Dogs of New York - Solo exhibition , 2024

In February 2024, my exhibition Dogs of New York opened at Moshava Art Gallery. The show ran from February 22 to April 18 and included a new series of dog drawings alongside selected works from Fitting In (2022).

Throughout the years, I’ve learned how to get myself inspired.

At first, I thought inspiration would arrive from something dramatic — a life-changing event, a deep emotional breakthrough, maybe even a crisis. I imagined creativity as something explosive and rare.

Slowly, I realized that what truly moves me is much more practical.

When I commit to something concrete, I move. When I invent a structure, I create. My life has slowly become a collection of small games and challenges — systems I build to push myself forward. They improve my daily life, but mostly they improve my career.

Instead of waiting for inspiration, I design it.

After Fitting In ended, I felt lost. Again.

When I think about it now, all of my favorite projects started from that exact feeling. The moment where I don’t know what’s next.

This time, the confusion had a specific shape: I couldn’t deal with social media anymore. I felt disconnected from it, yet I couldn’t imagine promoting my work without it. I needed visibility, but I wanted it to feel human again.

So I made a practical decision.

I would print postcards.

Postcards were actually what brought most people to the Fitting In exhibition. They are small, physical, and generous. A gift. Something you can hand to a stranger without asking for anything in return. And if there is a QR code on the back, maybe it quietly leads someone to my website.

But postcards of what?

Well, you know already.

When I walk the streets feeling lost, some moments are able to draw me out of this feeling, for example: when I see a dog walking towards me, looking for attention, making eye contact, as if we are talking. In that moment I forget everything but how beautiful animals are.

You might notice that the owners appear vaguely behind and the dogs are looking right at you, so you may have this moment to forget everything but how beautiful animals are.

Now, the best part in the game: BINGO

All I have to do is keep walking the streets of New York City with my postcards in my pocket, and once I see a dog that matches one of the postcards, I can give it as a gift to the owner and we all win!

In Fitting In (2022), I drew oversized, slightly awkward hybrid figures trying to belong in New York. It reflected my own experience as a newcomer.

With Dogs of New York, something shifted.

Instead of focusing on my own scale in the city, I lowered my perspective to the sidewalk. I stopped trying to “fit in” and started observing. Participating quietly. Belonging without announcing it.

The city revealed itself through its four-legged residents.

 Today, writing this post in 2026 I can say that the game definely worked . My top website trafic is STILL qr code scans (from the postcards) , I met tons of people and dogs, I learnd so much, and i feel very proud.