Jos de Jongh

Jos Raban-de Jongh, born in 1965 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, graduated in Fine Arts at the Accademia de Belle Arti di Brera (Milan, Italy, 1999) under Vincenzo Ferrari and the University of Haifa, Israel (MFA) under Tsibi Geva and Ya’acov Dorchin. She continued at the non-formal New Artist Collegium CAN, under David Zondelevitch, to specialize in contemporary sculpture.

Her oeuvre is marked by expressive visual language and a strong conceptual foundation recognizably influenced by a rich multicultural background. Recurring concepts of Raban-de Jongh’s work are nature, and its inherent primal energy and the embodiment of the unique and powerful force that reveals itself differently in each being. In her hands, inanimate matter awakens to life, becoming creations that seem to breathe with vitality, where one can sense the spirit and energy of living creatures. So too, her depictions of women and figurines — ancient archetypes representing resilience, strength, and cultural memory — which she makes tangible and relevant to our own time.

She has had solo exhibitions in Israel and the Netherlands and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions. Her work features in public sculpture gardens and international private collections.

She currently lives and works between Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Ramat David, Israel.