Joshua Borkovsky

Joshua Borkovsky
יהושע בורקובסקי
Borkovsky in 2011
Born1952 (age 73–74)
Rishon LeZion
EducationBezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Known forPainting
MovementIsraeli art

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky (Hebrew: יהושע (שוקי) בורקובסקי; b. 19 January 1952 in Rishon LeZion) is an Israeli artist who lives and works in Jerusalem.

Biography

Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky was born in 1952. From 1973 to 1977, he studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. He began teaching at the Art Teachers College in Ramat Hasharon in 1978. In 1979, he joined the faculty of Bezalel. He has also taught workshops at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1980-81, he attended Hunter College in New York for his MFA degree.

Borkovsky's work features phantasmagoric imagery such as the silhouettes of sailing ships, and cartographic and geometric images.

Borkovsky's exhibition at the Israel Museum in 2013, titled "Veronese Green," featured 58 works from 10 cycles of paintings created from 1987 to 2012. Borkovsky creates open-ended cycles with one painting differing slightly from the next. The cyclical nature of these works creates a sense of time standing still. Many of the paintings evoke the image of photographs being developed in a darkroom.

Solo exhibitions

Awards and recognition

See also

References

  1. ↑ Biography at the Noga Gallery Archived 26 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Joshua Borkovsky: From the Brown Collection
  3. ↑ Israel Museum exhibit focuses on the action of creation, The Forward
  4. ↑ "2005: Past exhibitions". Museum of Art, Ein Harod. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Joshua (Shuky) Borkovsky". The Adi Foundation. Retrieved 21 August 2014.