Dov/About

Dov Amsel is born and bred American, 2nd generation Israeli-American. His parents were inspired by the works of art that his grandfather brought over and at a young age, were always complemented on how wonderful the work was. Olive wood work from Jerusalem and other middle eastern areas along the western banks of the Mediterranean. Inspired by this, they began making contacts with artists there, to import the work to California and sell it. Making a very good living off this.

Inspired himself to be an artist, he took to sculpture and stone work. Initially chiseling images during his independent studies while working towards his BFA, he became inspired by the new stone sculptors. Those inspired by works by artists such as Andy Goldsworthy and James Turrell. It was a combination of the found object, natural stone, and making something of the aesthetics of that stone in situ.

He rose in Los Angeles as an artist on the rise, joining the MFA program as other galleries began to take to his work as well. A heralded local/state artist on the rise. Though a few years post graduation, he's now moved south to Prospect, an unexpected move by a young artist just emerging on the national scene.