Yigal Ozeri
Yigal Ozeri (born 1958) is an Israeli artist based in New York City. He is known for large-scale cinematic portraits of young women in landscapes. His works are photo-realistic oil paintings. His son is Adam Ozeri, a professional soccer player. Biography. Yigal Ozeri was born in Israel in 1958. He currently lives and works in New York City. In 1997, Ozeri collaborated with Israeli poet Ronny Someck to produce "The Razor that Cut the Metaphoric Face of Poetry" which included five etchings by Ozeri, and five ensuring poems by Someck. Ozeri's etchings, in order, were  titled "Pointed Tower, Tears of Buildings, Unbuilt Pagoda, Dirty Laundry, and Tears of Buildings II". The book itself was produced by The Cabri Print Workshop, based out of Kibbutz Cabri in the Western Galilee. In 2014 he co-founded Mana Contemporary where he has a studio in the flagship of Jersey City. Collections. Yigal Ozeri's art are in permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, the Jewish Museum of New York, The Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Albertina and other public institutions.