about
The Artnova Gallery was established in 1989, based on the design and creation of soft works of art, made with a new technique that was developed uniquely in Israel.
The Artnova soft art technique brings together a successful fusion of design and art,
with a rich world of color, styles and subjects, adapted and matched to the room and its decor.
Our art is typical of vibrant colors, with rich texture depicting a large array of subjects.
The pictures are made of fiber that is produced from recycled plastic bottles
.This makes our art ecologically conscious, long lasting, and easy to preserve.
Johanan Herson home artist
Born in 1950 in Montréal Canada, Johanan Herson was initiated into art at an early age.
At the age of eight he won a prestigious award for children’s art, and was marked as
a promising talent. Besides art he also studied movement and ballet.He has worked extensively as
an actor from the age of 12 appearing on stage,and performing a leading role in a television soap
opera for five consecutive seasons.
He has also appeared in feature films and documentaries,television dramas and theater.In 1967, he came to Israel to study at the Bezal’el Art Academy in Jerusalem, and then continued studies in fine arts at the Over the past two decades Herson has also worked extensively painting in “Soft Art”, a technique he
mastered wile working with the famous Israeli artist, Calman Shemi, a pioneer in this unusual art media.
Subsequently, Herson began designing tufted wool and mixed media tapestries. Many of his larger
pieces were commissioned by various public and private institutions; the Tel Aviv University
and the Jerusalem Journalist Hall, Bank Mizrachi (37 Branches) Savionei Hagan, Tel Aviv,
Africa-Israel Corp., Ramat Gan Theater. Conservatory Or Yehuda, and the Diamond Center in Tel Aviv.
Johanan is represented in many fine art galleries in Europe and North America and
is successfully defining his unique voice internationally as well as in Israel where he lives close to his children.