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ana Harel was born and raised in Tel Aviv, Israel and currently works in San Francisco.

Harel’s drawings explore the mystery of the human psyche and the drama of physical and emotional struggles. Her drawings are a result of combining sculpture, photography, and print making techniques.

She’s interested in the moments where brutality meets fragility, and aggression meets tenderness. Focusing on the nonverbal, unprocessed, wild and instinctive elements.

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he human body is kin to all wild things, and this kinship with the natural world is physical and psychological. My

work depicts a world in which the body becomes mere matter for nature to reshape, re-grow, and reproduce new life; an ecological progress hints of a change of authority; the body fuses with its natural surroundings. In this world, I fashion a new surreal dynamic, comparing the scale of our human bodies to the scale of nature - eight feet of graphite on paper creating an elephant’s mass as human hands, and thousands of ants covering a naked body embedded in the earth. The dimensions change size, reflecting the variability of nature’s power, its ability to thrive or to wither. These dynamics are rendered using solid materials from the earth - graphite and soil. These basic materials give rise to analogies, challenging thousands of simple strokes to create a moment where human nature and natural processes become indistinguishable.”

– Dana Harel

When They Were Kings 4 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014

When They Were Kings 5 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014

When They Were Kings 6 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014

When They Were Kings 7 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014

There Was A Time When The Enemy Looked You In The Eye 66 x 72 in, mixed media on paper, 2012

The Original Mr. Jacob I 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011

The Original Mr. Jacob 11 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011

The Original Mr. Jacob III 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011

The Original Mr. Jacob IV 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011

Not Telling Them Apart Until The Very End 1 47 x 36in, mixed media on paper, 2013

Elphas maximus 96 x 72 in, graphite on paper, 2008

Python Molurus 41 x 78 in, graphite on paper, 2008

Pride of Verticle 47 x 36 in, mixed media on paper, 2013

Notes from the Underground i 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011

Notes from the Underground iI 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011

I’ve Tussled With A Whale.

I’ve Wrestled With Alligators.

Cock Fight 52 x 69in, graphite on paper, 2010

Gate Keeper 1 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013

Gate Keeper 2 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013

When They Were Kings 4 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014 Page 6

There Was A Time When The Enemy Looked You In The Eye 66 x 72 in, mixed media on paper, 2012 Page 10

The Original Mr. Jacob I 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 12

When They Were Kings 5 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014 Page 7

The Original Mr. Jacob 11 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 12

When They Were Kings 4 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014 Page 8

The Original Mr. Jacob III 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 13

When They Were Kings 5 17 x 14 in, mixed media on paper, 2014 Page 9

The Original Mr. Jacob IV 36 x 25 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 13

Pride of Verticle 47 x 36 in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 21

Not Telling Them Apart Until The Very End 1 47 x 36in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 15

Notes from the Underground i 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 22

Notes from the Underground iI 32 x 40 in, graphite on paper, 2011 Page 23 Elphas maximus 96 x 72 in, graphite on paper, 2008 Page 17

I’ve Tussled With A Whale.

Page 24

Python Molurus 41 x 78 in, graphite on paper, 2008 Page 18

I’ve Wrestled With Alligators.

Page 25

Cock Fight 52 x 69in, graphite on paper, 2010 Page 26

Gate Keeper 1 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 28

Gate Keeper 2 78 x 60in, mixed media on paper, 2013 Page 29