Israeli Artist Yosef “Jojo” Ohayon recently opened his first gallery, Jojo Gallery, in the United States, located at 456 W. Broadway in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. This gallery is Jojo’s second gallery location, with the first being in Tel Aviv, which has been welcoming clients from around the world for approximately 10 years.

The gallery, named after the artist himself, features a variety of works created utilizing techniques that Jojo cultivated over 20 years while working as a farmer near the Dead Sea in Israel. His most intriguing technique is a method called “water-pressure-inflation,” where he uses water pressure to manipulate pieces of metal into beautiful art. Using this technique, Jojo creates wall sculptures, as well as chairs, coffee tables and other pieces of furniture that truly make a “statement piece” in every room.

In addition to the chairs, coffee tables and other pieces of furniture, Jojo creates expressive paintings, with each work characterized by its own personality. The paintings are known to transmit spontaneity, warmth and passion. With his paintings, Jojo creates abstract pieces that showcase a unique, fast-paced “action-painting” method, where his swift hand enables an exuberant and captivating self-expression. By using bottles with a tiny hole cut from the end, Jojo is able to distribute paint in uniform patterns across large canvases, to create signature pieces that portray women figures, flowers, forms of nature and more.

As an artist who chose to live in near the Dead Sea, Jojo creates his works in the serene, powerful and enchanted desert. The art works draw inspiration from a variety of origins, while combining Ethnical design approaches with contemporary and Western ones.

Jojo’s art is world-renowned. His pieces are exhibited in dozens of galleries across the world with items being sold to buyers in Israel, the United States, Europe, Australia, China and more.