Ram Katzir is a visual artist based in Amsterdam. Katzir’s artworks often have a disorienting nature: inside is outside, and what seems far away is very near. The result is a world in which the foreign and the familiar coexist unexpectedly. The search for a home, whether physical or spiritual, is a recurring theme in his oeuvre.
Katzir studied sculpture at The Cooper Union in New York and animation at the Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam. He gained international recognition in the late 1990s with Your Coloring Book, an installation that juxtaposed children’s imagery with Nazi propaganda. This project traveled to six countries and was featured in MoMA’s Open Ends exhibition.
Katzir’s work has been displayed in solo exhibitions at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the Jewish Museum, and Kyoto Art Center, with upcoming solo shows at The Mirror Gallery in Tokyo and Fosun Foundation in Shanghai. He has also participated in international exhibitions such as the Shanghai Sculpture Biennale, the International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, the Guangzhou Triennale, and the Setouchi Triennale.
For over two decades, Katzir has focused on public art commissions, collaborating with city planners, landscape designers, and architects. His notable public artworks include installations at Xinyi Plaza in Taipei, Olympia Square in Amsterdam, and the Next Innovation Museum in Osaka.
Katzir’s art often merges the tragic with the comical and the familiar with the unfamiliar, encouraging viewers to reconsider their perceptions. His work is included in numerous public and private collections worldwide.