about the artist

photo by Niva Ben-ami - www.facebook.com/niva.benami

Boris Svirsky CV & contact info

1961- born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Russia (USSR)

1972 - have immigrated to Israel .

1973 - lives in Haifa , Israel since .

1984 - started to paint and photographing

1987 - produced a model of a communal apartment with 20 habitats’ figures for exhibition in Paris

dedicated to 70 years of communism in Russia – in request of "Resistanee International" human

rights group sponsored by USA. (project was terminated because of warming relation of USA with USSR).

1986 to 1992 - produced several electro-acoustic synthesizers and electric guitars of original designs.

1988 to 1990 – three solo paintings exhibitions.

1987 to 1993 - involvement in several experimental music groups. ( Sharmuta Flying in the Mountains )

1987 to 1997 - produced 25 interactive exhibits for National Museum of Science in Haifa

1995 - 2002 - theoretical developments with Francis Wittenberger in field of

replication of human personality into computer environment.

2001-2002 – conceptual involvement in "Independent Artist – Oman" – Robot-Photographer project in Berlin with Francis Wittenberger .http://oman.berlin.heimat.de/

2009 -summer -- solo exhibition of photographs of buildings in Haifa, in Haifa Cinemateq .

2010 -summer - participation in group exhibition - "Pochahontas" - at 'Sadnaot Ha-Omanim' in Tel-Aviv

2015 -summer - photography solo exhibition on the roof of Eyal Fridlander's house -"Nostalgia for Haifa"

2018 - participation in group exhibition in Shaar-3 gallery in Haifa

In Press:

https://www.haaretz.co.il/magazine/.premium-MAGAZINE-1.5783395

https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/1.3262600

Contact - bsvirsky@gmail.com

telephone - 972(0)-523910704