1970 Born in Jerusalem
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
EDUCATION
1993-1997 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
2002-2004 M.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, in collaboration with the Hebrew University Advanced Studies Program in Fine Art
ACADEMIC ROLES
1999 - Present Professor at "Bezalel" Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem
2004 - Present Professor at "Shenkar" College of Engineering & Design, Ramat Gan
2010 - Present Head of the Visual Arts Department, School of the Arts -"Campus Arison", Tel Aviv
2017 Head of Photography Department at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Golden Hands, Dual exhibition with artist Hilla Toony Navok, Artport, Tel Aviv
Table Studies, MAMbo, Museo Morandi, Bologna, Italy, curated by: Alessia Masi
2015 After The Fact, WIZO Haifa Academy of Design and Education Photography Gallery, Haifa, Israel
Last Light, The Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai, Israel
Art Wall, Verner, Tel Aviv
2014 The Latvian National Museum of Art, Riga, Latvia
2013 As in Water Face Reflects Face, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Equator, Open Lens Gallery, Gershman Y, Philadelphia
Defines, Hadassah College, Gallery of the Department of Photographic Communication, Jerusalem
2010 Oululu, East Central Gallery, LondonLiving Room, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2009 Every Monkey is a Gazelle in Its Mother’s Eyes, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 Come Thou Beauty, 3 solo shows, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa
2006 Fix (‘Tikkun’), Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
After Winter Must Come Spring, Q! Gallery, Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Visual Art
2005 In–Out, Ashdod Art Museum, Monart Center2004 Multi-Function, Graduation Show, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
Will It Shine, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv
Works, Neta Eshel – House for Art, Caesarea (with Gal Weinstein)
2003 Mahogany, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya
2002 Mother Tongue/Portraits, Hagar Gallery, Jaffa
Sacker Garden, Oranim Gallery, Tivon (with Eli Petel)
2001 Lifestyle, Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv; in collaboration with the Photography Department Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011 Jerusalem Beach: The Artists’ Studios - Art Cube Gallery, Jerusalem
Nimrod’s Descendants: Jerusalem Artists’ House Gallery, Jerusalem
2010 Looking In, Looking Out: The Window in Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Memoria Technica, eastcentral gallery, London
Stop Making Sense, Oslo Fine Art Society
Shelf Life, Haifa Museum of ArtWith This Ring, Beth Hatefutsoth, Tel Aviv
2009 Watermelons, Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv
David and the Girls, POV Festival of Contemporary Photography, Tel Aviv
2009 4 Openings in Israeli Art, Salame Gallery, Tel Aviv
Faces: Inside and Out, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
Maximalism, Avni Institute, Tel Aviv
Solace, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Time, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2008 Territoires, The 6th Biennale of International Photography, Liege, Belgium
2007 Through the Object, The Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai Industrial Park
Somewere Better Than this Place, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Rear, The 1st Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art, Herzliya
2006 News 2007: New Acquisitions, Haifa Museum of Contemporary Art, Haifa
3rd Generation: Photography in Estate of Identity Crises, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv
Present Now, Omanut Haaretz Festival, Riding Power Station, Tel Aviv
Incorrigible Young & Restless Romantics, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
El Hama’ayan: The Yarkon Stream as a Cross-Section in the Israeli Metropolis, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2005 Prizes in Art and Design from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, 2004, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Artic 7, Recipients of the Sharett scholarship for Young Israeli Artists, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
Yona at Bezalel: Issues in Contemporary Curating, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
Reunion, ByArt Projects Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 Alphabet: Israelisk Samtidskonst, Kristinehamns Konstmuseum, Sweden
Lets Food, Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam
Omanut Haaretz (Art of the Land) Festival, Tel Aviv
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv
Pets, Time for Art – Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
In Days Gone By, At this Time, Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv
The Scream 2: Homage Exhibition to Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2003 Tel Aviv-Glasgow-Tel Aviv, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, in cooperation with GSA (Glasgow School of Arts)
Mother Tongue, Museum of Art, Ein Harod
Matter of Taste, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 To the East: Orientalism in the Arts in Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2011 The Minister of Culture Award for Fine-Art Artist , Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, Jerusalem
2011 The Jack Nailor Award for Photography, Haifa Film Festival 2011
2004-2005 Sharet Scholarship, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2004 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport, Jerusalem
2003 P.S.S. Pilot Summer School, Glasgow School of Arts, Scotland Foreign Ministry and British Council
1996 Dean’s Award, yearly scholarship, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1995 Dean’s Award, yearly scholarship, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
ARTIST RESIDENCY
2008 Cite Internationale des Arts, International Artists in Residence Program, Paris
2007 Hangar, Art Residency, Barcelona