User:Sara Hagay

Sara Hagay is a contemporary Israeli artist, an established female artist. Born in January the 13th 1939 in Istanbul Turkey, at the age of 4 her strong headed mum which couldn't live under the ruling hand of her mother in law using her sisters in Israel as an excuse to pack her husband and 3 children to the journey to Israel. They entered the country through the Lebanese border after bribing the guards and settled in Tel Aviv. Sara was a dreamer child, full of curiosity and love for nature, colour and people, always paining and creating.

Sara Hagay wanted to enjoy the vibrant and free atmosphere of young Israel, to join the army and enjoy higher education - especially in the arts, but it was hard to escape the conservative dominant mum.

She married young to Amos Hagay after a brief encounter, the 15 marriage years was bitter and suffocating and yielded 3 children. All through the marriage Sara continued to develop her artistic style an autodidact, the more unbearable the marriage the more Sara dwelled into her art, finding in it a place of solace her passion was the surrealism style of painting. As much as she loved the art her husband detested is and didn't take Sara's talent and passion lightly the crueler the relationship got - more art was created till finally Sara decided it was time to get free before the outcome would have become dire.

Sara started afresh as a single mother she manages to raise her children and raise her art to the full exploring painting and ceramic. She could finally be a professional artist with nobody to objet. Her surrealistic art reflects her evolvement to become a free woman with all its downfall, she won prices, partake in exhibition and succeeded to support her family from selling her art. Being a curious person she explored other style of painting and fell in love with the naive style which matched here personality and her love for colour, nature and people. The main subjects of painting are the landscape of Israel, the streets of Tel Aviv where she grew up and modern Tel Aviv with its cats and the hassle bustle of everyday life. Sara Hagay's work often has a dreamlike charm.

Her amazing achievement as an artist entitled her a position of art teacher in various art schools.

Sara is also acted as an active member of the Illustrations Organization & Artist association of Ramat gan-Givatyim where she acted as an art curator.

Numerous works by the artist have been sold at auctions which took place at Tiroche 'Israeli & International Art.

Exhibition which took place:

2019 Dafen International Oil Painting Biennale, Shenzhen

2019 New york art expo

2018 Miam art expo

2007 nun bet gallery in tel aviv

2004 continuously show at Tirosh Gallery.

2002 Beit Alon.

2001 The museum for Jewish art.

1995 Took part in 5 exhibitions: Sharet hall, Beit Alon, Givatayim), Beit Ribak museum, and the Bible museum

1994 The Bible museum in Tel Aviv.

1984 Ramat Gan museum.

1983 Astoria hotel.

1982 Diplomat hotel.

1980 Ramat Gan museum.

1971 Bnei-Brith hall.

1970 Z.O.A.