Yaakov Agam
Yaakov Agam Born on May 11, 1928  

Yaacov Agam is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art .

Yaakov Agam was Born in Rishon LeZion , Israel ( Palestine at the time) to a religious family, Yaakov Agam  trained at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem , before moving to Zürich and then to Paris , where Yaakov Agam settled. Yaakov Agam's first solo exhibition was at the Galerie Graven in 1953, and in 1955 he established himself as one of the leading pioneers of kinetic art at the Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie Denise René, alongside such artists as Pol Bury , Alexander Calder and Jean Tinguely.
Yaakov Agam.