About Yitzhak Adir
Born on November 29th,1947 in Iran, Yitzhak Adir went to a technical college of the Israeli Air Force. He was an Air Force engineer. At the age of 24 he was severely injured and has been confined to a wheelchair ever since. He graduated with honors from the Art Teachers Training College in Ramat Hasharon. Currently, he is a Senior Lecturer at the Beit Berl College of Arts. He is the founder and Head of the Department for Handicapped Creative Artists. The department provides training for art teachers who work with disabled people.
Yitzhak Adir has been a member of the International Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists (AMFPA) since 1979. He is the Israeli and European representative in the association. He paints by mouth.
Adir's wife – Yifah is a ceramic artist and sculptor; his elder daughter Vered is a photographer ; his son Tal is a musician and a multi-media artist and his younger daughter May specializes in body and movement.
Exhibitions in Israel
The Artists' House, Jerusalem
The Theater of Jerusalem
B'nai B'rith House, Tel Aviv
Yad Lebanim Museum, Tel Aviv
The Vine House Gallery, Haifa
The Auditorium, Haifa
The Gold Gallery, Haifa
Yad Lebanim Museum, Petah Tikva
Yad Lebanim Museum, Herzelia
As well as in Ashdod, Kiryat Gat, Yavne, Savion, Ramat Hasharon, Tiberia and more.
Exhibitions abroad
National Museum, Madrid
National Hall, Johannesburg
City Hall, London
Piazza Larussa, Rome
Vancouver Museum, Vancouver
City Hall, Vienna
Museum of Modern Art, Sidney
Ancient Art Museum, Lisbon
The person who influenced me most in my life was Professor Arnulf Erich Stegmann, founder and first President of the Association of Mouth and Foot Painting Artists.