Dganit Blechner was born in Tel Aviv, Israel in 1957, beginning what would become a lifelong obsession with art and photography. By 1980, she had immersed herself in study at Camera Obscura College of Visual Arts in her hometown of Tel Aviv, The Avni Institute of Arts in Jaffa, and the Ramat-Gan College for the Arts. A dedicated young artist, Dganit sought after skills which would later lead to new discovery.
In 1984, Dganit embarked on a more than two decade career in graphic design, including the opening of a design studio and working for several major magazines. Notably, she was part of a group who designed the concept of “Yediot Aharonot´s” first magazine for youth, “Rosh Ehad.”
Her graphic design career culminated by becoming Manager of the Department of Advertising at “Ehad Le Ehad,” a school for multimedia and CAD. In 2005, Dganit Blechner began to express herself through digital art prints using mixed media.
Her unique style and new technique combine many different visual sources into a very colourful and personal composition. Public interest and success have followed, and now Dganit devotes herself completely to her artwork. Starting with her series exploring celebrities, Dganit puts a new spin on popular American culture. She also explores places, with vibrant prints capturing New York, Paris, Jaffa and Jerusalem. Recently, her new work studies the masters of art, from Botticelli to Picasso to Keith Haring.
Dganit uses the method of mixed media on canvas, combining vibrant colours with an excellent sensitivity for design. Her range of topics is quite extraordinary.
Her technique begins by composing a design on the computer with pictures chosen by herself and then, adding and incorporating elements of collage and photography to complete the work. Once the image is completed, it is then made into a glicee print on canvas (a high-quality printing process based on acrylic) and then again it is painted on with acrylic paints and varnish, sometimes with the addition of glitter and embossed characters and / or pieces of cloth. All of her larger sized works (i.e. except 20x20cm works) are made in very limited editions of eight copies and are signed and numbered on the back of the canvas.
Her works can be found in various collections around the world. Represented exclusively by Eden Fine Art, her works are on display in their galleries in New York, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. In March, 2008, she exhibited her works at Chicago’s “Sofa Art Export” as well as New York’s “Art Expo”.
Dganit still works and lives in Tel Aviv, Israel, with her husband and son.
