Jozsef
Raz
Multidisciplinary artist — digital art, photography, sculpture, and installation. Searching for beauty in ugliness and ugliness in beauty.
Gallery
Branch & Light
Guitar Lamp
Nes (Miracle)
Still Life Study
Botanical
Reclaimed
About
"Searching after the beauty in the ugliness and the ugliness in the beauty — creating an illusion of the fantasy world."
Raz Jozsef (יוסי רז) is a multidisciplinary artist and photographer based in Kfar Saba, Israel. A graduate of Visual Graphic Design, Lighting Design, and History of Art at Tel Aviv University, he began his artistic journey in the analog world — in the darkroom, working with celluloid and chemical processes.
As he emerged from the darkroom into the digital age, he carried with him the same searching gaze: the camera and scanner became his tools for collecting raw material, while the computer mouse replaced the sculptor's chisel. He works across photography, digital manipulation, sculpture from reclaimed materials — wood, iron, wire, found objects — and mixed-media installation.
A defining signature of his installations is the integration of light — incandescent bulbs woven into sculptural forms, illuminating a sad story with hope. Constant observation of his surroundings feeds his imagination, connecting near and distant layers like pieces of a puzzle, making the beautiful and mysterious world accessible to those who rush past it.
Jozsef Raz
Multidisciplinary Artist
Kfar Saba, Israel
Philosophy
From Analog to Digital
The journey began in the darkroom — hands in chemical baths, light through an enlarger lens. That analog sensitivity never left. Today the camera and scanner are the gathering tools; the mouse is the chisel.
Reclaimed Materials
What others discard as waste becomes raw material. Wood, iron, wire, glass — collected from scrap heaps and transformed. Every found object carries a history that enriches the final work.
Light as Narrative
In every installation, a light source is integrated — an incandescent bulb that illuminates and gives hope to the sad story the work tells. Light is not decoration; it is meaning.
Layers as Puzzle
Constant observation and listening to the surrounding world activate the imagination. Near and distant layers connect like puzzle pieces — sometimes a simple image, sometimes a complex digital composition.
"The world is beautiful and mysterious — with a little imagination, I simplify it and make it accessible to those who rush past it in the race of life."
— Jozsef Raz
Contact
The studio gallery is located in the basement of Geler Street 4, Kfar Saba. Weekday visits are warmly welcomed by prior arrangement.