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Biography of Michael Kovner

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Personal

Date of birth: 1948

Raised and educated in Kibbutz Ein Hachoresh, Israel

Married + 2

Since 1975 lives in Jerusalem

Education

1972-1975 – New York Studio School with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkow and Mercedes Mattar

Selected One-Man Exhibitions

1975     “Paintings from New York”, Artists House, Jerusalem

1978     “Landscape Drawings: A Bird’s Eye View”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

1979     “Desert”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

1981     “Houses in Gaza”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (catalogue)

1983    “Images”: Paintings according to “Lego”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv (catalogue)

1985     “Meet an Israeli Artist”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1985     “Portraits”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

1988     “Landscapes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

1990     “Jerusalem Scenes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

1992     “A Girl in a Room”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

1995     “End of 1995”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (catalogue)

1996     “Eretz”, N.A.F.I. Gallery, New York

1997     “Eretz”, Yale University, New Haven

1998     “Eretz – Landscapes of Israel”, Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington, DC, co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel for the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel

1998    “Port”, Haifa Museum, Ashdod Museum (catalogue)

2000     “Orchards”, Artspace, Jerusalem

2000     “Haystacks”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

2001    “The Human side” David Yalin College for Education, Jerusalem

2002    “Landscapes 1978-2002”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (book)

2002    “Seascapes”, Gallery on the Cliff, Natania

2005    “New York Landscapes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

2006    ”The Mountain and the Sea”, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco

2007   “Gilboa Tabor”, Museum of Art, Ein Harod

2007     ”Wadi Tabor”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv

2007     ”New York Paintings”, George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco

2009    ”In the Presence of a Cliff”, Ben Gorion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba (catalogue)

2010   “Observation” 30 years of observing and painting landscape, Artist`s House, Jerusalem (Drawing book)

Selected Group Exhibitions

1981     “Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (catalogue)

1981     “A Turning Point”, 12 Israeli Artists, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (catalogue)

1983     “The Negev in Israeli Art”, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba (catalogue)

1987      “Towards a New Realism”, The Ashdot-Ya’acov Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot-Ya’acov (catalogue)

1988    “Fresh Paint”, the Younger Generation in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (catalogue)

1991     “Mountains Round About”, Jerusalem in Israeli Printmaking from the Seventies and the Eighties, Exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Culture (catalogue)

1992     “Tribute to Ayala Zacks”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem

1994     “The Printer’s Imprint”, Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (catalogue)

1995     “Autumn Gallery”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

1996-7  “The Jewish Continuity”, Jewish Art Museum, New York

1997     “Landscapes”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

1998     “50/50” – Fifty  Israeli Artists for Israel’s Fiftieth Anniversary, Jewish Museum, San Francisco

2001   “Collection +”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2003    “Marked Landscapes”, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba

2004    “Our Landscapes”, University of Haifa, Haifa

2005    “The Continuous Mark”: 40 years of the New York Studio School Part 2, 1972-1978, New York

2009    ”Metter of the Heart”: A selection from David Azrieli Collection, Tel Aviv Art Museum (book)

2009    ”A Selection of Israeli Art: From Gaby and Ami Brown Collection”, Museum of Art, Ein Harod (book)

Galleries  in USA

2003-2005 Salander O’Reily Galleries, New York

2003-2010 George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco

Public Works

Mural in “Denmark High School” in Jerusalem, oil on wood, 3.4X5 m., 1979

Mural in Electricity Company, Jerusalem, Painting on ceramic tiles, 6X4 m., 1997

Mura l in Beit-Ha’Oved, Haifa, Painting on ceramic tiles, 2.5X20 m., 1998

Selected Collections

Jewish Art Museum, New York

Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv

Haifa Museum, Haifa

The Open Museum, Tefen

The President’s Residence, Jerusalem

Fellowships

1984     Awarded fellowship to study in New York by the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation

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