Artists

Michael Kovner

Available Work

Work

Exhibitions at GG

2022
Images II
February 9, 2022 - March 26, 2022
2023
Bushwick 600
August 3, 2023 - September 2, 2023
2024
Sinkholes | Dead Sea 2022-2024
August 28, 2024 - September 28, 2024
2025
Michael Kovner, Kibbutz
16/01/2025-16/02/2025

Studio Visit

Biography

Born in Kibutz Ein Hahoresh, 1948
Lives and works in Jerusalem

Education

1964-1965

Private studies at the studio of the artist Yohanan Simon

1972-1975

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2022

"Images II", Gordon Gallery, Jerusalem                                                                                               

2020

 "Michael Kovner - Mirrors with double tracks", Mishkan Museum Of Art Ein Harod                                                                                        

2013

 "Bushwick Paintings", New York, United States                                                                                               

2010

"Observations", Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem                                                                                               

2007 

"Gilboatbor", Mishkan Museum Of Art Ein Harod

2001

"Landscapes 1978-2002", Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

1985

"Meeting with an Israeli artist", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1983

"Photographers, paintings based on Lego", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1975

"Paintings from New York", Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

"A Selection of Israeli Art: From the Gabi and Ami Brown Collection", Mishkan Museum Of Art Ein Harod

2009

"Things In The Heart", From the David Azrieli Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

2001

"Registrations - Registering in Israel Now", Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem

2001

"Collection +", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1998

"50/50" - Fifty Israeli artists for the anniversary of the State of Israel, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco

1996-7

"Jewish Continuity", The Museum of Jewish Art, New York

1994

"Printmaking", twenty years of the printmaking workshop, Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1992

"Heroes for Ayala", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1991

"Mountains around her", a mobile exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Culture

1988

"Fresh Color", the young generation in Israeli art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

1981

 "Another Spirit", Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

1981

"Israeli Prints from the Barston Workshop", Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Prizes and Awards

2020

Mordechai Ish-Shalom Lifetime Achievement Award