Boris Karafelov was born in 1946 near Tashkent (USSR). Graduated from Art College of Simferopol. ’70 – ’80 – stage and costume designer, Taganka Theater, Moscow; teacher of painting, Moscow School of Young Artists. Repatriated to Israel in 1990. Lives in Jerusalem. The works by Boris Karafelov can be found in The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow), The State Museum of Oriental Art (Moscow), Art Museum (Bratislava) and other galleries and private collections in Israel, Russia, USA, Canada, Holland, Spain, Germany, France, Belgium and others.

Personal and group exhibitions:

1978-1981: Exhibitions of Young Artists, Moscow, USSR
1979: Exhibitions of the Artists Union of Russia, Moscow, USSR
1979: “Through a Country”, Moscow, USSR
1980: “My Contemporaries”, Moscow, USSR
1980: “The Olympic Games”, Moscow, USSR
1991: Action Exhibition, Nice, France
1991: Mannheim Gallery, Mannheim, Germany
1991: Raab Gallery, London, UK
1991: Urban Gallery, Paris, France
1991: Zionist Confederation House, Jerusalem, Israel
1992: Toronto, Canada
1992: Israel Center, Jerusalem, Israel
1992: Laureate Prize Exhibition, Jerusalem, Israel
1993: Gusfield & Glimer Galleries, Northbrook, IL, USA
1995: Group Exhibition, University of Urbino, Italy
1995: “Artists of the World”, Germany
1995: “Jerusalem”, Exodus Gallery, Jerusalem
1996: Ten “Russian” Artists Exhibition, House of Parliament, Jerusalem, Israel
1998: Tova Osman Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998: Efrat Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998: Prozdor Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1999: The Center of Study of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
2000: Theatron Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
2000: “Personal Preferences”, The Zetlin Museum of Russian Art, Ramat Gan
2001: “Personal Preferences”, Noviy Manezh, Moscow, Russia
2002: Manezh Gallery, St.-Petersburg, Russia
2002: Israel Artists’ Union exhibition, St.-Petersburg, Russia
2002: Russian Artists’ Union exhibition, Moscow, Russia
2003: “Vagrius” Painters’ Exhibition, Moscow, Russia
2004: Sault Lake City Cultural Center, USA
2006: Russian Cultural Center, Jerusalem, Israel
2008: The State Museum of Oriental Art