Dim Yuz

B. 1974, Ukraine.

The interest in painting surfaced very early in Dim Yuz’s life and at the tender age of eleven he was accepted to the Academy for the Arts in his homeland of Ukraine. In 1991 when Dim turned seventeen he immigrated to Israel with hisfamily. He attended the Visual Arts Academy in Beer Sheva and the renowned Bezalel Academy of the Arts and Design, where he won many awards and accolades for his academicand artistic achievements.Yuz’s artistic ability is multi faceted: paintings, sculpture andvideo- art. He elegantly and effortlessly moves between thedifferent mediums and creates great work in all of them:landscape (both real and imaginary), portraits, objects, stilllife and fantasies. Even though he is very powerful in theclassical style his work is eloquent and expressive showinghis vivid imagination. Selected Group Exhibitions 2002 Sharet Scholarship, Israel, American Culture Foundation 2000 Prize For Young Artists Israel, American Colture Foundation 2000 Prize of Distingtion, Betzalel Jerusalem 1999 First Prize, Immigrant Painters. 1998 Third Prize, Immigrant Painters, Jerusalem 1992 First Prize, Young Painters, Yad Lebanim, Beer Sheva Selected Solo Exhibitions 2003 Still Life, Mitzpe Hayamim 2002 On The Way, Beer Sheva 1999 Cultural Center, Omer 2002 Borders of Sculpture, Open Museum, Omer One Man Exhibitions. 2002 New Faces, Artists house, Tel Aviv 2001 Artic 3, Exhibition by the Shared Fund Scholarship winner / Gerard Bachar, Jerusalem 1999 Young Immigrant Students Exhibition,Gerard Bachar, Jerusalem 1998 Young Immigrant Students Exhibition,Gerard Basher Center,Jerusalem 1992 Group Exhibition Yad Labanim