Yaacov Agam

Yaacov Agam (b. 1928) is a world-renowned Israeli artist celebrated as a founding figure of the Kinetic Art movement. Best known for his pioneering use of movement, light, and viewer interaction, Agam’s work transforms depending on one’s perspective, inviting active participation in the act of seeing. His signature lenticular works, or Agamographs, create shifting illusions that explore the dynamic nature of perception and time.

Born in Rishon LeZion, Agam studied at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem before continuing his education at the Kunstgewerbe Schule in Zürich, where he trained under color theorist Johannes Itten. He later moved to Paris, where he developed a unique artistic language informed by Jewish mysticism, abstraction, and a belief in art as a vehicle for spiritual and intellectual engagement.

Agam’s groundbreaking approach has earned him major retrospectives at institutions such as the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. His works are included in the permanent collections of MoMA, the Hirshhorn Museum, and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, among others.