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

Yifat Bezalel




Title: Conclusion of a timeless tale I
Year: 2011
Size: 
Description: Drawing pencil on paper
Value: $600
About the Artwork:

The drawing is a part of a puzzle of 30 works which I treat the way of drawing as a child who wants to color a painting booklet.
 Alice, the concrete figure which company me and I research her the last 10 years, become from a self portrait to an abstract of the image itself... To the compass which my heart adopt.

About the Artist:
Born in 1975, Tel Aviv
Lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Education

1998-2002: BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem.

Solo Exhibitions

2012 - (Current) Conclusion of a Timeless Tale, VIDA Museum, Borgholm, Sweden, curated by Sandra Weil
2012 - Sought City, Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome, Italy
2011- The Gate of Unknown, 1st edition of The Others art fair, Turin, with Gowen Contemporary, Geneva;
2010 - Vitam Impendere Vero, Gowen Contemporary, Geneva;
2010 - You Are in Elysium and You're Already Dead, Artist’s Studios, Tel Aviv, curated by Dr. Vered Zafran Gani;
2010 - From This World To The World, commissioned work, Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv;
2009 - Ulysses-Alices, Inga Gallery,Tel- Aviv;
2008 - Ne'ereget (To Be Woven), Artist’s House, Tel Aviv, curated by Orly Hoffman.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2012 - Home Affairs, curated by Liliana Orbach, Centro de Artes CMA, Colegio Mayor Argentino, Madrid;
2011-12 - Alice in Wonderland, Tate Liverpool travelling to Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto and Kunsthalle Hamburg (current);
2009 - Paper Works, Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem;
2009 - Explosion. Art Contemporain Israélien, Geneva, curated by Keren Bar-Gil and Mirav Katri;
2009 - 10 Gallery, Rehovot, Israel, curated by Carmit Bluemenzon;
2009 - Lolita, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv;
2008 - Two Sides: International Video Artists, Stockholm Culture House, Stockholm, curated by Sandra Weil;
2007 - Traces III. The Third Biennal for Drawing in Israel, Jerusalem Artist House, Jerusalem, curated by Dalia Manor;
2007 - Practice of Art (BFAMI), Sotheby’s London, London, curated by Freda Uziel;
2007 - Reality, Meyuhas Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curated by Ma’ayan Shelef;
2007 - Homemade 3: Meeting with Jewish Culture, Wschodnia Gallery, Lodz, Poland;
2006 - Women Short (Artist), Makor Gallery, New York;
2006 - Videozone: 3rd International Video Biennal, CCA, Tel Aviv, curated by Sergio Adelstein;
2005 - Video Art without Video, Tal Ester Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by Eitan Buganim;
2005 - Middle East North West: Contemporary Israeli Art, The Israeli Ambassador’s House, London, curated by Keren Bar-Gil;

Collections

Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Important private collections, Geneva, London, Tel Aviv, Zurich.

Bibliography

Ha’aretz - July 2010
ARTFORUM –May 2009
The Jerusalem Post – April 2009

Awards

2010 Special Projects in the Art Fund, Rabinovich Foundation and the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality.



Courtesy of: Gowen Contemporary http://www.gowencontemporary.com & Keren Bar-Gil http://www.kerenbargil.com/

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