Uri Revah

Uri Revah, born in 1953, is a multidisciplinary artist and spiritual teacher whose work has spanned more than five decades, moving between painting, sculpture, music, and poetry. His practice grows out of a life of contemplation, exploring the human experience, nature, tradition, and the unseen dimensions that exist between them.

Revah was born and raised in the Musrara neighborhood of Jerusalem to a family of Moroccan immigrants. His father, a teacher and paytan (liturgical poet and singer), was among those who brought the Moroccan piyyut tradition to Israel. Revah grew up in a world where music, tradition, and spirituality were an integral part of everyday life.

He began his path as an artist at a young age. Following his military service with the Israeli Navy Ensemble, he was accepted into the Ein Hod Artists' Village, where he lived and worked for seven years in a cave that served as both his home and studio. A life in close proximity to nature and material, which over the years became a way of life, remains an integral part of his work.

Revah later immersed himself in the study of spirituality and Kabbalah and became a student of Hacham Zion Bracha, a reclusive Kabbalist from Jerusalem. Since then, his spiritual path and artistic practice have evolved as inseparable parts of his life.

His work carries the imprint of the Israeli and Mediterranean landscape alongside a visual world of imagery and symbols drawn from Kabbalah, Jewish tradition, and his inner world. Some reveal themselves immediately, while others remain embedded within the work as a hidden layer.

Over the years, Revah has worked across a wide range of materials and techniques, including painting on canvas, paper, and found objects, ready-made works, stone and bronze sculpture, and metalwork. Alongside his fine art practice, he has created an extensive body of Judaica, from Torah arks to ketubahs, Haggadahs, and ceremonial objects.

His practice is not confined to a single medium. Alongside his visual work, Revah writes poetry and music, composes, and plays a collection of musical instruments from around the world.

The works presented on this site have been selected from a body of work spanning more than five decades, from early pieces created in the 1970s and 1980s to works from recent years.