About Avishag (1945 - 2019)

Avishag was born in 1945 in Tel Aviv. In her teens her artistic skills were already visible. Coming from a family of musicians, she chose the direction of the visual arts. For many years she worked in graphic design studios. First in Tel Aviv, but later also in London and Paris, where she lived for some years in her 20’s and finally in Amsterdam. At home she was always creating beautiful art and showed tremendous creativity in her paintings, ceramics and drawings.

She was very reserved about her work being good or not. This is one of the reasons the paintings and ceramics almost never left home. She did not name any of her artwork. Instead she preferred people to interpret and experience the works for themselves. She felt that by naming them, she would be giving too much of a direction. She was always extremely critical, e.g. to find the right colour. Sometimes it would take her weeks to get it just right. Especially notice the colours in the works on wood.