Artist Bio
Amir Viskin was born on a communal farm in Israel, grew up in Mexico City, and returned to Israel as a young adult, where he completed his degree in Architecture and Urban Planning – from the Israel Institute of Technology.
He was introduced to the joys of photography as a teenager by his father, who was a movie producer. His family travelled extensively, and cameras were always present. He is fluent in Spanish and Hebrew.
After practicing architecture in Israel for several years, Viskin emigrated to the US in 1989. While his day to day work has taken him away from architecture, photography continues to be his primary creative outlet.
Viskin is inspired by the interplay of shapes, color, abstraction and composition, as well as the potential of photography to expose the beauty of natural and human-made landscapes. His photographs convey a sense of wonder and optimism.
Viskin has studied photography in Ateliers 29 and 33 at the Griffin Museum of Photography, and at the deCordova Museum, with Meg Birnbaum and Emily Belz. He has shown his work in several group and juried shows at venues including the Griffin, Lexington, Concord, and Watertown MA public libraries, and the Jewish Art Collaborative. His work is held in several private collections.
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Shows
2007 – Lexington, MA Public Library (juried) – Urban Landscapes
2008 – Concord, MA Public Library (juried) -Collected Travels
2009 – Watertown Public Library – Watertown, MA
2014 - Congregation Kerem Shalom -Concord, MA
2016 - Emerson Hospital -Concord, MA – Light
2017 - Reasons To Be Cheerful, Concord, MA – Near and Far
2018 - Jewish Art Collaborative -Selections from the Old Burial Ground Collection
2018– Member Show -Griffin Museum of Photography
2021 - Griffin Museum Atelier 33
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