Born in Israel, 1959

Lives and works in Tel Aviv

Education

1980–1984

Studied at Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem (BFA)

Since 1996

Teaches at Hamidrasha School of Art, Ramat Hasharon and Beit Berl College, Kalmaniya

Since 1997

Teaches at Bezalel Academy for Arts, Jerusalem

Since 2003

Head of the Art Department and senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1987

Israeli Art Special Exhibit, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Artists’ House Gallery, Tel Aviv

The Gallery of Bezalel Art & Design Academy, Jerusalem

1988

Tongue in Cheek, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1989

Oranim Art Institute Gallery

1991

Kibbutz Cabri Art Gallery

Atelier Asperger Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1993

Ido Bar-El Works, The Contemporary Art Museum, Belgium

The Tel-Aviv Art Museum, Tel Aviv

Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1995

Street Signs and Other Works, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1996

University of Haifa Art Department Gallery, Haifa

1997

Silvery Works, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Construction Works, The Herzliya Art Museum

1998

Street Signs, Olaf Stuber Gallery, Berlin, Germany

1999

New Paintings, The Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

2000

Works never exposed before, Kibbutz Be’eri Art Gallery

2001

Canvases and White Paintings, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Papers, The Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

2001-2004

AM PM Paintings, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Ido Bar-El: Painting, The Comtemporary Art Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

2003

Ido Bar-el Paintings, The Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland

The Art Gallery at Oranim Training College, Kiriat Tivon

2004

Ido Bar-el Paintings, Derbi Palace, Tukms, Latvia

Ido Bar-el Paintings, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania

Ido Bar-el Paintings, Liepajas Museum, Latvia

2005

Ido Bar-El: Paintings, Historical and Art Museum Daugspghils, Latvia

2006

Selected Works 1985-2006, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2009

Sign, Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod

2011

The Pictures Fell off the Wall, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2013

Good Night, and Good Luck, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2015

Bagatelle, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Selected Group Exhibitions

1984

The Art Department’s Gallery, Bezalel Art and Design Academy

1986

The Artists’ Studios, The Ika Brown Gallery, Jerusalem

6 Young Artists, Ahad Ha’am Gallery, Tel-Aviv

1987

Recent Acquisitions, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

36 Artists, Bugrashov Gallery, Tel-Aviv

1988

Fresh Paint; The young generation in the Israeli Art”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art The Critics’ Choice, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv

Down With the Occupation, Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv

The Education & Culture Award Winners, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan

Art in L.A., Givon Gallery, Art Fair in Los Angeles, U.S.A.

Neun Israeliche Maler, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hannover

1989

The Israeli Proposal, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan

Other Frequencies, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York

Israeli Art: Recent Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1990

More Than Drawing, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Towards the 90’s, Mishkan Le Omanut, Ein Harod, Israel

Five Painters from Israel, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London

The Promise – Young Artists Bezalel Art & Design Academy Graduates, The Inauguration of Bezalel Art & Design Academy in Jerusalem

1991

Israeli Art Now – Extensive Presentation, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art Combined Painting, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1992

Routes of Wandering, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Positionen Israel, Bethanien Art Center, Berlin

1993

In Extenso, Recent Acquisitions 1998-1993, The Contemporary Art Museum, Ghent, Belgium

Makom, Israeli Contemporary Art, The 20th Century Museum, The Modern Art Museum, Ludwig Collection, Vienna

Ghent Was Invited – Jan Hoet’s Choice”, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands

1994

Halal, Contemporary Art from Israel, Sala 1, Roma

Art… Language, Kunst Werke, Berlin

Tel-Aviv Follows the Bauhaus, The Ha’aretz House, Tel Aviv

Black Holes: The White Locus, The Israeli Presentation at The 22nd Biennial of Sao Paolo, Brazil, (exhibited in Brazil, Argentina and The Haifa Museum)

Homework, The Herzliya Art Museum; The University of Haifa Art Gallery; The Arad Museum; The Ashdod Museum

Hard Emphasizes, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1995

The British, Israeli & Argentinian Presentation of the 22nd Biennial of Sao Paolo, Centro Cultural Recolecta, Buenos Aires, Argentina

4X4, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Regretfully I Don’t Agree with My Learned Colleagues, The Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

The First Glance, Works of The Rita & Arturo Schwartz Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

And the Verdict Is, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York

1996

Ketav: Flesh and Word in Isreali Art, Contemporary Israeli Art, Auckland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, U.S.A.

