Life is a Puzzle, 2020
Archival photo rag print 24 x 16" Edition 1/25
Signed with year and edition number on margins and recto.

Rafael Fuchs is a Brooklyn based artist, photographer, director, curator and producer.
He received his BFA with honors from The Bezalel Art Academy in Jerusalem in 1984, and gained numerous grants and awards, including :
The Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation,
Communication Arts Photography,
Photo District News,
American Photographic Artists,
American Photo magazine,
Creativity magazine, and more

Rafael Fuchs work is diverse, and includes photography works s well as mixed-media.
Some of the portraits are of: JK Rowling, Colin Powell, George Steinbrenner, Frank Stella, Paul Cadmus, Burt Reynolds, Barry Diller, Heather Graham, Emily Watson, Julia Stiles, John Cameron Mitchell, Sir Jonathan Ive, Beyonce and Destinys Child , Mary J. Blige, Patty Hearst, Malcolm McLaren, Nathan Lane, And Lee, Howard Bloom, George Plimpton, Grand Master Flash, Dave Eggers, John McCain, Derek Jeter, Steve Case, Bob Denver (Gilligan), James Marsden , Geoffrey Rush, Bobby Flay, Tony Bennett, Alber Elbaz, Arlo Guthrie, Darren Aronofsky …to name a few.

A number of his images were published also in books, such as: Rolling Stone/Tattoo Nation (Bullfinch), My Favorite Model (Goliath), The Vibe History of Hip Hop, (Three Rivers Press), 10 Years of Dolce and Gabana (Jal), Tiwimuta, and more.

His works have been exhibited and collected by numerous public and private collections, as:
National Portrait gallery, London ;
Ashdod Museum, Israel ;
ElephanArt, Zurich,
Munger collection, NY,
Alain Servais collection, Belgium
Me Collectors Room, Berlin.
and more.

For his solo shows and curatorial projects Mr. Fuchs was featured by international TV stations, as the German ZDF , the Israeli Channell 1 , American channel NY1 and by numerous publications as the Italian Conde Nast Traveller, Hong Kong Harpers Bazaar, Israeli Haaretz magazine, Beautiful Savage, The Wild magazine, Glitterrati Incorporated, The Examiner, Bushwick Daily, Curbs and Stoops Camera Club of NY, No. 3 magazine, Visura magazine, PDN and Podcast: The Gift Horse.

Rafael has been participating in numerous group shows, art fairs, and had 21 solo shows between 2006-2020
He published 11 books, including Bushwick Women Are Beautiful_Volume 1(2019)

As a prominent figure in the Bushwick art scene for the past decade, Mr. Fuchs is the founding director of Fuchs Projects art space that was conceived in 2012, and that operates as his open lab as well a platform that features works of emerging artists .

He resides in Bklyn, NY, and spend his time between NY-Zurich-Copenhagen-Berlin-Tel Aviv.

excellent