Yuval Yairi

Yuval Yairi (b. 1961, Israel) is an artist who lives and works in Jerusalem. After graduating in Visual Communications from the WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education in 1988, he worked as a design studio director, producing and directing short films and documentaries. Since 2004, his practice has focused on artistic research through photography, drawing and video.

Yairi explores places charged with historical, cultural and political significance, often connected to his personal memories and biography. Through a process of deconstructing and reassembling spaces, times and events, he transforms locations such as abandoned villages, institutional buildings and private interiors into layered visual narratives. His work often features the semi-fictional figure of the Surveyor, an alter ego through which he examines personal history, memory and experiences that remain difficult to articulate directly.

His work has been exhibited internationally and is held in public and private collections, including the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, as well as the Schusterman Center and the collections of Rothschild, Constantiner, and Berman and Bloch. In 2017, he received the Israeli Ministry of Culture Award for Visual Arts.

Lausanne – Shifting Grounds

Summer Group Show

5 Jul - 26 Aug 2026

Shifting Grounds brings together artists whose works explore the unstable terrain between image and object, memory and material. Across painting, photography, textile, and sculpture, landscapes emerge as sites of transformation,...

Lausanne – Almost forgot, we're moving

Group Show

11 - 21 Mar 2026

After seven years at Avenue Louis-Ruchonnet 6, our Lausanne space is preparing to relocate closer to the lake at Avenue d’Ouchy 70, 1006 Lausanne. Over these seven years, we’ve hosted...

From Print to Presence: An Exhibition of Inspiration

March 14 - May 11 in Geneva / March 15 - May 11 in Lausanne

14 Mar - 11 May 2024

Step into the dynamic world of "From Print to Presence," where each poster is not just a visual masterpiece but a portal into the profound inspirations that birthed them.