Itamar Jobani has been identified as one of the most promising young artists emerging from Israel today. Since relocating to New York, he’s garnered critical acclaim for numerous exhibitions and seen his recognition grow in the international art world.

Jobani graduated from Beit-Berl College in Israel, with a major in Fine Arts. Post-graduation, he was invited to join the faculty of Beit-Berl where he taught video art and new media. Jobani continued his education at Tel-Aviv University with a double major in philosophy and film studies. After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with honors, Jobani went on to study at Pratt Institute in New York, with a concentration in sculpture and new media.

Jobani has enjoyed numerous exhibitions both in Israel and abroad, and received much acclaim for his solo show at the Herzeliya Biennale in 2007. He was subsequently awarded a solo exhibition at the prestigious VOLTA New York contemporary art fair in 2008. Other recent exhibitions include: “Inspired” Glasgow, Scotland; “Martin-Gropius-Bau” Berlin, Germany; Three Rivers Arts Festival gallery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; White-Box Gallery, New York and solo shows at Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York and Le Poisson Rouge Gallery, New York. Most recently Jobani was invited to be an artist - in-residence at Vierter Stock, Berlin, as well as an open studio artist Fall/Winter '09 at Museum of Art and Design (MAD), New York.

Jobani was born in Israel in 1980, and currently lives and works in New York.