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Larry Abramson talks about his work - Zoreach/Gorea
Born in South Africa, 1954
Immigrated to Israel, 1961
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
1973 Studied Foundation Course, Chelsea School of Art, London
1975-86 Printer and Curator of Exhibitions, Jerusalem Print Workshop
1984-2002 Taught at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1992-99 Chairman of Fine Art Department and Head of Bezalel Program for Young Artists – Master of Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
2000, 2003 Guest Professor, San Francisco Art Institute
Since 2002 Professor of Art at the Multidisciplinary Art Department, Shenkar College, Ramat Gan
Selected Solo Exhibitions and Special Projects
2012 "1967", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv "Spies", Gallery of the Art Institute, Oranim2011 "Waxing/Waning", Peres Center for Peace, Jaffa2010 "Larry Abramson: Paintings 1975-2010", Tel Aviv Museum of Art (catalogue)
2007 "Recent Paintings", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
2006 "Mini Israel", 70 Models, 45 Artists, One Space - an exhibition by Larry Abramson, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2005 "Searching for the Ideal City", Magnes Museum, Berkeley
"The Pile", Felix Nussbaum Haus, Osnabrueck, and Ein Harod Museum of Art
"The Syrian-African Fault", Beit Gavriel, Kinneret
2004 "The Rose of Jericho", Jerusalem Print Workshop
2003 "1906", Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2001 "Eventus Nocturnus", Haifa Museum of Art
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
1999 "Impression", Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco
1998 "ShalomShalom", Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 "Giornata", Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1995 "tsooba", Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 "Coincidences", Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Dusseldorf "Carobglyphics", Gallery of the Art Institute, Oranim
1993 "Coincidences", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1990 Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1989 Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1987 Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1986 "Nevo", Aika Brown Gallery, Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem
1983 Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
1980 "The Yellow Square", Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
1979 "Black Squares", Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1978 Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv
1977 Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1975 The Little Gallery, Jerusalem
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 "After", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Shlomit Breuer "City of God", Solyanka State Gallery, Moscow "The Absent Body: Body Imagery between Judaism and Christianity in the Work of Eight Israeli Artists", Beit Hatfutsot, Tel Aviv; Curator: Irena Gordon (catalogue) "Vayaanunu", Artists’ House, Tel Aviv; Curator: Ishai Menuchin (catalogue) 2011 "On the Cloud’s Edge", ALMA Home for Hebrew Culture, Tel Aviv; Curator: Elad Armon "The Museum Presents Itself: Israeli Art from the Museum Collection", Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Curator: Ellen Ginton 2010 "More than One", Jerusalem Print Workshop; Curators: Arik Kilemnik and Irena Gordon "Nachbarn", Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin; Curator: Reviva Regev (catalogue) "Traces IV – Caught in the Thicket", Fourth Biennale for Drawing, Jerusalem Artists House; Curator: Tamar Manor-Friedman (catalogue) 2009 "Landsc®ape", Petach Tikva Museum; Curator: Sigal Barkai "Nature Nation", Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Curator: Raphie Etgar (catalogue) "Special Edition: The Newspaper as Raw Material in Israeli Art", Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva; Curators: Haim Maor and students (catalogue) "Family Traces", Israel Museum; Curator: Tami Manor-Friedman 2008 "Checkpost: the 80’s in Israeli Art", Haifa Museum of
Art; Curator: Ilana Tennenbaum (catalogue) "The Hidden Trace: Jewish
Paths through Modernity", Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Osnabrueck; Curator: Inge Jaehner (catalogue) "Art of the State: Contemporary Photography and Video Art from Israel", Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam; CC De Werft - De Halle, Geel; De Garage, Cultuurcentrum, Mechelen; Curator: Edward Van Voolen "Near and Apparent: Connections and Contexts from the Benno Kalev Collection", The Open Museum Tefen Industrial PArka; Curator: Benno Kalev (catalogue) "Rare Medium", Center of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (catalogue)
2007 "Visiting Kupferman", Kupferman Collection Museum, Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot
"On a Small Scale", Jerusalem Print Workshop
"Desert Generation – Israeli and Palestinian Artists against the Occupation", Artists' House,Jerusalem, Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Meneer deWit Gallery, Amsterdam and Gallery of MetropolitanUniversity, Manchester.
2006 "Etchings from the Brain", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2005 "The New Hebrews – A Century of Art in Israel", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
"Espacios Comunes", Foundation Tres Culturas, Pabellon Hassan II, Sevilla
"Prints and Artists' Books from the Jerusalem Print Workshop", Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford
2004 "A Point of View", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
"Branded Landscapes", Ben Gurion University, Be'er Sheva
"First Flowers of Israeli Art", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 "Ruins Revisited – The Image of the Ruin in Israel 1803-2003", Zman Le’Omanut, Tel Aviv
2002 "Imagine – 300 Artists for Co-existence", Umm El Fahem Gallery
"35 Israeli and Palestinian Artists against the Occupation and for a Common Tomorrow", Hagar Gallery, Jaffa, Artists House and Al-Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem
"The Return to Zion: Beyond the Principle of Place", Zman Le’Omanut, Tel Aviv
2001 "Love at First Sight – The Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"A Common Thread – Artists Tribute to Moshe Kupferman", Artspace Gallery, Jerusalem
2000 "1:1", Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco
"Sun", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
"Contemporary Landscape from Israel", Trondhjems Kunstforening and Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde, Norway
1999 "Tales of the Sands - Contemporary Israeli Art", Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh "Artfocus", Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
"4 Kunstler aus Jerusalem", P.C.C. Kunstraum, Weimar
1998 "To the East - Orientalism in the Arts in Israel", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"Kol Anot - Biblical Motives in Israeli Art, 1970-1998", Artists' House, Tel Aviv
"Reflections of Monet", Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1997 "Sharing Jerusalem - Two Capitals for Two States", Al-Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem
"400 Years of Art and Anatomy", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1995 "Preview from the Rita and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 "Separate Worlds", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
"The Printer's Imprint - Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1993 "Subtropical - Between Figuration and Abstraction", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
"Locus - Contemporary Art from Israel", Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1992 "Routes of Wandering", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"Einblicke-Ausblicke", Leipzig Opera House
"Works on Paper from the 70's", Artifact Gallery, Jaffa
"Dreams 1 and 2", Mary Fawzi Gallery, Jaffa
1991 "Israeli Art Now", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1990 "The Art of Description", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"1990", Ein Harod Museum of Art
1988 "Fresh Paint: The Younger Generation in Israeli Art", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
"It's Possible - Israeli-Palestinian Exhibition", Cooper Union Gallery, New York
"Artists for Human Rights", Bograshov Gallery, Tel Aviv
1986 "Territories of Colour", Israeli Pavilion, Venice Biennale
"Art - Israel, the 1980's", Richard Green Gallery, New York
1985 "El Mithos Lelo El", Artists' House, Jerusalem
1984 "Flesh and Blood", Jerusalem Theatre, Ben Gurion University, Herzliya Museum
"Two Years - Qualities Accumulated", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1983 Sao Paulo Biennale of Art
1981 "A Turning Point", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1980 "Lines into Drawing", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1979 "News I", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Prizes and Awards
1979 Kolliner Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Young Artist Award, Culture and Art Council
1988 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Award
1991 Jacques O’hana Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1993 Project Award, Ministry of Science and Arts
1998 Minister of Education and Culture Award
2007 Mendel and Eva Pundik Prize for Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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