Began working professionally as an actor at the Haifa Municipal Theater and then began exhibiting his paintings. During the last few years taught art to Army invalids in a special method developed by him. A member of the Israeli association of Painters and Sculptors,his works may be found in private collections in Israel and abroad. Yaakov Greenvurcel, an award-winning graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, creates ritual objects in his studio in Jerusalem. Greenvurcel is probably one of the most prominent artists in his field.
Every creation is crafted to the highest finishing quality with unequaled attention to detail.
Yaakov Greenvurcel was born in Poland in 1952 and came to Israel in 1957. In 1980 he graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem. In 1996, the year celebrated as the 3,000 anniversary of Jerusalem, he designed a Torah Crown especially for the International Judaica Design Competition. It was awarded an Honorable Mention including a monetary prize. In recent years Greenvurcel had started creating functional art as well, such as vases, collectors Chess Sets and more.