Michal Na'aman

Michal Na’aman
Born in Kvutzat Kineret, 1951
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
‍

‍

1972
Graduated from the Art College, Ramat Hasharon

1974
BA, History of Art and Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University

Since 1977
Teacher at the Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Kalmania

1978-1980
Studied at the School of Visual Art, New York

Since 2005
Associate Professor at the Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl college, Kalmania

Selected Solo Exhibitions
1975
Vai Hi Oh, Yodfat Gallery, Tel Aviv

1976
Backbiting, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1977
Fish Bird, Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv

1978
Michal Na’aman, New Works, Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv

1980
Ducks and Rabbits, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York

1981
Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv

1982
The Venice Biennale

1983
Michal Na’aman 1975-1983, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1984
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

1985
Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

1987
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1989
Michal Na’aman, New Works, 1987-1989, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1991
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1998
Legion, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1999
Red and a Trickle of White, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv Legion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (cat.)

2001
Yester-Red, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

2006
Miracles on the Sea, Beit Gabriel, Jordan Valley

The Eye of the Nation, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2010
A Smile, A Cat, A Cut, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat.)

2011
Fuck the Clock, Fresh Paint 4 Art Fair, Tel Aviv

2013
Witz, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2014
Micky-Mouth, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv

2016
Reservoir Dogs, Show of two whit Itay Marom, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Selected Group Exhibitions
1972
Gallery 201, Tel Aviv

1974
Five Young Artists, Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

1975
Open Workshop, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1976
Sara Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem

1977
Opening Exhibition, Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv

New Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Artist and Society in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1981
Turning Point, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1982
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv

1983
Art About Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1984
A Pear and an Apple, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Two Years – Israeli Art: Quality Accumulated, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1985
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1986
The Want of Matter – A Quality in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1987
Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1988
Neun Israelische Maler, Kunsthaus, Zurich; Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hannover

1990
Feminine Presence, Israeli Women Artists in the 70’s & 80’s, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Israeli Art Around 1990, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf; Artist’s House, Moscow; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1991
Imagewriting: The Verbal Component in Israeli Art towards the 90’s, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod

Israeli Art Now – An Extensive Presentation, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1992
Works on Paper from the 70’s, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv

1993
Subtropical: Between Figuration and Abstraction, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The Range of Realism, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1994
Three, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

A Fence of Cypresses, Fruit of Time, Mr. Sweety, Marry Fauzi Gallery, Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv Museum of Art

90-70-90, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Anxiety, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

1995
Preview: From the Ritaand Arturo Schwartz Collection of Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1996
Ketav – Flesh and Word in Israeli Art, Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina

1997
Winners of the Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Artist in the Fields of Plastic Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1998
Contemporary Israeli Art: Three Generations, Brunei Gallery, University of London; The National Gallery, Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens; National Office for Documentation and Expositions of Art; Bucharest; Massauischer Kunstverein, Wiiesbaden

Perspective on Israeli Art of the Seventies: The Eyes of the Nation; Visual Art in a Country Without Boundaries, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Alice in Wonderland, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

2000
Angel of History, Central Art Contemporary, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienne

2001
Summer Pictures, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Sun, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Love at First Sight, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2002
Grid, University of Haifa Art Gallery

Opening, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv

Focus on Painting, Haifa Museum of Art

2003
Art Focus 4, International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem

Artists in Focus, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Photo Installation, Hamidrasha Art Gallery

Ken Taase Lecha, Zman Leamanut Art Center, Tel Aviv

Das Recht des Bildes, Bochum Art Museum, Germany

Guess who Died, Dvir Gallery Tel Aviv

Affirmative Action, Tel aviv Museum of Art

2004
Alphabet – Contemporary Israeli Art, Stockholm Art Fair

2005
The New Hebrews – A Century of Art in Israel, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin

2006
The Divine Image – Depicting God in Jewish and Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Israel Art and Life 1906-2006, Palazzo Reale, Milan

2007
Last work, Tova Osman Art Gallery

Passing the Batonette, Haifa Museum or Art

Desert Generation, Artist House, Jerusalem

2008
Die Verborgene Spur (The Hidden Trace), Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabruck, Germany

Art in Israel in the 1970’s, My Own Body, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Check-Post, Art in Israel in the 1980’s, Haifa Museum of Art

Souvenirs, Department of Art, Ben-Gurion University

Depletion, Works from the Doron Sebagg Art Collection, Tel Aviv Museum Of Art

2009
The Big Spender, The Hedder Gallery

Factory-MoBy, Bat Yam Museum

Last Edition, Ben Gurion University

2012
After, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2014
The Chicago Triangle, Haifa Museum of Art

2015
Paper-Photography: Works on paper and Photographs from the 1970’s, Gordon Gallery 2, Tel Aviv

Prizes and Awards
1978-1980
Scholarship from the America – Israel Cultural Foundation

1981
Jacques and Eugenie O’Hana Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1994
George and Jenet Jeffin Prize, America-Israel Cultural Foundation

1995
Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Artists in Fields of Plastic Art

1998
The Meir Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture

The Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2002
The Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum

2008
The Mendel and Eva Pundik Prize for Israeli Art

2014
Israel Prize in the field of visual arts