Joel Amit

Biography:

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.