Yuval Avital

Born in Jerusalem in 1977 and living in Milan, Yuval Avital’s artistic research investigates archetypes and structures, the ancestral and contemporary human condition, nature and hybridity, as well as ritual and science.
Both a polyhedric artist working with numerous mediums (paintings, photography, sculptures, sound installations, video art, performance) as a musical composer, Avital develops his works in a variety of spaces, including public venues, industrial archaeological sites, theaters, and museums. He challenges traditional, rigid categories that separate the arts.
In his exhibitions, art events, immersive installations, total operas, large-scale musical rituals, and concerts, one can find dancers, contemporary music ensembles, masters of ancient cultures, recruited individuals or communities, multi- video projections, meditative tactile environments, advanced technological instruments, archival materials, scientific data, sound sculptures, large-scale site-specific murals, and art films.
Avital’s artworks have been presented in more than 20 solo exhibitions and various group shows at museums, art foundations, venues, and international art events, such as Gwangju Biennale (Republic of Korea, 2023), the Biscozzi | Rimbaud Foundation (Lecce, Italy, 2023), the Teatro Regio (Parma, Italy, 2022), the Chiostri di San Pietro (Reggio Emilia, Italy, 2022), the MANIFESTA Biennale (Marseille, France, 2021), the LOOP Festival (Barcelona, Spain, 2021), the Ostrale Biennale in Dresden (Germany, 2019), the MACRO – Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome (Rome, Italy, 2019), the Marino Marini Museum (Florence, Italy, 2019), La Fabbrica del Cioccolato Foundation in Switzerland (2017), and the “Leonardo da Vinci” National Museum of Science and Technology (Milan, Italy, 2017).

Between 2025 and 2026, Avital developed Mountain Echoes, a public art project created in collaboration with the CULTURA + IMPRESA Committee and selected for the official program of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Cultural Olympics.

The artist is represented worldwide by BUILDING.