Anatoly Basin, Roger Ychai and Hedi Tarjan arrived in Jerusalem in the period between 1970 and 1980, from St. Petersburg, Paris and Budapest, respectively. 
Basin's art and way of teaching was a revelation for Tarjan and Ychai and pointed them towards a new artistic direction. 
Basin, Ychai, Tarjan and others meet once a week and paint together.  In spite of differences in their artistic heritage, the group developed a common language in painting. 

Basin and Tarjan studied art in the European tradition. Ychai was born in Algeria, grew up in France and became a musician. 
In 1991, Basin started to teach painting at the Jerusalem Arts Centre, where Tarjan has been teaching since 1986, and Ychai, Tarjan's friend, joined them later.  Their collaboration attracted additional pupils and the present group, "Jerusalmix", came into being.