Biographical Notes

Born in Tel Aviv, lives and works in Tel Aviv

   
2012, 2014  Advanced studies at Crown Point Press, San Francisco
2007-2013 Several  etching courses at The Gottesman Etching Center -  Kibbutz Cabri
1992-2001 Illustrator for the Israeli daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth
1991-1996  
Courtroom illustrator
 for Israeli television Channel 2
1989-1991 Courtroom illustrator for ABC News
1969-1972 Studied art at the Free Academy, The Hague,

The Netherlands

 
Selected Solo Exhibitions
   
2019

Hey, gimme a smile, Raanana city Gallery, curator: Orna Fichman,(cat.)        

2018 I Feel Pretty, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat
  Friday the 13th, Artspace Tel Aviv
2017 Little Women, Tel Aviv Artists’ House, curator: Nir Harmat
2015 Self-Portrait, Levinsky College of Education gallery,Tel Aviv, curator: Arie Berkowitz
  Creep, Exhibition wall, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat
 

Faded Lovers, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery,Tel Aviv, curators: Irit Levin (cat.)

2011

Double Trouble, Apart.Art Gallery,  Tel Aviv, curator: Rotem Ritov

2010

Through beauty | Hagit Shahal & Ilona Ahron, the Artists' House,Tel Aviv, curator: Irit Levin

 

Dowry. Inspiration, Stern Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat (catalog)

2009 Who's Who, Micky Tiroche Fine Arts, London
2008

Israel through Portraits, the National Museum of Slovakia, Bratislava, curator: Tanya Sternson (cat.) 

 

Cartography; Scale 6.2:1, Art Wall Project on the façade of the Tel Aviv Artists' House, curator: Nir Harmat

2006

Seeing Me, Seeing You, Montefiore Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Irit Levin (cat.)

2003 French Manicure, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv
2000 New Works, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv
1997 Oil Paintings, Neve Tsedek Gallery, Tel Aviv, text: Talia Rapaport (cat.)
1993 Ornaments, Nelly Aman Gallery, Tel Aviv
1992 Oil Paintings, Arsuf Art Gallery, Rishpon, Israel, text: Gideon Ofrat (cat.)
1988 Drawings, Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1987 New Works, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
1985 Paintings, Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1985 Paintings, Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem
1984 Galerie Jean-Pierre Lavignes, Paris
  Portraits, Tatrama Gallery, Tel Aviv
1983 New Works, Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1975

Works on Paper, Debel Gallery, Jerusalem

 

Selected Group Exhibitions
   
2021 Body Marks, Tel Aviv Artists’ House, curator: Carmel Gofer
  Four Seasons, Yavne Art Workshop Gallery, curator: Dalia Danon
2020 Weave, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Dalia Danon
2019 Portrait of a Mother, Tel Aviv Artists’ House, curators: Irit Levin and Dr. Dorit Kedar
  Her Dress, Her Symbol: Antea Revisited, Agripas 12, Jerusalem, curators: Rita Mendes-Flohr and Nomi Tannhauser
 

Locally, the Artists House Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, curator: Gabi Yair

2018

Women Painting Landscape, Tel Aviv Artists’ House, curators: Dr. Ruth Markus and Ruty Chinsky

  Hanky & Powder Puff, Nulubaz cooperative space for contemporary art
  Law and Art, Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem, curator: Dr. Orna Yair
2017 9 X Artist Wall, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Nir Harmat
 

The Double Mirror, Beit-Rosentalis, Jaffa, curator: Irit Levin

2016 9 X Artist Wall, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Dalia Danon
  Body Of Work, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Galit Rauchwerger
  Then and Now, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Sara Erman
2015 Flowers, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Mira Cedar
 

Woman – Many Faces, Raanana city Gallery, Israel, curator: Orna Fichman (cat.)

  Following Collections, Yavne Art Workshop Gallery, curator: Irit Levin (cat.)
 

Hebrew and Art corner, Heichal Hatarbut, Rishon Lezion, curator: Efi Gen

2014 International Juried Print Exhibition, New Grounds gallery, Albuquerque, U.S.A
  Ode to a Woman, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, curator: Rachel Sukman
2013 Not-Book, Beit Ha'ir Urban culture museum, Tel Aviv, curator Guy Morag
2012 Me and Other Animals, Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Curator: Nurit Zilberger
 

Hidden Treasures, The Diaghilev, Tel Aviv, curator: Tamar Tadmor

2011

To See Rock 'n Roll, Tel Aviv Artists’ House, curators: Irit Levin and Arie Berkowitz (cat.)

 

 Kav / Ketem / Ot, Light House Gallery, Tel Aviv,,curator: Galit Rauchwerger

2010

Objects of Desire, Stern Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Debby Luzia (cat.)

 

Variations on Studio, Dan Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Irit Levin (cat.)

2009

Small Object-Not a Painting, Shoham Gallery, Tel Aviv,  curator: Hana Shir

 

Every Monday and Thursday, Etching Workshop, Tel Aviv Artists’ House, curator: Galit Rauchverger

2008

Time Tunnel, Municipal Gallery of Art, Givatayim, curator: Daniel Cahana-Levensohn, text: Gideon Ofrat (cat.)

2007

Viewing the Portrait, Danon Gallery, Tel Aviv, curators: Dalia Danon and Irit Levin, text: Nir Harmat

 

Abie Nathan – Man of Peace, Yavne Art Workshop Gallery, curator: Roni Reuven (cat.)

2006 Israeli Artists, National Museum of Jewish Culture in Bratislava, Slovakia
2005

LeHaim, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, curator: Hana Kofler (book)

 

Tel Aviv Profile, facade of Tel Aviv's City Hall Building, curators: Kethy Bar and Udi Rosenwein (book)

2003

Regarding Beauty, Stern Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Debi Luzia

 

55 Laila Nights (Laila Schwartz), Rachel and Israel Pollak Gallery, Kalisher, Tel Aviv (cat.)

  Flowers, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv
  Pretense, Sara Erman Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996

Artists – Messengers of Peace, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, curator: Doron Polak (cat.)

 

Healing the Breach, Yadayim Gallery, Jaffa, curators: Vered Shomron and Iris Nadel (cat.)

1994

Encounter, Tuyap Exhibition Center, Istanbul, Turkey, curator: Doron Polak

  Dialogue, Bad Kissingen, Germany, curator: Doron Polak
1991 44 Laila, Frauen Museum, Bonn, Germany
 

Identity Card, Tel Aviv Artists' House, curator: Sorin Heller (cat.)

1988 Shame, Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv
 

Haifa: Portrait of a City, Haifa Museum of Modern Art, curator: Ilana Teicher (cat.)

1984 People, Tel Aviv Artists' House
 

Black Exhibition, Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv, curator: Ziva Ron

1976 7 Artists, Hakibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv
1975

Young Artists, 1975, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Amnon Barzel

 

 

Selected Collections

 

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The National Museum of Slovakia, Bratislava

Israel Discount Bank

The Joseph Hackmey Collection, Tel Aviv

David Louis – Royal Beach Hotel, Eilat, Israel

Ran Rahav, Savyon, Israel