DANA NECHMAD a young painter, photographer and illustrator living in Florence, Italy, with extensive exposure also to other major centres of art.

Born in Israel, from childhood, has been interested in classical art and dreamt of becoming an acknowledged artist. In pursue of her dream she decided to move to Italy, where she believed she could truly enjoy and experience a cultural life.

Dana has obtained a BA degree from L.A.B.A - Libera Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence. For her graduation Tesi she chose to explore the innovative art of Body Painting which requires joint high skills of painting and photography.

Living and studying in Florence has been a great influence on her work and she decided to study closely and immerse herself in Italy’s great masters. She recently finished a three year course at the Angel Academy of Arts, Florence, under the guidance of the world renowned painter, Michael John Angel. This experience enriched her knowledge of the unique 19th Century methods of drawing and painting.

"I believe that an art work should be a special merge between a solid technique and the artist inspiration or idea, only with a real knowledge one can demonstrate one's emotions through paint and truly connect with the viewer.

I think an art work should have a solid connection between the artist reality and his life experience,which is why I chose the path of representational painting.

I am still on my way, and trying to absorb and learn all I can from the art work and the artists around me, florence is a beautiful city and it is a great pleasure to learn here."

Exhibitions and Artistic Work.

Exhibitions:

2010: The Museum Windows, a group exhibition, Ramat Aviv, Israel.

2010: Annigoni's Legacy, Villa Bardini, Florence Italy.

2010: Mailing Art Exhibition, Syntagma Square, Athens, Greece

2009: A group exhibition at “Sei Divino”, Florence, Italy.

2009: L.A.B.A student show, Florence, Italy

2008: Angel’s Academy Students’ Show, Florence, Italy.

2008: A group print exhibition of young artists, Florence, Italy.

2005: A group photography exhibition, community centre Ramat Hasharon, Israel.

Illustration commissions:

2008: Publication of ten digital illustrations in the album “Controversies”– sixty momentous debates in the Hebrew press from 1918 to 2008 (published under the auspices of the Israeli Historical Society). This 420 page album covers events that occurred in the last 100 years in Palestine and Israel, depicted in press cuttings from over 100 newspapers and journals; the first in the world. (see)

2007: A published illustration in the catalogue of “local testimony” – Israeli photojournalism.

2006: Illustrations for an unpublished Kabala legend “the snake’s message”, written by the greatest Israeli author.