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SoCultures November 2018
Cultural Innovations
Israel
Amit Shimoni
Shimoni brings sense of adventure and boundless creativity in his namesake art
series “HIPSTORY” - world's greatest leaders of modern history recreated and
conceptualized as nowadays hipsters.
His journey began in 2014 and throughout this period of time he has received over
two hundred media coverage worldwide including leading magazines and several
television Shows like The Guardian, Stern published from Germany, Wired
magazine, Vice magazine, Forbes, Entertainment weekly etc
Shimoni has also worked with top brands around the world including the New
York Times, the New York Observer and lately with the Norwegian leading
political party. Shimoni was also selected for the most promising people 30 under
30 -Israeli list of Forbes
Today he operates his design studio “Amit Shimoni Illustration”, which
collaborates with corporations from all around the world.
SoCultures in conversations with the artist himself, Amit Shimoni...
He lives with his wife Noga and their adorable dog Adam in Tel Aviv.. We
urge the innovative artist to draw a lively picture of his life, works,
inspirations, projects and future life for our readers in the interview..
Lets head straight to the artist and ask about his incredible
works...who are you, Amit Shimoni?
“I always loved art; I used to draw on my bedroom walls as a teenager. During my
military services when I was hardly nineteen or twenty, I started painting abstract
art expressing my emotions of that chapter. After my military service, while
backpacking Northern India for a few months, I finally acknowledged the purpose
of my life and it was creating an affordable art.
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