Ilan Adar

Ilan Adar is an Israeli Artist working in old Jaffa, Israel.  A successful expressive figurative painter and mixed-media artist. The works in this collection are portrait works from his Tribe Series — a versatile autodidact artist, painter, sculptor, and photographer who combines diverse materials with unique personal techniques developed over the years. His portfolio comprises various formats featuring two and three-dimensional contemporary pieces. Inspired by various social and cultural issues, with his ability to delve deep into native and ancient cultures, his figurative art is both complex and diverse.

Born in the south of Israel in 1969, he spent his adolescence in Jerusalem, where he exhibited his first work Titled ‘Ilan Adar’ at the age of fourteen years. Growing up, he used to paint Graffiti Art on sidewalks and obtained his allowance by drawing portraits of passers-by on the streets of Jerusalem. Ever since, Ilan has continued to paint, sculpt and create. For many years, he worked as a passionate set designer for Israeli Nation TV, including his own art Show, ‘Art Attack,’ where he displayed his exceptional talents and creative techniques. In 1996, he was teaching Art at the municipality center ‘Beit Tami,’ Tel Aviv, Israel, and in the years to come, he traveled around the world, including a stop of several years in Spain, studying new techniques and developing his work. Adar's works can be found in galleries, private collections, and homes all across the globe.