Yael Degany is a native Israeli who has lived in the United States since 1999. She holds 2 B.A.s from Columbia University, one in Visual Arts and one in Mathematics. Yael is a math graduate student at UC Berkeley.

Yael works on paper and yupo, typically using oil-pastels, ink, watercolor, graphite (pencil), and food color. Her work is mostly abstract.

Viewers often report a sense of being lost and found in her works; first losing themselves in the multiple dimensions that her paintings create. Then the artists’ unfettered enthusiasm and curiosity of the world emerge, and images of music, architecture, food, and animal zoos have been commonly reported to be found in them.

Yael’s unique view of the world is precisely reflected through the comfortable tension between the calming abstract patterns – shifting between single shade paintings and full spectrum playful pieces – and the deeper luring images below and beyond the space. A
hidden alligator, face, or fantastic image are promised to appear when carefully observed.

Yael’s work is equally exciting to the art connoisseur and the novice art spectator, as long as an open mind and healthy curiosity are engaged.

The works range in size from 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) to 15 x 20 inches (38 x 50 cm).

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