New Morning Sights, Hambacher Castle, Germany

1997

Tanya Rempff Gallery, Haarlem, The Netherlands

Hussein the Peace King, The RJ Alia Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan

Painting on a Non Regular Surface, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1998

The Lesser Light, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Per Video, The Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany, Nova Gallery Katovich, Poland, Galeria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy

Summer Collection, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art

After Rabin: Israeli Contemporary Art, The Jewish Museum, New York

Le Fou du Roi, Salles d’Expositions, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Nimes, France

The Dream House, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1999

On Paper, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

This Isn’t a Ready Made, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Homage to Rafi Lavi, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv Mus’e d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium

Shimshon Crystal Collection, The Artists’ Pavilion, Tel Aviv

2000

Wall of His Own, The Benno Kalev Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

Wish List, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Havana Nagila, Isreali-Cuban dialogue, The Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

Israeli Art, The “M” Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria

The Israeli Phoenix, Selected Art Works, The Sultan’s Stables, Istanbul

Per Video, Dar-El-Kalima Art Center, Bethlehem, The Palestinian Authority

2001

Love at First Sight, Works of The Rita & Arturo Schwartz Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Right to Return, The Nation Home Gallery, Tel Aviv

The Aura in Art, The Art Studies Center, Ramat Eliyahu, Rishon Letsion, Israel

The Sciences, Culture & Sport Award Winners, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Where are the Children: On the Abandoning of Children in Our Era, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Traces, Contemporary Drawing in Israel, The Artists’ House, Jerusalem

2002

Zman Achshav, Works of the International Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Chilufim, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art

Where are the children, The Ein Harod Art Museum, Israel

D.I.Y. Art Collecting – Collecting as an Art, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Homage for Hanoch Levin, Prints’ Series of Israel’s best Artists, The New Cameri Theatre, Tel Aviv

2003

Transfer, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany

Transfer, Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany

Homage for Hanoch Levin, Prints’ Series of Israel’s Best Artists, Traveling show in Israel

Boseretro, Youth works of artists at their onset, The Art Gallery of The State Art Teachers’ Training College, Beth Berl, Israel

2004

How to Explain Art to a Dead Rabbit, The Polack Art Gallery, Kalisher Institute, Tel Aviv

In the Collection, The Contemporary Art Museum, Antwerp, Belgium

The Lesser the Better, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Stockholm Art Fair, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Ido Bar-El, Yanai Toyster, Nahum Tevet, Kobi Levi, Gallery Tal-Ester, Tel Aviv

The 80’s in Israeli Art, Didactic Gallery, Oranim Training College, Israel

2005

Lights, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Drawing-Sketch, The P.K.Hoenich Gallery for Experimental Art & Architecture, The Technion, Haifa

Favorites, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Painting, Charim Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2006

The Suffocation of Painting, The Fine Arts Royal Museum, Antwerp, Belgium Detail, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2007

The Rear, The First Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art, Herzliya

2012

After, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2015

Summer Exhibition, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Prizes and Awards

1984

The Ehud Elhanani Award, The Art Departement, Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem

1987

The Beatrice S. Coliner Young Artist Award, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1998

The Young Artist Award, The Minister of Education and Culture

1993

The Hadassah & Raphael Klatchkin Creativity Award, The America-Israel Culture Fund

1996

The Israeli Artist Award, The Minister of Education and Culture

2001

Creativity Encouragement Award, The Minister of Sciences, Culture and Sports

2014

The Rappaport Prize for an Established Israeli Painter, Tel Aviv Museum of ArtShapira, Sarit. “Ido Bar-El at Givon.” Art in America. no. 2: 101.

Selected Collections

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art

The Isreal Museum

The Herzliya Art Museum

The Ghent Contemporary Art Museum, Belgium

The Antwerp ModernArt Museum – Museum van Hedendagsse Kunst

The IBM collection

The Israeli Phoenix collection

The Charles Bronfman collection

The Werner’s family collection

Selected Publications

April/May 1992

Calving, Ulrich. “Ido Bar-El Works.” Artifactus.

October 2004

Funken, Dr. Peter. “New Painting – Ido Bar-El Paintings.” Kunstforum International.

July 3, 1997

Pontius, Kiander. “From the Plywood with Love.” Swesska Dagbladet.

1996

Shapira, Sarit. “Ido Bar-El at Givon.” Art in America. no. 2: 101.