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Born in 1931 in Jerusalem, Raffi Kaiser has studied at the Bezalel Art and Design academy in Tel Aviv (1951), at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts of Paris (1952-1955), at the Accademia delle Belle Arti in Florence (1955–1957) and finishes school in Paris in 1959. From 1960 to 1962, he lives in Tuscany and studies the Renaissance masters. In 1962, he settles in Paris.

2013
"La Forme est vide, le vide est forme", Galerie Michèle Broutta, Paris, solo show

2012
“The Journey of the Journeys”, Morat Institute, Friburg im Breisgau, Germany, solo show
Salon de l’Estampe et du Dessin, Paris with Galleria del Leone
Gallery Friedrich Müller, Francfort/Main, solo show

2011
Gallery Friedrich Müller, Francfort/Main, Germany
“Paysages”, solo show

2009
Gallery Friedrich Müller, Francfort/Main, Raffi Kaiser / Alain-Pierre Jacquet

2008
Morat Institute, Friburg im Breisgau, Germany, Raffi Kaiser / Alain-Pierre Jacquet
“Espaces vides”, gallery Claudia Delank, Köln, Germany, solo show

2007
“Portraits d’arbres”, Gallery Friedrich Müller, Francfort/Main, Germany, solo show
“Japan and the West", Wolfsburg Contemporary art museum, Germany, group show
Salon du Dessin Contemporain, Paris with Galleria del Leone

2006
“Paravents”, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Francfort/Main, solo show
“Primordial Landscapes”, Gallery Friedrich Müller, Francfort/Main, solo show

2003
“Primordial Landscapes”, Galleria del Leone, Venice, Italy, solo show

2001
"Grand Canyon Colorado", Morat Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Friburg im Breisgau, Germany, solo show

2000
Echigo Tsumari triennial , Niigata, Japan

1998
De Beyerd Museum, Breda, Netherlands, solo show

1999
Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Köln, Germany, solo show
Gallery “Espace Furstenberg”, Mabel Semmler, Paris, solo show

1997
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris, solo show

1995–97
Returns to the deserts of the Negev and Judea, Israel

1994
Galerie de l’Etoile, Mabel Semmler, Paris, group show
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aachen, Germany

1993
Grant from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs : three month residence at Villa Kujoyama, Kyoto, Japan

1992
publishing of “Livre des Roches et des Nuages”, Imprimerie Nationale
poems by Kenneth White, drawings by Raffi Kaiser

1991
Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum, Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany, solo show
Invited by Nomura Foundation : one year stay in Japan. Raffi Kaiser travels in the japanese mountains.

1990
Musée Guimet, Paris, solo show
Galerie Heyram, Mabel Semmler, Paris, solo show

1988
Stuttgart townhall, Germany, solo show

1986
Art Basel, Switzerland
Gallery Goldman, Haifa, Israel, solo show

1987
Six month stay in China, on the pathway of the Son and Yuan Dynasty painters.

1985
Galerie de France, Paris, solo show
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany, solo show
De Beyerd Museum, Breda, Netherlands, solo show

1982
Publishing of “Espaces et Esprit d’Israël”, by Images Publishers, with lithographs by Raffi Kaiser

1980
Galerie Noir, Paris, solo show

1979
Festival d’Art, Berlin

1978 – 80
Dessine dans les déserts du Negev et de Judée

1978
Gallery Goldman, Haifa, solo show
Art Festival, Ottawa, Canada

1977
“Perspective israélienne”, Grand Palais, Paris
Aberbach Fine Art Gallery, New-York, solo show

1976
“Les Espaces insolites”, Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg, France
First Art Critics-Fair, Paris-La Défense

1975
Art Basel, Switzerland
Gallery Goldman, Haifa, solo show
Galerie Liliane François, Paris, group show

1972
Gallery Gordon, Tel-Aviv, solo show
“Les Fantastiques Contemporains”, Galerie Gaubert, Paris

1970
International Biennial of Bradford, England

1969
“Five Israeli Artists”, Saginaw Museum, Michigan, USA

1968
Galerie 44, Brussels, solo show
Gallery Gordon, Tel-Aviv, solo show

1967
First Prize Adolphe Neuman
Best foreign artist prize, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France


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