Esther Kadar Shahar

I was born in Hungary in 1966, and immigrated to Israel in 1974.

I Graduated university in Criminology and Comparative literature and own a teaching certificate. My Masters degree is in an interdisciplinary program of Humanities and Arts. I have chosen painting as my main vocation and use various techniques and materials in my artistic work. Since the year 2002 I have been teaching art and English mainly in high school as well as conducting courses of artistic work for young children and adults too. For the past ten years I have been teaching in a special artistic program for highly gifted and outstanding children in middle school.

I collaborated with other artists on various occasions and participated in numerous single and joint exhibitions. I took part in numerous artistic competitions. I'm a member of the Israeli Painters & Sculptors Association.

Married and a mother of two.

About the artist / by Sharoni Idit, curator
My first impression of Esther`s artistic side was through a single painting which caught my eye, a few years ago. It represented a lonely tree, which radiated strength, firm presence and abundance of colors in the same time. The motif of trees, that appeared furthermore in her paintings tells about the inner content of the painter`s feelings, that only became more and more explicit and strengthened throughout the years.
Since that time,Esther`s painting evolved into the direction of the abstract,while using an expressive language, the elements ,that were characteristic in depicting a tree,now expressed strength,optimism ,by using light, movement and rhythm.
The contours,which were very explicit in the beginning of her carrier, as a painter,became more and more blurred,and the forms were dissolved into stormy movement of waves and waterfalls,day -and evening-lights,warmth and coldness,fire and water, joy and sorrow.
The space,that is to serve Esther in her work, derives from the rich space of her own inner world, her tempestuous emotions,which urge to be expressed wholeheartedly on the canvas.

Esther Kadar Shahar​

Esther Kadar Shahar