Artists

Alima

Work

Exhibitions at GG

2021
Alima Selected Works from the 1970's
July 30- August 28

Studio Visit

Biography

Born in Nesher, 1932
Lived and worked in Tel Aviv
Died in Tel Aviv, 2013

1953-1957

Studied at the Avni Institute, Tel Aviv

1976-1978

Founder and Director, Tel Aviv Artist's Association Print Workshop

1979-1981

Taught drawing and lithography at the Visual Arts Center, Be'er Sheva Taught painting and screen printing at the Kalisher School of Art, Tel Aviv

1981-1996

Head of Graphic's Workshop, Art Teacher's College, Ramat Hasharon Head of Art Department, Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts, Givatayim

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1960

Rina Gallery, Jerusalem, (cat.) Katz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

1965

New Vision Center Gallery, London, (cat.)

1967

Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1969

The Artist's House, Jerusalem Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1971

Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1972

Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum, curator: Haim Gamzu, (cat.) Betha Urdang Gallery, New York

1975

Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1977

Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

1980

Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

1981

Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

1982

The Visual Arts Center, Be'er Sheva

1984

Kibbutz Kabri Gallery

1987

Kibbutz Na'an Gallery Kibbutz Be'eri Gallery

1988

Memorial Center Gallery, Kiryat Ono

1990

Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, curator: Miriam Tuvia Boneh, (cat.)

1995

Sara Levi Gallery

2002

Hotel Sadona Gallery, Rangoon, Burma, curator: Efrat Marx Avrahami, (cat.)

2005

Kibbutz Lohemei Hagetot Gallery, curators: Tova Havardi and Michal Hurwitz Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Doron Rabina

2006

Avraham Baron Art Gallery, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, curator: Haim Maor, (cat.)

2008

"Between Frame and Window," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, curator: Yaniv Shapira, (cat.)

Selected Group Exhibitions

1959

"Young Artists," The Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv Biennale of Young Artists, Musuem of Modern Art, Paric, curator: Eugen Kolb, (cat.)

1960

"Modern Art in Israel 1960," The Oainters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv "Twenty Israeli Artists," Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paolo, curator: Liseta Levy

1962

"Israeli Art," St. John's Wood Center, London

1964

"Small Sculptures and Drawings," Manchester Institute of Contemporary Art, Manchester, (cat.)

1965

"International Alphabet of Modern Art," New Vision Center, London "The Visual Art," Harlow Art Festival, Essex, England, (cat.)

1966

"The Smallest Works of the 10+ Artists," Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv "Art in Israel," Tal Aviv Museum and the Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv, (cat.)

1966-1970

"The Autumn Exhibition," Tel Aviv Museum

1967

"Jerusalem by Israeli Artists," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, (cat.) "10+ in Red," Katz Gallery, Tel Aviv

1968

"Art in Israel," Tel Aviv Museum and the Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv, (cat.)

1969

"Leap of Faith: Israeli Art 1969," State University of New York Gallery, Albany, New York, curator: Bertha Urdang, (cat.) "Stop! Green!" Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv and the Painters and Sculptors Association, Jerusalem "10+ in Round," Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv "100 Prints," The Painters and Sculptors Association, Jerusalem "New Acquisitions," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Elisheva Cohen

1970

"10+, 10th Exhibition," Dugit Gallery, Tel Aviv "Israeli Artists," Painters and Sculptors Association, Jerusalem "New Acquisitions," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Elisheva Cohen

1971

"Looking Up," University of Rochester, New York, curator: Bertha Urdang, (cat.)

1972

"In a Straight Line," The Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv

1972-1974

"The International Exhibition of Original Drawings," Museum of Modern Art, Rijeka, Yugoslavia (cat.)

1973

"New Acquisitions," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Meira Perry-Lehman "Six Israeli Print Artists," traveling exhibition on South America, curator: Amnon Barzel, (cat.) "Graphic Art in Israel Today," Tel Aviv Museum of Art, curator: Haim Gamzu, (cat.)

