Biography
Avraham Vofsi (b. 1989, Australia) is a Jewish artist based in Israel, working in classical oil painting. Born in Melbourne to American parents, he grew up as a Jew in a non-Jewish city. Inspired by the connection Indigenous Australians had to land and history, he began painting stories of marginalised communities before turning inward—toward his own identity and the Jewish story.
Today, Vofsi’s work blends narrative figuration with observational realism to explore Jewish life, history, and belonging. He’s part of the emerging Israeli realism movement, developing a new visual language for modern Jewish expression. His work reclaims the canon of classical European painting by centering the Jewish subjects it once left out.
His paintings have been exhibited in institutions including the Art Gallery of NSW, the National Portrait Gallery of Australia, the Jewish Museum of Florida, and the State Library of Victoria. In 2022, he was a finalist for the Archibald Prize.