Ilan Baruch was born in 1974 in Jerusalem, Israel.
Ilan Baruch Born in 1974, to a religious family from the Geula neighborhood in Jerusalem. In 1988 he began his studies at the School of Painting and Sculpture founded by Rabbi AdinSteinzaltz, where he met painter Lillian Klapisch, who taught there at the time. In 1992 Klapisch exhibited his paintings at the “Nidbach” exhibition at the Artists’ House in Jerusalem.
In 2004 he displayed a solo exhibition name “The Cactus:Introspections” at the Helena Rubinstein Pavilion of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Aya Luria). In 2005 he had a solo exhibition at the MonartMuseum (curator: Yonah Fisher).In addition to the art studies of his youth, Baruch subsequently studied philosophy at the HebrewUniversity.
“Since 2001 the prickly pear fills a central place in Ilan Baruch’s paintings. His accumulated paintings describing the prickly pear plant expresses an intensive visual investigation combined with a deep emotional step. The painting coalesce into a series that draws a fascinating, winding path leading the painter and his art from the rational, mimetic, outward-dependent dimension to an unrelenting introspective inquiry. The internal observation does not lose contact with the external object but presents itself in expressive abstraction while maintaining a constant affinity to the object. The process of transformation from the figurative to the abstract does not progress in a linear or chronological sequence but is propelled by the emotional steps experienced by the painter.” (Aya Luria, ” The Cactus: Introspections”, 2004)
Education:
1989-1990 Steinzaltz School of Painting, Jerusalem.
2000-2004 B.A. of Philosophy – The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
2023
If there is, a garden of Eden". Corridor gallery, Tel-Aviv
2022
A painter facing the land, Dewk gallery Mishkenot Sha'ananim, Jerusalem
Rosh Hashana Lailanot; The Israeli Knesset, Jerusalem
2020
Beneath the Foliage Awaits the Fall, Hezi cohen gallery, Tel Aviv
2018
Who is the Tzabar, Talpiot college gallery, (curator: Avner Bar-Hama)
2014
From the honey and the sting, Zemack gallery, Tel-aviv
2013
It was Never Truly a Wilderness, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan (curator: Meir Ahronson)
2005
Monart, Museum Ashdod (curator: Yona Fisher)
2004
The Cactus: Introspections, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Aya Luria)
1992
Nidbach, Artists House, Jerusalem (curator: Liliane Klapisch)
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2021
Unveiling- contemporary Israeli art in Zurich, global art source, Zurich, Switzerland. (curator: Keren Bar Gill)
2020
Art in Embassies, U.S Embassy Jerusalem (Curator: Camille Benton)
2019
Still Life / Growing, Artist House, Tel-Aviv
Internally;Emotional Landscapes from Israel, USC Hillel Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2018
French Salon, Zemack gallery, Tel-aviv
2014
The Olive Wood, Um El-Fahem gallery, (curator: Daniel Cahana)
Blue and White Delft, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (curator: Doron Luria)
2012
Ben Uri Museum, London. (curator: Katy Barron)
2010
The Fourth Biennale for Drawing, Artists House, Jerusalem, (Curator: Tamar Manor-Friedman)
2007
New Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum, (Curator: Ellen Ginton)
2000
Introspection Time, Yanko Dada Museum, Ein Hod, (Curator: Batya Donner)
1999
Bezalel Academy of Art, (Curator: Yehudit Sasportas)
Collections:
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Monart museum of art, Ashdod
Yanko-dada museum, Ein-Hod
IDB collection, Israel
Steren collection, New-York
King Abdulla II Collection, Jordan.
Royal family collection, Morroco
Dubi shiff collection, Tell Aviv.
Publications:
Ilan Baruch – The Cactus: Introspections, 57 pages – Hebrew & English
Catalogue. Tel Aviv Museum of Ar
"It was never truly a wilderness", 147 pages – Hebrew & English catalogue
The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan