Avner Ben-Gal
Works
Biography
Born in 1966 in Ashkelon
Lives and works in Tel-Aviv and New York
Education
1993 BA Fine Art, cum Laude, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
2012
Sadie Coles HQ, London (forthcoming)
2010
Smackville, Bortolami, NY
2009
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2008
Sadie Coles HQ, London
Kunstmuseum Basel ,Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Switzerland
Fabio Tiboni, Bologna, Italy
2007
Sudden Poverty, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
2006
New Paintings, Bortolami Dayan, New York, NY
2005
Cursed By Slaves, Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague, Holland
Sadie Coles HQ, London
2002
Helena, The Helena Rubinstein Pavilion of Art, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2001
The Eve of Destruction, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1999
New Army, Mary Fauzi Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998
Curly Drugs, The Artists Studios Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1997
Design, Hamidrasha Academy of Art Gallery, Beit Berl, Israel
1995
Avivit, The Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel
1994
Ethiopian Birthday Party, The Ramat-Gan Museum of Art, Ramat-Gan, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Re-Dressing, Bortolami, NY
What Is Political , Bat – Yam Museum of art, Israel
2009
Directions, A Palazzo Gallery, Brescia, Italy
History of Violence, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
2008
Penal Colony, Ein Harod Museum, Israel
SGOZZATA, Peres Projects, Berlin
Eventually We’ll Die, Young art in Israel of the Nineties, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
2007
XXS (Extra Extra Small), Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Isreal
2006
Infinite Painting – Contemporary Painting and Global Realism, Villa Manin, Centro d’arte contemporanea, Codroipo
Dark, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam, Holland
“Through the Looking Glass”, Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Blind Date – Selected Affinities, New Acquisition in the Deutsche Bank Collection, Seligenstadt, Germany
Melancholy, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2005
Hazeret , Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
A Wonderful View, Vous Etes Ici, Amsterdam
The New Hebrews, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin
2004
Huts, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
Painting 2004, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2003
Guess Who Died, Dvir Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Clandestine, Curated by Francesco Bonami, The 50th International Art Exhibition of
La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
2002
Balagan, Experimental Films and Videos, The Coolidge Corner Theatre, Boston, MA
2001
The Armory Show, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Recent Acquisitions, Uzi Zucker Fund for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Forceful Drawing, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Spunky, Exit Art, New York, NY
2000
La Rupubbliche Dell’Arte; The Israeli Season, Palazzo Delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy
Wish List; New Acquisitions, Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel
1999
Ladies and Gentlemen, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1998
Video Program #3: Avner Ben-Gal, Johan Grimonprez, Mona Hatoum, Muntean/Rosenblum, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
The Lesser Light, Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Israel
Art after Rabin, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Spring at the end of the summer, Tel-Aviv Art Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Ministry of Education and Culture Award Exhibition, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
1994
En Suite, Curated by Bart De Baere, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Transit, Art Focus 1; New central bus station, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Prizes and Awards
2001 Residency program at The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York (NY), USA
1998 Minister of Education and Cultural Prize, Israel
1996 Kollner award for excellent young artists, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel
1993 Mary Fischer award for excellent young artists, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalm, Israel
