Amiram Eini
Amiram Eini
Norwegian Israeli, Amiram Eini grew up in Norway where he finished five years of fine arts schooling, specializing in painting. It was also there that he was introduced to the guitar and creating music in general.
He was educated at Rudolf Steiner’s Primary and Lower Secondary School, and the Waizeen House where the focus was on Arts Theater and special education. In 1989 he studied at Elvebakken School of arts, a year later continued at Elisenberg School of Advanced Drawing, then in 1991 studied at Oslo’s School of Art, and in 1993/94 in Norwegian Arts and Craft School. Amiram’s music education includes classical singing in Milano, Jazz in Israel, Gospel and musical theater studied in Norway. Immediately after graduating from Oslo’s School of Art he moved to Israel, and then to Paris, where he continued to work, drawing heavily from the influences the city had to bring.
Although early influences were as wide as Dali, Delacroix and Norwegian realist Odd Nerdrum, he later found a strong connection to painters like Lucian Freud, and Francis Bacon, as well as Giacometti and Anselm Kiefer.
Amiram spent 7 years based in Paris, although at the time was travelling extensively around the world. He spent multiple long periods in Milano, New York, and London.
In 2003 Amiram moved to Israel to connect to the local arts and music scene, comparing Tel Aviv to New York in the 60’s for its vibrant artistic scene. Amiram divides his time between his musical projects and multiple visual projects, which were recently exhibited internationally.
His performance videos and paintings were exhibited at La Biennale in Venice, and the Hundred Years Gallery in London. He has had solo exhibitions in Tel Aviv’s municipal Galleries, as well as solo exhibitions in Paris and Hamburg. Amiram is also schooled in martial arts and was awarded the 2000 European Cup for Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Amiram is the lead singer in the rock band Amiram Inc. which has toured Europe and Performed extensively in Israel, with songs on U.S and Israeli radio. Amiram is currently exhibiting his works in one of Israel’s foremost cultural centers and releasing an album titled Undefined, mixing the two main media types, his work of music and painting. He is also hand painting the album cover.