1975

"Artists of Israel," Flegias Gallery, Rome, curator: Marco Mancini, (cat.)

1976

"Intergrafik: Prints," Fantique Gallery, Copenhagen "From the Geometric to the Hard Edge," The Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv "From the Museums' Israeli Colection," Haifa Museum of Art

1978

"Graphic Works by 30 Israeli Artists," The Tel Aviv University Gallery, curator: Mordechai Omer "Abstract Works from Israel," Hedenaagse Kunst Museum, Utrecht, Holland, curator Meira Perry-Lehman, (cat.) "Works from 10+ Exhibitions," Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1979

"Graphic Works from the Mediterranean," Volkschochschule, Leverkusen, Germany, curator: Ernst Kuchler, (cat.) "Color," The Israel Museum, Jerusaelm, curator: Yocheved Weinfeld

1979

"Graphic Works from the Mediterranean," Volkschochschule, Leverkusen, Germany, curator: Ernst Kuchler, (cat.) "Color," The Israel Museum, Jerusaelm, curator: Yocheved Weinfeld

1980

"Jerusalem and the Israeli Printmakers," Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Mordechai Omer, (cat.)

1981

"Trends in Israeli Art, 1970-1980," International Art Fair, Basel, curator: Micahel Levin "Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Meira Perry-Lehmann, (cat.)

1982

"Arteder '82: Musestra Internacional de Obra Grafica," Bilbao, Spain, (cat.)

1983

"Israeli Artists in print: The Israel Museum Presents from the Burston Graphic Center," Barbican Center, London, curator: Nehama Hillman, (cat.) International Art Biennale, Valparaiso, Chile, (cat.) "Contemporary Graphic Art," Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod

1985

"Life and Art in Israel," Anakapalle Art Academy, Anakapalle, India, curator: Nehama Hillman "Enrichment-Variety-Value," Haifa Museum of Art

1986

"Landscape and Nature: Contemporary Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center," Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia, curator: Meira Perry-Lehmann

1989

"The Israel Museum and Burston Graphic Center Present: Israeli Prints," Flax Gallery, New York, (cat.)

1990

"Print Today," The Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv, curator: Deganit Berest, (cat.) "Intergrafic 90," International Print Biennial, Berlin, (cat.)

1994

"The Printer's Imprint: Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Meira Perry-Lehmann and Arik Kilemnik, (cat.)

1996

"Blue and White," Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Talia Rapaport, (cat.)

1998

"Women Artists in Israeli Art 1948-1998," Haifa Museum of Art, curator: Ilana Teicher, (cat.)

2002

"Chana Orloff's Private Collection: The School of Paris and Eretz-Israel Artists," Mane Katz Museum, Haifa, curator: Hannah Koppler, (cat.)

2004

"New Prints," Jerusalem Print Workshop

2006

"Three Etching Exhibitions," The Negev Museum of Art, Be'er Sheva, curators: Noga Rabad and Arik Kilemnik, (cat.)

2008

"1972 - Three Generations," The Kupferman Collection House, Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, curator: Yona Fischer

"DIY*, The Michael Adler Collection and Israeli Post-Minimalism in the Seventies and in Contemporary Art," Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, curator: Adi Englman, (cat.)

"The 10+ Group: Myth and Reality," tel Aviv Museum of Art, curator: Benno Kalev, (cat.)

"The Birth of Now: Art in the 1960s," Ashdod Museum - Monart Center, curators: Yona Fischer and Tamar Manor Friedman, (cat.)

Prizes and Awards

1960‍

Award for Graphic Work, Haifa Museum of Art‍

1978‍

The Helena Rubenstein Foundation Scholarship, awarded by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation‍

1987‍

Eugen Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Art‍

2007‍

Encouragement Prize, Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, Culture and Arts Administration‍

The Israel Lottery Council for the Arts Grant in Support of a Retrospective Exhibition‍

2008‍

The Painter Nata Dushintsky-Kaplan Fund Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art