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Michal Na’aman talks about her work – To Wait For the Scream in the Shower
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