# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alexander-okun
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:06:20.498Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alexander-okun"
name: "Alexander Okun"
slug: "alexander-okun"
description: "Alexander \"Sasha\" Okun was an Israeli artist, author, and teacher. He is best known for his work in the medium of painting and has been compared to Hanoch Levin. Okun's art is characterised for its reference to classical baroque traditions, which he identified as tragic comedy in the tragicomic absurd perspective. He was a senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy of Arts in Jerusalem, where he taught for almost 40 years."
tagline: "Israeli artist, author and educator (1949–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alexander_(Sasha)_Okun.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Israel"
  isoCode: "IL"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1949-05-12"
deathDate: "2025-11-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.61692
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sashaokun.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ساشا اوكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Okun"
    title: "Sasha Okun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "אלכסנדר אוקון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%8C%2C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Окунь, Александр Нисонович"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasha_Okun"
    title: "Sasha Okun"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16338483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump