Victor
Ostrovsky was born in 1949 in Canada
and moved to Israel with his family at age 5. Victor entered the military at the age of eighteen and became the
youngest officer in the Israeli Defense Force at the time. Victor
rose to rank of Lieutenant Commander in the Israeli Navy and served as
head of the weapon testing program when he was recruited by Israel’s
elite intelligence agency, the Mossad.
After two and half years of training in the Mossad, Victor became a
katsa, (case officer). He left the service after 5 years and
wrote an exposé "By Way of Deception" that shook the
foundations of the agency and is said to have brought about change.
Victor has written two more books since, a non fiction "The Other
Side of Deception" and a fictional
spy novel "Lion Of Judah."
Today,
Victor’s insight and knowledge of the intelligence community
facilitates his writing of fictional novels and screenplays, and serves
as a basis for his enigmatic and cryptic paintings. His canvases offer
tantalizing images, evoking a mystical and otherworldly reaction from
viewers. Hats, gloves, scarves and umbrellas hide the identities of his
inscrutable figures, provoking and teasing our imaginations with visual
portrayals of adventure and intrigue. The activities of his figures and
the titles of the work reflect the enterprise and language of the
international intelligence community, bringing several layers of meaning
to his paintings while creating stories for the viewer.
