Lavi Perchik is a figurative artist whose work explores intimacy, light, and the quiet tension between observation and emotion. Perchik’s drawings are rooted in personal connections with the models he collaborates with—some of whom have become long-term muses. Each piece begins with a photographic reference, but evolves into something deeper: a sculptural study of light on skin, of gesture and presence, of moments suspended between vulnerability and strength.
Working primarily in graphite on toned paper, Perchik’s approach reflects a background in sculpture and a fascination with form. His process is slow and deliberate, often guided by narrative and memory. Whether drawing a new body for the first time or returning to a familiar muse, Perchik seeks not only to capture the figure—but to understand something unspoken within it.
Born in 1980 in Tel-Aviv, Israel, self-taught, Perchik started drawing portraits in a realistic style in 1998. He studied sculpture and drawing with Alexander Cherkov and Yuri Matzkin at the People’s University of Tel Aviv in 2006, participated in a drawing class by Doron Livne at Bezalel in 2007, at a drawing club of Meidad Eliyahu and Maya Israel in 2012, at Julia Kay’s online group of portrait artists from 2017, and at Zoom drawing classes starting in 2020.
Paints and draws from pictures and observation using the mediums of charcoal, pastel, colored pencils and graphite.
Exhibitions
2009, 2010
Group Exhibitions – Vancouver, Canada
2014, 2016
Group Exhibitions – Emuna College, Jerusalem
2021
Group Exhibition – ZOA house, Tel Aviv