1942 Born in Bairam-Ali, Turkmenistan
1954-61 Studied painting at the T. H. Shevchenko High School of Art, connected with the Kiev Academy of Art
1961-64 Service in the Soviet Army
1964-68 Studied design at The Moscow Polygraphic Institute
1965-73 Studied painting with Vladimir Weisberg, Moscow
1973 Immigrated to Israel, lives in Jaffa
Lives and works in Jaffa, Israel
Selected One Man Exhibitions
1975 Zvi Noam Gallery, Leivik House, Tel Aviv, Israel
1976 Zvi Noam Gallery, Leivik House, Tel Aviv, Israel
1978 Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1979 Delson-Richter Gallery, Jaffa, Israel
1980 Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1981 Ribenfeld House, Jaffa, Israel
1982 Radius Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1983 Vorst Gallery, Amsterdam, Holland
Cite des Arts, Paris
1984 Special Exhibition dedicated to the awarding of Israeli Discount Bank
Prize, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"Tours in Rome"', Meimad Katan Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1985 “Jan Rauchwerger: Recent Works”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1986 Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, Israel
1987 “Jan Rauchwerger: Works 1983-86 “Efrat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1989 "Jan Rauchwerger: In the family - Art as Autobiography", Museum of
Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
"Orchards", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1990 "Jan Rauchwerger: Works on Paper", Hanegev Museum, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1991 "Nude"', Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Schloss Britz, Berlin, Germany
1992 "Yehudit Levin Selects", Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Flowers", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1993 Kibbutz Rosh Hanikra Gallery, Israel
1994 “Jan Rauchwerger: Painting 1983-1993”, The Moscow Palette gallery, Moscow, Russia
Kibbutz Nachshon Gallery, Israel
1995 "Landscapes of the North", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Jan Rauchwerger", Galerie Inge Herbert, Berlin, Germany
1996 "Alisa, Talya & Tanya from Novosibirsk", Art Gallery, Haifa University, Israel
1997 "Four Hours Top", Rubin Museum Foundation, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998 "Recent Paintings", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2000 “Works 1998-2000”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 “Recent Paintings, 2000 – 2002”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2004 “Shades of Feeling – Jan Rauchwerger: Works from 1979 to 2003”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Shades of Feeling – Jan Rauchwerger: Works from 1979 to 2003”, The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
2006 "Child's Play", Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006 Jan Rauchwerger: Child's play. Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
Beyachad Galit Rauchwerger/Jan Rauchwerger Engel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 Jan Rauchwerger: A Portait, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2009 Jan Rauchwerger: Recent works 2007-2009, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Jan Rauchwerger: Pastel on Paper. Zimak Gallery, Tel Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
1965 Young Artists Exhibition, Artists' House, Moscow, Russia
1968 Young Artists Exhibition, Artists' House, Moscow, Russia
1974 Artists' House, Jerusalem
1978 City Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
1979 Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1982 Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1983 "Portraits", The Genia Schreiber University Art gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"A Pear and an Apple - Still Life"', The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
1986 “There are no Bad Beasts”, Omanut Le'am, Israel
1987 "Israeli Painting in Large Format", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1988 “Upon One of the Mountains - Jerusalem in Israeli Art", The Genia
Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Quotation", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
"Black & White", Works on Paper, Ben-Ari Museum, Bat Yam, Israel
1989 "New Acquisitions", The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
"Painting from Nature", The Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, Israel
"Via Maris", Ben-Ari Museum, Bat Yam, Israel
1990 "Artists Paint in Reading Power Station", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Special Exhibit, Israel Festival, Jerusalem Theater, Israel
International Art Fair, Basel (Bineth Gallery)
1991 "Israeli Art Now - An Extensive Presentation", The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
"The Presence of the Absent - The Empty Chair in Israeli Art", The Genia
Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1992 "A Tribute to Ayala", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Ayala Zacks- Abramov's House, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Contemporary Israeli Landscapes", Expo 92, Seville, Spain
1993 "Portraits", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 "Autumn Exhibition", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 “Power Plant - Art Inspired by Electricity Production Sites”, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Artindustry", Ashdod Museum, Ashdod, Israel
1996 "Portraits", The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
1997 "Landscape", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
"Portfolio", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Many Faces of the Portrait", Bat Yam Museum, Bat Yam, Israel
1998 "Port", Haifa Museum, The National Maritime Museum, Haifa, Israel
"Vision of Light, A Century of Watercolor in Israel", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1999 Bineth Gallery, Art Miami 99`, Miami, Florida
"Now", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
"Tel Aviv in Art", The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2000 Prints from the Jim Dine and Cabri Workshop Project, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2002 “Focus on Painting”, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2004 “Lea Nikel & Jan Rauchwerger”, Natanya Gallery, Natanya, Israel
“70 to the Tel Aviv Museum”, Prints, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Awards and Grants
1984 Israel Discount Bank Prize, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1986 Oscar Hendler Prize, Kibbutz Lohamei Hageta'ot, Israel
1998 Meir Dizengoff Prize for Painting, Tel Aviv Municipality, Israel
2007 Rappaport Prize for an Established Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art