Uri Blayer

Born: 1971, Ramat Gan, Israel

1989 Graduated Telma Yalin Art School, Givataim, Israel
1990-1996 Lived and painted in the Negev Desert, Israel
1996-1999 Lived in Brooklyn and studied under Prof. Lennart Anderson at Brooklyn College    and at The Art Student League, N.Y.C
Took private lessons from painter Francis Cunningham
1999 Joins a summer semester under the guidance of Israel Hershberg, Baltimore
1999-2004 Lived and painted in Maui, Hawaii
2004 Awarded a grant by THE ELIZABETH GREENSHIELDS FOUNDATION
2004-2011  Lived and painted in Kauai, Hawaii
2011-2018  Lived and painted in Israel
2018-2019 Travels and paints in Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii
2020- present Lives and paints in Republic of Ireland

Solo Exhibitions:

1998 Israeli Landscapes; The Synagogue for the Arts, N.Y.C
2000 The Library Gallery, Chappaqua, N.Y
2001 Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2003 New Point of view; The Village Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
2004 Hawaii, Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2005 North/South Israel ; Gallery 33, Tel Aviv
2008 The Negev Desert ; Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 Recent work; Amy Lauren Gallery, kauai, Hawaii
2012 Masada-Land and Landscape ; Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2013 Fresh Paint 6 Art Fair, Tel aviv, Israel
2014 Under Northern Skies, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2016 Landscapes and Portraits, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2018 Landscapes and Coastlines, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Scheduled for Dec 2022, Ireland and Israel, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Group exhibitions: 

1996 Emerging talent on the National Scene; First Street Gallery, N.Y.C
1997 Texas National Exhibition, Austin, Texas
1999 Village Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
2000 Summer Group Show; Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2001 Art Maui, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, Hawaii
         Hui No'eau juried member's exhibit, Hui No'eau Art Club, Hawaii
         Summer Group Show; Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2002 Realism 2002; A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, Oklahoma
         Great Makawao Paint out, View Point Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
         Summer Group Show; Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2003 Facing The Real; The Artist House, Jerusalem
         Art Maui; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui
         Hui No'eau juried members exhibit, Hui No'eau Art Club, Maui
         The American Art Galleries, Carmel, California
2004 Uri Blayer & Shulamit Nir; Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
         Uri Blayer & Cynthia Cath; The Village Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
         The American Art Galleries, Carmel, California
         Art Maui; Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Maui, Hawaii
         Art Affair 2004; Hui Noeau, Maui, Hawaii
         Showcase 2004; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Oahu, Hawaii
         Traces II- Drawing Biennale, The Artists House, Jerusalem
         Summer Group Show; Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2005 Gallery Artists; Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
         Showcase 2005; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Oahu, Hawaii
         Summer Group Show; Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
2006 Presences; Realist Israeli Art, The Artists House, Tel Aviv
         Uri Blayer & caleb Oconnor; The Village Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
         Gallery Artists; Tatistcheff Gallery, N.Y.C
         Showcase 2006; Honolulu Academy of Arts, Oahu, Hawaii
2007 Gallery Artists; Amy Lauren Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii
         Group Show; Fine Art Associates, Oahu, Hawaii
2008 Contemporary Realism "Imagination"; Bank Hapoalim, Tel Aviv
         Golconda Exchange, Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Golconda Exchange 2009, Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv
         Gallery Artists; Amy Lauren Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii
         Gallery Artists; Fine Art Associates, Oahu, Hawaii
         Gallery Artists; The American Art Galleries, Carmel, California
2010 Golconda Exchange "Fresh Paint; Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv
         Bank Hapoalim Israeli Art, Tel Aviv
         Uri Blayer & Kit Gentry; The Village Gallery, Maui, Hawaii
         The 185th Annual exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy
         Museum, New York, N.Y
2011 Golconda Exchange 2011, Tel Aviv
         Bank Hapoalim Israeli Art, Tel Aviv
         Amy Lauren Gallery, kauai, Hawaii
2014 Ludwig Blum, Uri Blayer, Two Painters in the Desert, Rothschild Fine Art, Israel
         Art Fair, Kunz Zurich
2017 Halelea Gallery, Kauai, Hawaii
2018 Group exhibition, The Ralli Museums, Caesarea
2019 Group exhibition, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv
2021  Royal Ulster Academy 140th Annual Exhibition,  Ulster Museum, Belfast
          Art Form, 44 the Quay Annual Exhibition, Waterford
2022  Awarded a residency at the CILL RIALAIG artist retreat, Kerry
          Participated at The Boyle Arts Festival group show
          Took part at The Royal Society of Marine Artists annual exhibition, Mall Galleries, London

COLLECTIONS

Numerous private collections across the U.S and Israel

Bank of Hawaii, Honolulu

Hawaii State Museum, Honolulu

State Foundation on Culture and Arts, Art in Public Places Program:

Kauai Judiciary Complex, 5th Judicial Circuit, 2nd fl, Adult waiting room

UH Manoa Hawaii Institute of Geophysics, Sea Grant College Program #238, reception

Daniel K. Inouye Int’l Airport, Visitor Information Program, Governor’s Lounge