhD in social work, specializing in drug addiction.
MA in Expressive Therapy, Lesley College, Cambridge, Boston.
Graduate of The Studio-Raanana, Art College in Sculpture, Painting and Photography.
Advenced specialization at the Raanana Arts Center.

The late Yehezkel Streichman Prize for Sculpture was awarded to Tami Keidar in 2002

1993 The Studio Gallery Raanana
1995 Shulamit Gallery, Tel Aviv
2000 Sculpture and Painting, Mofet Gallery Raanana
2003 Installation, Nelly Artists Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 Sculpture Horace Richter Gallery, Yaffa
2006 Sculpture and Painting, Open University, Raanana

1990 National Exhibition No. 27 by Israely artists and sculptors, ZOA House, Tel Aviv
1991 Students of Studio at Yad Lebanim Municipal Gallery, Raanana
1997 Hankin College Holon
1998-9 The Studio Gallery Raanana
2002 Scupltural Works, Yad Lebanim Municipal Gallery Rannana
2003 "Creating from the Drawer" Azrieli Center Tel Aviv
2004 Al Ha'agam Gallery Rannana
2006 Photographic Works, Yad Lebanim, Raanana
2007 Photographic Works, Al Ha'agam Gallery, Raanana
2007 Chairs, Gan Shemuel Gallery
2008 Photographic Works and Sculpture, Yad Lebanim Gallery, Raanana
2008 Sculpture, Students of Studio at Yad Lebanim Municipal Gallery, Raanana
2008 "60 Years of Israel" Exjibition, Congress Center, Haifa and Asia House Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 "60 Years of Israel" Exjibition, Al Ha'agam Gallery, Raanana

There is a reciprocal relationship of influence and inspiration between the three areas of art I engage in:
Sculpture, Painting and Photography. All three function as a means and as a bridge between concrete reality and autobiographical memory.My preocupation with art becomes clearer and clearer through my attraction to the abandoned and the forgotten.It is to this that I give my heart and tend it: painting, sculpting and photographing it and in so doing, imparting to it an illusion of eternity. What is trivial to other eyes is fascinating to mine. I have a sense of drama taking place, a past history that can be linked to the present and the future. The objects I select are usually minimalistic, static, yet they transmit strength and power.