Sagi Refael - Art That Inspires

"We are known as a people with chutzpah. Our art must be the same" - Reuven Ruvi Rivlin, President of Israel - November 18, 2018

 

Art can be both an emotional journey and a financial investment, and IAILA (Israeli Art in Los Angeles) curates contemporary works that engage culture, add meaning to your everyday, celebrate identity and heritage, and elevate the way you live.

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Sagi Refael is an established art historian, curator, and educator, specializing in thoughtful, meaningful curatorial guidance for both seasoned collectors and those just beginning their journey in contemporary art.

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In 2017 he founded IAILA (Israeli Art in Los Angeles - Art That Inspires), a private initiative dedicated to cultural exchange and artistic cross-pollination between Israel and the USA. Working with contemporary artists of diverse media and in different stages of their careers, IAILA brings contemporary Jewish & Israeli culture to the American audience, as well as American art to the Israeli art community, via exhibitions, lectures, consulting, art sales, artist residencies and special projects. 

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Since 2004, Mr. Refael has contributed essays to numerous art catalogues published in Israel and abroad, and has curated in leading venues such as the Tel Aviv Museum of Art; The Jerusalem Biennale; Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles; as well as many other galleries and non-for-profit institutions and universities in Israel, Germany, China and the USA.

 

Mr. Refael has served as lead curator and director of a commercial art gallery in Tel Aviv; lectured at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem and Minshar Art College in Tel Aviv; and guest-lectured and curated in several art institutions and academies in Israel and the USA, including: The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv; Center for the Arts, Towson University, MD; The University of Southern California (USC); University of California (UCLA); American Jewish University, Los Angeles, CA; Los Angeles Hebrew High School, Los Angeles; California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks; University of La Verne, La Verne; and Mt. San Jacinto College, San Jacinto.

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From 2019 to 2024, Mr. Refael taught a range of courses on Israeli art at the American Jewish University in Bel Air, California.

Since 2023 he has been serving on the board of JAI - Jewish Artists Initiative of Southern California.