Raphie Etgar
Curator at Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem.
Raphie Etgar is the Art Director and Curator of the Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem, a socio-political contemporary art museum, unique in Israel which he founded in 1999 moved by the pressing need to bring about change and foster dialogue, understanding and coexistence in the region. In 2000 he initiated the international traveling outdoor art exhibition, currently still traveling the world, entitled COEXISTENCE, which calls for mutual respect and attempts to make a contribution to the universal dilemma confronting all of us of how to exist together. Raphie Etgar is also an artist and during the 1980's he was one of the leading poster artists in Israel, receiving international recognition and during the 1990's working extensively in the theater world.