About the artist:

Born in Jerusalem on May 27, 1931. Studies successively at: Fine-Arts School Tel-Aviv, Ecole des Beaux-Arts - Paris, and later at the Accademia di Belle Arti - Florence. 1960-1962 Lives in Toscany, studies Italian Medieval and Renaissance art. 1962 Moves to Paris. 1967 First prize winner - Adolphe Neuman contest. Winner of the "Best Foreign Artist" contest Musée d'art moderne de la Vile de Paris, France. 1968 Individual exhibition - Galerie 44, Brussels. Individual exhibition - Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv. 1969 Five Israeli Artists at Saginawa Museum Michigan, USA. 1970 The International Biennial of Bradford, Great-Britain. 1972 Individual exhibition - Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Participates in "Les Fantastiques Contemporains" - Galerie Gaubert, Paris. 1975 International Fair of Basel, Switzerland. Individual exhibition - Goldman Gallery, Haifa, Israel. Group exhibition - Galerie Liliane François, Paris. 1976 " Espaces insolites" - exhibition - Palais des Congrès, Strasbourg, France. First Art Critics' Fair - Paris-La Défense. 1977 Israeli Perspective - Grand Palais, Paris. Individual exhibition - Aberbach Fine Art, New-York. 1978 Individual exhibition - Goldman Gallery, Haifa, Israel. Participates in the Israeli Art Festival - Ottawa, Canada. 1978--1980 Draws in the Israeli wilderness (Negev and Judea deserts). 1979 Israeli Art Festival - Berlin, Germany. 1980 Individual exhibition - Galerie Noir, Paris. 1982 Publication of "Espaces et Esprit d'Israel" edited by Images publishers, lithographies by Raff Kaiser. 1985 Individual exhibition - Galerie de France, Paris. Individual exhibition - Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany. Individual exhibition - De Beyerd Museum, Breda, The Netherlands. 1986 The International Fair of Basel Individual exhibition - Goldman Gallery, Haifa. 1987 Six months' stay and travel throughout the Popular Republic of China, following the steps of the artists of the Soung and Yuan periods (10th -13th centuries AD). 1988 Individual exhibition - Stuttgart town-hall, Stuttgart, Germany. 1990 Individual exhibition - Musée Guimet, Paris. Individual exhibition - Galerie Heyram - Mabel Semmler, Paris. Preparation of a rare publication at the Government Printing Office. 1991 (29/9/91-03/11/91) Individual exhibition - Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, Germany. 1991 The first painter invited by the Nomura Cultural Foundation for a 12 months' stay in Japan. Travels throughout the Japanese mountains. 1992 Publication of "Livre des Roches et des Nuages" by the Government Printing Office; poems by Kenneth White, drawings by Raffi Kaiser. 1993 Obtains the French Foreign Affairs' scholarship - a three months' stay at Villa Kujoyama Kyoto, Japan. 1994 Group exhibition - Galerie de l'Etoile- Mabel Semmier, Paris. Participates in the reopening activities of Suermondt-Ludwig-Museum Aachen, Germany. 1995-1997 Sejourns in Negev and Judea deserts - Israel. 1997 Individual exhibition - Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris. 1998 individual exhibition - De Beyerd Museum, Breda, The Netherlands. 1999 Individual exhibition - Römisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne, Germany. Individual exhibition - Galerie "Espace Furstemberg" Mabel Semmler, Paris. 2000 Echigo Tsumari Art Triennial, Nijgata Prefecture, Japan. 2001 Individual exhibition - Morat-Institut für Kunst und Kunstwissenschaft, Freiburg (Katalog) 2003 Individual exhibition - Galleria del Leone, Venedig 2006 Individual exhibition - Museum für Angewandte Kunst Frankfurt Raffi Kaiser „Paravents“ Individual exhibition - Raffi Kaiser „Premordiel Landscapes“ Galerie Friedrich Müller, Frankfurt