artist
writer
teacher
1965 – 1983
Born in Hadera. Childhood and youth in Israel, Argentina, and Venezuela.
1983 – 1984
Civil service and foundation Art Studies at Tel Hai College.
1984 – 1987
Military service, the last 15 months on the video and film team, editing, directing, script writing.
1988 – 1991
Studies, majoring in painting, at Tel Hai Art College.
1991
Moves to Germany. Begins writing and publishing for the Israeli Art Magazine Studio as well as for artists catalogs. (See publications.)
1992
Moves to Basel, Switzerland.
1993
Museum Exhibition (Group): Those at Home, Those in the Yard, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
1997
Begins teaching painting, Dornach, Switzerland.
1998
Establishes the neueKUNSTschule with Julitta Lea Krebs. The art school launches a three-year full-time program, becoming a place for contemporary art exhibitions, seminars, and public lectures for the next 24 years.
2008
Begins writing for theater, leading to a collaboration with Hamila Theater, that produces seven plays. (See publications.)
2010
Premiere of Einstein the Jew, Hamila Theater, Harduf, Israel.
2011
Premiere of An Ongoing Investigation, Hamila Theater, Harduf, Israel.
2012
World premiere of Vempairing, Hamila Theater, Harduf, Israel.
2016
Begins teaching in China, concentrating in Guangzhou, Chengdu and Hangzhou, in collaboration with regional artists and teachers.
2017
Publication of the book Can I Learn to Think?
2018
Can I Learn to Think? is published in Chinese.
2020
Julitt Lea Krebs and Zvi Szir produce a year-long festival year to celebrate the sunsetting of the neueKUNSTschule, including Daily Artists’ Work and lectures, eight exhibitions and seven concerts.
2021
Establishes Art and Knowledge, publishing writings and producing classical music concerts.
2022
Publication of the book Portraits and Islands: Short Unhistorical Notations.