Sunday, December 16, 2012 6:30 PM
Opera Gallery, 115 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012

For tickets: http://elem.org/events/

The 5th Annual Israeli Art Auction for ELEM- Israeli Youth in Distress
Public Auction by Mr. Eric Silver of the PBS Antiques Roadshow and Lillian Nassau Gallery

Michal Naaman


Title: WE ARE WET
Year: 2010
Size: 40x50 cm
Description: Oil on canvas
Value: $4500
About the Artist: 
Michal Na'aman

Born in Kvutzat Kineret, 1951
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Since 1977 Teacher at the Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, Kalmania
Since 2005 associate professor at the Midrasha School of Art, Beit Berl, Kalmania

Education
1978-1980 Studied at the School of Visual Art, New York
1972 Graduated from the Art College, Ramat Hasharon
1974 B.A. in History of Art and Comparative Literature, Tel Aviv University

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011 "Fuck the Clock", Fresh Paint 4 Art Fair, Tel Aviv
2010 "A Smile, A Cat, A Cut", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv (catalogue)
2006 "The Eye of the Nation", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
2006 "Miracles on the Sea", Beit Gabriel, Jordan Valley
2001 "Yester-Red", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999 "Red and a Trickle of White", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999 "Legion", Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Catalogue)
1998 "Legion", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1991 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1989 "Michal Na’aman, New Works", 1987-1989, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1987 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1985 Betzalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1984 Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
1983 "Michal Na’aman 1975-1983", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1982 The Venice Biennale
1981 Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv
1980 "Ducks and Rabbits", Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
1978 "Michal Na’aman, New Works", Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv
1977 "Fish Bird", Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv
1976 "Backbiting", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1975 "Vai Hi Oh", Yodfat Gallery, Tel Aviv
Selected group exhibitions
2009 "The Big Spender" - The Hedder Gallery
2009 "Factory-MoBy", Bat-Yam Museum
2009 "Last Edition", Ben–Gurion University
2008 "Die Verborgene Spur (The Hidden Trace)" – Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabruck, Germany
2008 "Art in Israel in the 1970's, My own Body", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2008 "Check- Post, Art in Israel in the 1980's", Haifa Museum
2008 "Souvenirs", Department of Art, Ben-Gurion University
2008 "Depletion, Works from the Doron Sebagg Art Collection", Tel Aviv Museum Of Art
2007 "Last work", Tova Osman Art Gallery
2007 "Passing the Batonette", Haifa museum
2007 "Desert Generation" Artist House, Jerusalem
2006 "The Divine Image – depicting God in Jewish and Israeli Art", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2006 "Israel Art and Life 1906-2006", Palazzo Reale, Milan
2005 "The new Hebrews" - A century of Art in Israel, Martin Gropius –Bau, Berlin
2004 "Alphabet-contemporary Israeli Art" -Stockholm Art Fair
2003 Art Focus 4, International Biennial of Contemporary Art ,Jerusalem
2003 Artists in Focus, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2003 Photo Installation, Hamidrasha Art Gallery
2003 "Ken Taase Lecha", Zman Leamanut Art Center, Tel Aviv
2003 "das recht des bildes" Bochum Art Museum, Germany
2003 "Guess who Died" Dvir gallery Tel Aviv
2003 Affirmative action, Tel aviv Museum of Art
2002 "Grid", Haifa university Art Gallery, Haifa
2002 "Opening", Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
2002 "Focus on Painting", Haifa Museum of Art
2001 "Sun", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2001 "Love at First Sight", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2001 "Summer Pictures", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000 "Angel of History", Central Art Contemporary, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienne
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
1998 "Perspective on Israeli Art of the Seventies: ’The Eyes of the Nation’"; Visual Art in a Country without Boundaries, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1998 "Alice in Wonderland", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv.
1997 Winners of the Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Artist in the Fields of Plastic Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
1996 Ketav – Flesh and Word in Israeli Art, Ackland Art Museum, North Carolina.
1995 Preview: From the Ritaand Arturo Schwartz Collection of Israeli Art, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
1994 "Three", Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 "A Fence of Cypresses, Fruit of Time, Mr. Sweety", Marry Fauzi Gallery, Tel Aviv; Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
1994 90-70-90,Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1994 Anxiety, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
1993 Subtropical: Between Figuration and Abstraction, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1993 The Range of Realism, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1992 Works on Paper from the 70’s, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1991 Imagewriting: The Verbal Component in Israeli Art towards the 90’s, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod
1991 Israeli Art Now – An Extensive Presentation, Summer 1991, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1990 Feminine Presence, Israeli Women Artists in the 70’s & 80’s, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1990 Israeli Art around 1990, Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf; Artist’s House, Moscow; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1988 Neun Israelische Maler, Kunsthaus, Zurich; Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hannover
1987 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1986 The Want of Matter - A Quality in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1985 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
1984 A Pear and an Apple, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1984 Two Years – Israeli Art: Quality Accumulated, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1983 Art about Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1982 Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
1981 Turning Point, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1978 New Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1978 New Acquisitions, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1978 Artist and Society in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1977 Opening Exhibition, Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv
1976 Sara Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem
1975 Open Workshop, The Israel museum
1974 Five Young Artist, Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tei Aviv
1972 Gallery 201, Tel Aviv

Prizes and Awards
2008 The Mendel and Eva Pundik Prize for Israeli Art
2002 The Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum
1998 The Meir Dizengoff Prize for Painting and Sculpture
1998 The Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1995 Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Artists in Fields of Plastic Art
1994 George and Jenet Jeffin Prize, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1981 Jacques and Eugenie O’Hana Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1978-1980 Scholarship from the America – Israel Cultural Foundation


Website: http://www.gordongallery.co.il/Artists/Default.aspx?p=30

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