Asaph Ben-Menahem (b.1940, Israel), winner of the Israel Museum ‘Jacob Pins’ Award for Printmaking in 2008, has been widely exhibited in the United States, Israel, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and The Netherlands,
and makes part of the permanent collections of major art institutions such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Harvard University Art Museum/Fogg Museum in Cambridge MA, the Milwaukee Art Museum, and numerous others. His work is also represented in special private collections.

Ben-Menahem has published three poetry books, and publishes poems in contemporary Israeli literary magazines.

Asaph Ben-Menahem is mostly known for his large-format woodcuts. We decided to present here mainly his drawings on music sheets, as a way to demonstrate the creative search process of the author. Such quick drawings amount to no less than twenty thousand pieces in Ben-Menachem’s archive, alongside with hundreds of woodcuts, as well as paintings.

Personal site of Asaph Ben-Menahem

Education
Master Fine Arts in painting and printmaking, Otis Art Institute LA, California, USA
BA in Philosophy, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel
BA in English and American literature, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel

Professional life
2008-present Professor, Klassieke Academie Schilderkunst, Groningen, Holland
1988-2000 Professor, Art Academy “Minerva”, Groningen, Holland
1983-1985 Art Critic, Jerusalem Weekly Magazine “Kol Ha’ir”, Israel
1971-1988 Teacher, Art Department, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
1969-1971 Teacher, Art department, University of Judaism, LA, California, USA