Where did your passion for art begin?

When I was in elementary school I saw the movie “Kickboxer”. In art class, inspired by the movie, I drew the whole dojo club; two floors of different characters wearing ninja masks and swords, kicking and fighting. Yin yang symbols decorated the walls. My teacher called my mom to say I made something brutal, she asked her where does this violence come from? And I said, Van Damme’s movie.

Van Damme was my favorite action figure. I had tons of GI Joes action figures. I didn't like some of their outfits. I turned them from fighters into football players, painting them with tipp-ex. For the stadium I was creating, I then cut newspaper ads and pasted them on little pieces of cardboard made into commercial signs – Toto, Coca Cola, Fuji film, etc. 

Growing up I always loved football. When I was thirteen I started noticing the European fanatic fan culture, aka “Ultras”. I watched less of the game and looked for more of the banners, flags, logos, etc. Pretty quickly I became the artist of the fan club that was up and coming in Haifa. I built a complete graphic identity expressed by banners, flags, clothes and more – which still remain years later.