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Moshe Gershuni, an Israeli painter and sculptor, was born on September 1936 in Tel Aviv. In his work, particularly in his work from the 1980s, he expressed a point of view that diverged from the establishment position, especially with regard to Jewish sources, to homo-eroticism, and to remembrance of the Holocaust. He was declared the winner of the Israel Prize for painting in 2003, but in the end was disqualified from receiving it.
During the 1970's Gershuni created a series of sculptures, installations, and artistic activities that were influenced by the minimalistic and conceptual art which was popular in the United States and Europe at the time. Other works touched upon political issues and dealt with bodily functions.
In the 1980's Gershuni changed the style of his work and began to work primarily in the medium of painting. His works of this period show a mixture of texts from Jewish sources, references to the Holocaust, and references to Zionism (mostly military), along with homo-erotic personal references. From the technical point of view, this combination of themes combined an expressive use of color with scribbles, paint drips, paint smeared by his fingers, and quotations from poetry and prayer.
Among his well-known works from this period are "Hai Cyclamen" (1984), a series of prints, "Kaddish" (1984), and a series of paintings, "In the Mirror and in Riddles" (1986).
In the 1990s images from the iconography of death, such as funeral wreaths or images of eyes, began to appear in his paintings. His late works include abstract expressive paintings which use thick layers of paint in an attempt, in Gershuni's words, to produce a "transparent screen of shadows that come from the black place".

Education

1960-1964 - Avni Institute, Tel Aviv

Teaching

1972-77 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1978 Art Teachers College, Ramat Hasharon

Awards and Prizes

1980-81 Five First ''Otot'' Prizes from various commercial companies
1982-86 many Second and Third Prizes
1985 Third Prize, Germany, for Poster
1987 Seven Prizes from commercial companies
1988 Enrico Kavlin Grant for Photography, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1987 Prize of Work Efficiency Institute for Calendar. In 1970 opened Studio Judy and Kenny, Tel Aviv, with Judy Orgel.