Erez Israeli
Erez Israeli | |
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Born | Beer Sheva, Israel |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Art School Midrasha |
Known for | Sculpture, Installation Art |
Movement | Israeli art, Modern Art |
Erez Israeli (born 1974) is an Israeli artist, specializing in Sculpture and Installation Art. Israeli lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Biography
Erez Israeli graduated from Midrasha Art School of Beit Berl College. He received a post-graduate degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 2005. In his works, Israeli emphasizes the idea of preserving Israel identity - collective as well as personal. He thinks about war, terror, religious freedom - the main tensions existing in Israeli society and creates a visual concept around them.[1]
Exhibitions
Solo
- 2014 Firewall Mural, a wall painting project on the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
- 2013 Berlin 2013, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
- 2012 Lowland, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
- 2012 Erez Israeli – Prints, Tel Aviv Museum of Art[2]
- 2010 Erez Israeli: Ashpara, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 2009 Friday Night, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv[3]
- 2007 Love Song, Emergency Exit New Media Center, Haifa Museum of Art[4]
- 2003 21 Self Exhibitions, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Group
Erez Israeli has exhibited his works at many group shows around the world, including Zachęta National Gallery of Art; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art; Haifa Museum of Art; Negev Museum of Art; Museum on the Seam; Museum Goch, Dusseldorf; Israel Museum;[5] Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery Tel Aviv; Jewish Museum Munich; Moscow Contemporary Art Center Winzavod; Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam; Petach Tikva Museum of Art.
Awards
- 2009 The Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 2007 The Legacy Heritage Fund Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
- 2006 The Hadassah and Rafael Klatchkin Prize for Art, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
- 2006 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
- 2005 The Rich Foundation Award for Education, Culture and Welfare, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
- 2005 Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for an Israeli Artist
External links
- Erez Israeli at Givon Gallery