Israel's finest picture book illustrators

17 Sep 2006

15 of Israel's leading illustrators of children's books display their work in a new poster exhibit

  
    

An exhibit of posters displaying the work of 15 leading Israeli illustrators will open on Monday, September 18, 2006 at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.

Focusing on illustrations of children's book, the exhibit, sponsored by the Israel Foreign Ministry, will be displayed at international fairs around the world - beginning in Frankfurt in early October, followed by leading fairs in Europe, Asia and South America.

Selected posters from the exhibit have already been displayed in the Israeli pavilians at international book fairs in Buenos Aires, Geneva and Bologna, as well as at other literary events in Italy and Singapore.

The illustrators:

  • Yossi Abolafia
  • Naama Benziman
  • Orit Bergman
  • Ora Eitan
  • Alona Frankel
  • Liora Grossman
  • Rinat Hoffer
  • Cristina Kadmon
  • Avner Katz
  • Batia Kolton
  • Rutu Modan
  • David Polonsky
  • Merav Salomon
  • Gilad Soffer
  • Ruth Zarfati