Shy Abady

Who is Shy Abady?

Shy Abady is an Israeli artist. His work mostly consists portraits of figures, such as,. His more recent work deals with themes related to German and Jewish history. His work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad.

Shy Abady began studying painting at a young age at the studio of Ascher Rudnizcki. Later he participated in a drawing course at the "Bezalel Academy" taught by Yoram Rozov. In 1992 he graduated from the art college, "Hamidrasha." In 1995, he presented his first solo exhibition, "From Reality to Myth – Nijinsky," which followed the life and the image of the Russian dancer and choreographer, Vaslav Nijinsky.

In 2000 Abady received a residency scholarship at "The Cité" in Paris. There he created the series, "Icon - The Golden Age," which applied Christian iconographic technique to Jewish–Israeli figures.

Abady exhibited his series the "Hannah Arendt Project" in 2005 at the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt and other places. In 2010, seven works from the series were presented at Beth Hatefutsoth museum in Tel Aviv in the exhibition, "Jewish Icons - Andy Warhol and Israeli artists".