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Dr. Galia Dor

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Dr. Galia Dor(Namikami)

Concept

Art...the manifestation of ideas and internal visions to actual, concrete creations has been my constant companion throughout life; to be more specific, I have always painted, designed furniture, jewelry and T-shirts, experienced with numerous crafts, created sculptures out of many and varied materi...
Art...the manifestation of ideas and internal visions to actual, concrete creations has been my constant companion throughout life; to be more specific, I have always painted, designed furniture, jewelry and T-shirts, experienced with numerous crafts, created sculptures out of many and varied materials (i have studied marble sculpturing in Pietra-santa, Italy) , and more.
Though my professional life has taken me to the academic world (biological sciences and then Chinese and Japanese philosophy, art and aesthetes), artistic creation has always been an inseparable part of my life, with occasional exhibitions and made-to-order paintings.
My paintings are abstract and constitute an embodiment of ideas that are always a fruit of connections and multidisciplinary thought: Chinese and Japanese philosophy and aesthetics intermingled with natural and physical phenomena- with Nature as my deepest source of inspiration.

I am fascinated with visual patterns in the micro and the macro worlds (I used to spend hours and hours on the electronic microscope to observe the universe that is usually hidden from sight), as they represent particular principles that are at work in the physical universe, e.g., emergent systems and behavior, fractals, complexity in nature, fluid mechanism, self-organization, order and chaos, and more.

I am deeply interested in parallels between characteristics of biological life and modern science and ancient Chinese and Japanese philosophy, aesthetics and art, such as, for instance, a unique awareness to emptiness as the underlying principle of the universe (and the mind), the 'path of least resistance', entropy or the unique affinity and closeness to nature.

My paintings constitute combined techniques of pencil and charcoal, Chinese and Japanese ink calligraphy and brush work, and as medium, I use various types of paper (Japanese washi a favourite) and canvases. My work tends to monochrome but I do use acrylic paints and water colors, as well.
I love experimenting with various materials in my work, such as vinyl adhesive, paper cuts, wood, etc. Some of my works are pluri-disciplinary, that is, that can combine a 2D painting and 3D installation interlinked as one piece of art, or that can be multi-paneled, etc.

My work varies a lot when it comes to size: I paint huge canvases but also small paper drawings; the small paintings and drawings can be sold as prints (larger and cheaper).
Finally, I am a photographer who is, as said, attracted to natural patters and micro-shapes, play of light and shade, and wabi-sabi beauty; As for man-made creations, I am particularly fascinated with Japanese art and aesthetics which I try to capture with my Nikon.

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“Dr. Galia Dor's Artworks”

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Rock, Waves, Nature

USD 400.00 Year.2022 w90.00 x h50.00 x d0.10 cm

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Zen shadows

USD 500.00 Year.2018 w120.00 x h80.00 x d0.10 cm

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Force of nature

USD 400.00 Year.2019 w120.00 x h80.00 x d0.10 cm

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Waves in clay

USD 400.00 Year.2016 w120.00 x h80.00 x d0.10 cm

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Sky, Mountain, Tree.

USD 299.99 Year.2020 w42.00 x h56.00 x d0.20 cm

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A Gesture to Hokusai

USD 350.00 Year.2021 w84.00 x h114.00 x d0.10 cm

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Enigma

USD 350.00 Year.2020 w44.00 x h46.00 x d0.20 cm

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"Forest"

USD 800.00 Year.2022 w58.50 x h41.00 x d0.01 cm

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Whale

USD 300.00 Year.2022 w114.00 x h84.00 x d0.00 cm

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Music

USD 300.00 Year.2020 w82.00 x h112.00 x d0.20 cm

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Emptiness as Dance

USD 200.00 Year.2020 w20.50 x h27.90 x d0.20 cm

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Lotus

USD 300.00 Year.2021 w44.00 x h46.00 x d0.20 cm

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David Bowie and Japan

USD 600.00 Year.2023 w96.00 x h108.00 x d0.20 cm

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WHY

USD 300.00 Year.2020 w46.00 x h46.00 x d0.20 cm

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Ink Storm

USD 800.00 Year.2020 w41.00 x h58.50 x d0.01 cm

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自然 "Nature is self-so"

USD 500.00 Year.2009 w29.80 x h48.70 x d0.30 cm

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MOON DANCE

USD 400.00 Year.2022 w20.70 x h28.50 x d0.20 cm

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DAO

USD 1,500.00 Year.2022 w70.00 x h50.00 x d0.30 cm

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the wonder that is cat

USD 200.00 Year.2020 w10.00 x h14.00 x d0.10 cm

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"門 Gate to Humanity"

USD 800.00 Year.2022 w30.00 x h50.00 x d0.10 cm

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DNA 7

USD 1,000.00 Year.2020 w42.00 x h59.00 x d0.20 cm

Biography

Dr. Galia Dor has been traveling and studying, researching and creating in many and varied places, fields and materials. Academically she has degrees in the biological sciences (M.Sc.) as well as in East Asian studies (M.A. and PhD). As a zoologist, Galia has studied the nocturnal behavior of Bottl...
Dr. Galia Dor has been traveling and studying, researching and creating in many and varied places, fields and materials. Academically she has degrees in the biological sciences (M.Sc.) as well as in East Asian studies (M.A. and PhD). As a zoologist, Galia has studied the nocturnal behavior of Bottle-nose dolphins in Eilat and facial expressions of Japanese Macaques monkeys in Nagano, Japan.
Galia has fallen in love with Japanese culture, art and aesthetics and studied Japanese cooking (Kaiseki cuisine) and painting in Kyoto, as well as Chinese, Daoist thought and and Taiji Quan in Taipei (Taiwan).
In Taipei Galia was fortunate enough to find a personal 老師 maser (Wang Yen-nien of the Yangjia Michuan Taijiquan) in whose home she stayed and dedicated herself to practicing Taiji quan and studying the Chinese language.
Galia then decided to venture into the the humanities- and concentrate on Chinese and Japanese philosophy, Buddhism, aesthetics and art. Her PhD research focuses on the significance of gates (men 門) in ancient Chinese architecture, philosophy and afterlife notions with emphasis on its applicability to human lives and its parallels with modern science and biology.
She divides her life between Tel Aviv and Kyoto, lectures and teaches East Asian thought and art (in university and to the general public), writes books, teaches Asian and vegan cooking, guides traveling seminars in East Asia (mostly in Japan), and continuously...paints and designs.

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