Photo by Carmit Hirsch
My work reflects my personal evolution; The adventures and changes I go through, my spiritual journey and my artistic ambitions, nevertheless, I have always felt that through painting I am channeling an entity that is way bigger than me. Whether I call it subconscious, God, or the universal intelligence, transferring onto the canvas what I see and feel, keeps me balanced and happy. Sometimes I wonder, if delivering visions and colors to the people is my true purpose, or that I simply became addicted to the pleasure of painting and to the lofty feeling that comes afterwards.
Ofir Hirsh, el pintor de Las-Terrenas.
I began painting in 1995 , and co-founded the Almogan Art Gallery in 1997.
I co-founded “Fundacion Marlee-Jo”, a Dominican non-profit for local kids.
Todo por los ninos.
Between 2001 and 2014 I consulted investors on commodities trading and hedge funds strategies at HCML. In 2012 I published my 1st book Investilosophy: Investments Lessons Wrapped in a Story.
Identities:
While some artists create their work in series, I create art under different identities.
My “Identity” is somewhere between the Pseudonym and Heteronym.
An identity might represent a remarkable period, an adventure, event, illness, a spiritual journey, or a significant change I go through.
What started as a private joke, gradually became my framework, the complex branched structure which my work is built upon.
My artistic evolution is inspired and guided by my identities, and when I look back at my life in the past 20 years, I see and remember the sequence of identities, not the calendar years.
I began painting in 1995, and since adopting my first identity in 1999, I have created art under 40 different identities.
How it all began? What does each identity stand for? and why did I invent it?
The list of identities below is the result of my reasonable efforts to be inclusive and chronological. I’m not done yet, and will update the links whenever I publish a new story.
Click on any identity to read the story behind it.
MY IDENTITIES:
1995 Ofir Hirsh – The beginning
1997 Ofir Hirsh – The Almogan Art Gallery
1998 Ofir Hirsh – The Search
1999 Jean Gler
2000 Don Astaldo
2001 Rabrinni
2002 Oro
2003 Burrito
2003 Maco pen pen
2003 Cambio
2004 Amarillo
2004 Mondongo
2005 Impidicus
2006 Chingui
2006 Jean Gler II
2007 Oro Solo
2007 Oro Solo III
2007 Oro Pez
2007 Oro Mero
2007 Oro Pescador
2007 Oro Bojukero
2008 Beau Geste
2008 Bojukero y Pescador
2009 Dominicano
2010 Maduro
2010 Reka
2011 Wakona
2011 Manati
2012 Izquierdo
2012 Terrenero
2013 Abu Lavie
2014 Pichon
2015 DNG II
2015 Ando
2016 P.D. Kailani
2017 Caminante
2018 Cambiante
2018 Octopus Andralamusi
2019 El Colectivo
2019 Aura
2019 Neshama
2020 Bardo
2020 Morir
2020 B.D. Tranqui
2020 After
2020 Bachatero del Campo
2020 BD2
2020 MANO
2021 Gilberto Drill
2021 R. Navim
2022 Vitaly
2022 50
2022 Adios Casa Libre
