Naomi Mendel
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Born in Jerusalem, 1981
Education
2021 M.F.A. Art Department, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel
2005 Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands
2002-2006 B.F.A The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Awards and Scholarships
2022 Kunststiftung Schües Art Foundation, Hamburg
2018 The Ministry of Culture and Sport - Artist Teacher Grant
2017 The Ministry of Culture and Sport - Artist Teacher Grant
2016 The Ministry of Culture and Sport - Artist Teacher Grant
2016 Artis, Artport & Asylum Arts - Artist Career Development Program
2010 The Rabinovitch Foundation, Tel Aviv
2007 Friends of The Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2006 The Mandel Leadership Institute
Artist Residencies
2019 Art Ventures Gallery Artists Studios, Half Moon Bay, California
Solo/Joint exhibitions
2023 Inside the Thicket, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Galia Gur Zeev.
2019 Art Ventures Gallery, Santa Cruz Ave, Menlo Park, California
2013 Room Temperature, Collaborated exhibition with Hila Amram and Hanita Ilan. Feinberg Projects Gallery. Curator: Yham Hameiri
2010 Fragments, The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Ron Bartos
2009 And Maybe there is Romance in the Catastrophe? Dana Gallery, Kibbutz Yad-Mordechai. (Joint exhibition with Aya Eliav)
2008 Sane Man Seeking Apartment, Agora Gallery Tel-Aviv (Joint exhibition with Noa Shai)
Selected group exhibitions
2024 An Asana Moment, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv. Curator: Raz Samira
2023 Transition, Minshar Gallery, Curator: Sharon Poliakin
2022 Intoxicating lies, Bamerkaz Gallery, Hod Hasharon Municipality. Curator: Dr. Nava Sevilla-Sadeh
2022 Long Hour, Teo, Herzlia. Curator: Keren Bar-Gil
2022 Exceptions Committee, The social space, Tel Aviv. Curators: Bini Sarid and Hilit Shefer
2021 Contemporary Israeli Art in Zurich. Curator: Keren Bar-Gil.
2021 Turning the Tables. Stories of Women, Prostitution Survivors, and Works of Art Inspired by Them. Teo, Herzlia. Curators: Bini Sarid and Shira Gefen.
2020 Salon Hacubia, Hacubia Gallery, Jerusalem. Curators: Dan Orimian and Ella Cohen
Vansover
2019 The House of Dwelling, Carmel Forest Spa Resort. Curator: Sharon Toval
2019 The Kitchen, Rea's Print House. Curator: Keren Bar-Gil
2018 Shop It! Haifa Museum, Curator: Svetlana Reingold
2017 Salon Hacubia, Hacubia Contemporary Art Gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Dan Orimian
2016 Contemporary Israeli Art in London. Curator: Keren Bar-Gil
2016 White City, Muhaliver (Industrial building) Tel Aviv. Curator: Keren Bar-Gil
2015 Salon Hacubia, Hacubia Gallery, Jerusalem. Curators: Dan Orimian and Ella Cohen Vansover
2015 Midday Summer Dream, Feinberg Projects Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yham Hameiri
2015 Please Open, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yael Amit
2014 Reflection: A Note on Painting vs. Photography in Contemporary Israeli Art, Hanina Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Jochai Rosen
2014 Fresh Paint Special Edition, Meier Building, Tel Aviv. Curators: Yifat Gurion and
Sharon Tilinger
2013 Hit Wave, Contemporary Israeli Art in London, Curator: Keren Bar-Gil
2012 Why Self Portrait? The Red House, Tel Aviv. Curator: Shlomo Har-Paz.
2012 Closing Party, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curators: Iris Barak and Neta Gal-Atzmon.
2012 The End of the World, Beit Meyuhas, Tel Aviv. Curator: Galit Semel
2011 Windstones, Daniel Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Sharon Tuval
2011 Toy, Tel Aviv harbor. Curator: Karen Gillerman, with Tavi Art Gallery.
2011 The 4th Annual Israeli Art For Elem, Opera Gallery, New York.
2010 Be My Guest, The Diaghilev, Tel Aviv. Curator: Keren Bar-Gil
2010 Who is a Predator? On-Line exhibition on Whcreation.org. Curators: Shachaf Dekel and Limor Weisberg. www.whcreation.org
2010 Fresh Paint 3, Art Fair. Tel Aviv
2010 100 years young, Bezalel group exhibition in Berlin (UDK), curator: Muli Ben-Shashon
2010 Frozen Chocolate, Tel Aviv, Panorama building. Curator: Galit Semel
2009 Tel Aviv 100 celebrations, The Gallery of Rothchild Ave
2009 Lolita, The Office Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Ron Bartos
2009 Lehem-hok, The Heder Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Gilit Fisher
2009 Fresh Paint 2 - The Young Israeli Art Fair
2009 This World, Hanina Contemporary art Gallery. Curator: Jonathan Hirschfeld
2008 Fresh Paint 1, The Young Israeli Art Fair
2008 Gala Reception, Freinds of Bezalel, IAC building, New York
2008 Yaldei Hatahanot, Ramle Contemporary Art Gallery. Curator: David Vakshtein
2007 The Mandel Collection, Mandel Leadership Institute, Jerusalem
2006 Bezalel 100 – Terminal 1, Graduate exhibition of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Selected Collections
Kunststiftung Schües Art Foundation, Hamburg
Haifa Museum of modern art
Shiff collection, Tel Aviv
The Yigal Ahuvi Collection, Tel-Aviv
Bank Leumi Collection, Tel-Aviv
Bank Hapoalim Collection, Tel Aviv
The Mandel Leadership Institute collection, Jerusalem
The Stanger Collection, Tel-Aviv
Rani Rahav Collection, Tel-Aviv and Savyon
Rabin Collection, San Francisco