Eliyahu Mirlis - American Painter

Eliyahu Mirlis is a contemporary American artist known for his experimental approach to painting. Mirlis likes to invent materials and new techniques. He aims to create the right technique for everything. Whether using bleach, organic matter, or even living insects, Mirlis’ neo-expressionist style explores decay, light, and the natural landscape.

He is a painter with a unique, experimental art style. His work can be described as very impressionistic, but with a surreal twist. Mirlis paints with bold colors and fluid brushstrokes. He often paints his own landscapes, which are then photographed. Mirlis’ work often features organic and decaying materials, such as insects and bones. He also uses organic materials such as wood and fabric. Mirlis is fascinated with decay and the passage of time. He aims to create paintings that are very “evocative of time and the passage of life.”

Eliyahu Mirlis Early Life and Education

Born in 1956 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, he studied at the New Jersey City University and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a major in Fine Arts and a minor in History of Arts. Eliyahu Mirlis currently lives and works in New Jersey. Mirlis is known for his painting of decaying buildings, depicting buildings that are slowly falling apart. This is a common theme in Eliyahu Mirlis’ work, as he often paints buildings that are slowly decaying or collapsing. This theme of decay is explored in Eliyhu Mirlis’ paintings of insects. Mirlis often paints his own portraits, often of crickets.

Inspired by some European painters, Mirlis’ work is both abstract and conceptual. Since the 80s, Mirlis has traveled many times in Europe to exhibit his artworks. This gave him international fame. While in Europe, he discovered the works of Fautrier, as well as works of Art Brut, in which he felt a special interest. Moreover, Mirlis was passionate about the surrealists.

Mirlis’ Notable Artwork

In 1980 he has made his first trip to Brazil and The Amazonian Rainforest. This trip has left a big mark on his peculiar style.

His work is considered an isolated and particularly original case in which the painting is as much an analysis of its phenomenology itself or of its physical behavior, as a metaphor for the passage of time.

Eliyahu Mirlis has exhibited his works in some of the most prominent galleries around the world. Some of these include the Moma (New York), Jeu de Paume and Center Pompidou (Paris), and many other prestigious places.

The Brazilian landscape near the ocean full of cliffs, caves, long sandy beaches, waterfalls, and also the underwater world, explored through diving, fills his imagination.

Eliyahu Mirlis is a man who wants to explore and use a wide variety of materials and techniques. He has published a number of research publications on the history of acrylic paint.