Eran Shakine

Eran Shakine (Hebrew: ערן שקין; born 19 February 1962) is an Israeli artist, painter, illustrator and sculptor.

[1][2] Shakine was born in Tel Aviv to Shimon (writer) and Esther (designer), holocaust survivors who immigrated to Israel after World War II.

On his recruitment to the IDF in 1980, he joined the Nahal Command and served as a graphic designer.

Between the years 1986–1993, Shakine lived in New York, where he was granted fellowship of "Art Matters" and was the assistant to CoBrA avant-garde movement artist, Karl Appel.

In his works, Shakine creates bold portraits which present prominent culture figures in unusual situations and contexts, among them: Freud dozing in his famous armchair, Picasso frying an egg; Pete Mondrian crossing the ocean in dog paddle swimming style.