GILAT YARDEN OMER: I am an Israeli born artist
who resides in Miami with my husband and daughter. I grew up in
a village surrounded by orchards near Hertzlia, on the Mediterranean
coast of Israel. With my family I spent some years living in Australia
and South Africa. After serving in the Israeli Air Force as a
lieutenant, I joined Kibbutz Yahel in the southern Arava desert.
In the late eighties I came to the U.S. with my family to pursue
studies and I have a BFA degree from Indiana University. With
my husband and daughter I have lived in Spain, the Midwest and
California. For the past two decades I have been creating artwork
in print, pencraft, illustration and papercuts. The subjects of
my Judaica are taken from the Siddur, the Tanach, the Sayings
of the Elders and the Liturgy of holidays and Life cycle. Motifs
in my art come from the natural world and the graphic forms in
ancient Jewish artifacts and manuscripts.