Re'em Mesilati

Raam Mesilati is an Israeli painter whose work navigates the shifting border between realism and abstraction. Trained at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design (BFA), Mesilati explores the tension between control and dissolution—between the recognizable and the elusive. His paintings often begin with figurative scenes that gradually unravel into painterly distortions, glass-like refractions, and abstract fragments, questioning what it means to see and to believe one’s own eyes. Mesilati’s practice reflects an ongoing search for balance: between structure and chaos, emotion and observation, intimacy and distance. Each canvas becomes a site of psychological excavation, where figures appear to dissolve under the weight of light, color, and memory. The works feel both cinematic and deeply personal—quiet confrontations with perception itself. Over the past decade, Mesilati has exhibited in major Israeli art events including Fresh Paint 13 (Artist Greenhouse, 2023) and Braverman Gallery’s “The Salon” (2021). His studio practice continues to evolve through large-scale oil paintings such as Subjugation (2024), Cells (2025), Withdrawn (2023), and The Den (2020)—each reflecting a deep engagement with human fragility and the abstraction of identity. Alongside his artistic career, Mesilati is an accomplished designer and front-end developer, merging technical precision with painterly intuition. This cross-disciplinary fluency informs his visual language: measured yet instinctive, digital yet profoundly human. Mesilati lives and works in Israel, where he continues to expand his investigation into the fragile intersection between the seen and the felt.