Photo credit: Kalina Zheynova
b. 1973, St. Petersburg, former USSR, the third generation of Jewish immigrants from Belarus and Ukraine.
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel since 1990.
Studies |
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2019-2021 | MFA (with excellence), Department of Fine Arts, School of the Arts, Haifa University |
1993-1996 | BA, Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures, Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University |
1993-1997 | Painting and drawing studies with Ira Reichwarger, supervision by Jun Rauchwerger |
1986-1989 |
Art School for Youth, St. Petersburg, drawing and composition classes with Yelena Osipova (finished with excellence). |
Individual Exhibitions |
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2021 |
Time, MFA Graduate Exhibition, Dr. Reuven Hecht Arts Center, Haifa University. Curators: Sharon Poliakine and Thalia Hoffman. (catalogue) |
2019 | Tel Aviv-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv. Jerusalem Print Workshop. Curator: Irena Gordon. |
2015 | Giv’at Haim: 1991 and 2015 . Art Gallery, Kibbutz Givat Haim Ihud, Curators: Rithy Hinsky Amitay, Hanush Morag. |
2014 | Keep it simple, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
2011 | From White to Black and Back, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. (catalogue) |
2009 | Perpetuum Mobile, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
2008 |
+- Everything, Dollinger Art Project Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Urban Vibe, Habres + Partner Gallery, Vienna, Austria. |
2006 | Urbatika, Artist’s House, Tel Aviv. Curator: Galit Semel. (catalogue) |
2003 | Beasts, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
2002 | Tel Aviv Rooftops, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. |
Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2024 | War and Peace – 50 Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Emanuela Calò. |
2017 | Middle Class, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Oranim College, Israel. Curator: Tali Cohen Garbuz. |
Triumph of Painting, Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa. Curator: Nataliya Zorabova. | |
2016 | Pop up, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv. |
2015 | Local Pulse 2, Tel Aviv Artists House, curators Orli Hoffman and Arie Berkowitz. |
2012 | Not For Sale, Oded Shatil Collection, Art Gallery at the Memorial Center Tivon, Israel. |
2011 | The Bare Essentials, Art Gallery at the Memorial Center Tivon, Israel. |
2010 | Forest, Julie M Gallery, Toronto. |
2009 | Architecture. Inside / Out, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv. |
League II, Amiad Center. Yaffo. Curator: Galia Yahav. | |
2008 | Hess 8, Tel Aviv, Curators: Ravit Harari, Roi Mordechai. |
Tel Aviv, my love. Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv. | |
Highlights 2008, Habres + Partner Gallery, Vienna. | |
Near and Apparent, Connections and Contexts – A selection from Benno Kalev Collection, | |
The Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park, Israel | |
2007 | Traces | Contemporary Drawing in Israel III (Drawing Biennale), Jerusalem Artists House. |
Jerusalem. Curator: Dalia Manor. (catalogue) | |
Home & Away: The Spaces We Inhabit, the Bronfman Center Gallery in New York University, USA. Curator: Lois Stavsky. | |
On a Small Scale, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem. Curator: Arik Kilemnik. (catalogue) | |
2005 | Conversation 4, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon, Israel. Curator: Yael Keiny. |
Four Houses, Dwek Gallery Mishkenot Sha’ananim, Jerusalem. Curator: Irena Gordon. | |
Forms of Freedom: Young Israeli Art, Kyiv Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kyiv, Ukraine. (catalogue) | |
League, Bait Be-Namal, Tel Aviv Port, Tel Aviv. Curator: GaliaYahav. | |
2004 |
Traces | Contemporary Drawing in Israel II (Drawing Biennale), Jerusalem Artists House. Curator: Dror Burstein. (catalogue) |
You are not looking hungry, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv. | |
2001 |
Traces | Contemporary Drawing in Israel (Drawing Biennale), Jerusalem Artists House. Curator: Ilan Wizgan. (catalogue) |
Collections |
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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem | |
Haifa University | |
Bank Leumi art collection, Israel | |
Benno Kalev private collection | |
Oded Shatil private collection | |
Private collections in Israel, the USA, Canada, and Austria | |
Grants and Awards |
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2022 | Erasmus+ grant, lectures exchange between HIT, Israel, and HTW Dresden, Germany. |
2020 | Helena Markson Award, MFA program, Haifa University, Israel |
2016 | Alima Rita Award in printmaking, Mishkan Museum of Art in Ein Harod, Israel |
2003 | Award from the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Teaching experience |
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2022 | Drawing workshop, HTW University, Dresden |
2022 – 2023 | Drawing course, Minshar Art College, Tel Aviv |
From 2021 | Painting course for advanced adults, Education Department of Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art |
From 2015 | Painting and drawing course, Department of Interior Design, HIT Institute of Technology, Holon |
From 2017 | Bialik-Rogozin High School, Tel Aviv. |
2011 – 2015 | Drawing and painting instructor at Archijob Studio, Tel Aviv |
Working and collaboration experience |
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2009 – 2016 | Represented by Jullie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv |
1997 – 2007 | Archaeological artifacts drawer and graphic designer at the Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University. |