Asaf Ben Zvi
Asaf Ben Zvi, Snake's Life IVAsaf Ben Zvi, One Boat

Asaf Ben Zvi, Cups of Coffee
Asaf Ben Zvi, Bird (Soft Belly) 
 Asaf Ben Zvi, Bird (Heavy Tail)Asaf Ben Zvi, Bird (Odessa)
Asaf Ben Zvi, Bird (Male Female)Asaf Ben Zvi, Kiss
Asaf Ben Zvi, From the series Rain's Howl Asaf Ben Zvi, From the series Rain's Howl Asaf Ben Zvi, Two Heads to One  Asaf Ben Zvi, Sanity of the Squill
Asaf Ben Zvi, Prayer
Asaf Ben Zvi, Qumran River 
Asaf Ben Zvi, The Light has not Changed
Asaf Ben Zvi, Male and Female VI
Asaf Ben Zvi, Decending the MountainAsaf Ben Zvi, Painting Doesn't Need Nature, Nature Doesn't Need Painting
Asaf Ben Zvi, UntitledAsaf Ben Zvi, What did Noah Do in The Ark?Asaf Ben Zvi, Caught in the Thicket Asaf Ben Zvi,  Mount TavorAsaf Ben Zvi, Collaboration with Irit Aba: Continent Asaf Ben Zvi, Bicycle Shop
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Asaf Ben Zvi, Wall of Death              From the series 'The Boats Must Be Put Out To Sea'Asaf Ben Zvi, Bhopal, Act II
 
Asaf Ben Zvi Talks about his work - Silent XI

 

Born in Kfar Yehezkel, 1953
Lives and works in Jerusalem  
 
Education

 

1981-1985 Studies at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (BFA)
1983-1984 Studies at Pratt Institute, New York  

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions

 

1986 Out of Town, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem 
Apple in the Garden, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1987 From the Doum-Gal-Doum Drawings, Artists Studios, Aika Brown Gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Uri Hess
1990 Remnants of the Day, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton (Catalogue)
1991 White Flower, Oranim Institute for Artists Gallery, Tivon 
Soft Spot, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv
1992 Silbury Hill, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 Magnetic Strip, Artists Studios, Tel Aviv
1995 Painting, Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot Gallery
1996 His Shoes, Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 Painting from the Neck, Rachel and Israel Polak Gallery, Kalisher, Tel Aviv. Curator: Idit Porat
1999 The Model's Nudity, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2000 The End of the Night, Kibbutz Nachshon Gallery
2005 Twisting Drops, Hakibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yaniv Shapira
2006 From a Painter's Diary,Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Amon Yariv (Catalogue) 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

1987 Tel-Hai 87, environmental sculpture, Tel-Hai
1988 Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curators: Ellen Ginton and Yigal Zalmona 
Ecological Work, Artists Studios, Aika Brown Gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Uri Hess 
Upon One of the Mountains, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Mordechai Omer
1989 Israeli Art – New Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton
1990 Promise – Ten Bezalel Artists from the Last Decade, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.
Curator: Philip Leider
1992 The Presence of the Absent: The Empty Chair in Israeli Art, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Mordechai Omer
1993 Recipients of the Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Prize for Painting and Sculpture, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curators: Yigal Zalmona and Judith Spitzer.
It was Chilly, Mary Fauzy Gallery, Tel Aviv 
Subtropical: Between Figuration and Abstraction, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton
1994 The Printer’s Imprint – Twenty Years to the Jerusalem Print Workshop, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Curators: Meira Perry Lehmann and Arik Kilemnik
1996 New Acquisitions at the Department of Print and Drawing, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Edna Moshenson 
From the Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton
1998 Israeli Art – Historical Cross-section, From the Museum Collections, 1920s to 1990s, Tel Aviv Museum of
Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton 
Fifty Works by Israeli Artists, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco 
Ninety Years of Israeli Art – A Selection from the Joseph Hackmey – Israel Phoenix Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Curator: Mordechai Omer
1999 In the Name of the Land, In the Name of the Lord – Art and Realeties in Jerusalem, The Artists House,
Jerusalem. Curator: Ilan Wizgan
Artfocus 3, International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
2000 Looking Ahead: Visions of Israel, ICA Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose. Curator: Marie Shek
2001 Love at First Sight, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curators: Arturo Schwarz and Amitai Mendelsohn
2002 Focus on Painting, Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Daniela Talmor 
The Second Biennial of Israeli Ceramics, Collaboration with Irit Aba, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv. Curator: Surin Heller 
Running Words – On Writing in Prints, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Tamar Manor-Friedman
2003 Firs Flowers of Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Tamar Manor-Friedman 
Prints, Tobey Moss Gallery, Los Angeles
2004 A Point of View, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ellen Ginton 
Homage to Hanoch Levin, Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Daniela Talmor
2005 Collect 2005, Collaboration with Irit Aba, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2006 Handwriting, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Shlomit Breuer 
Detail, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Shlomit Breuer 
 

Prizes and Scholarships

 

1981-1982 Scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation – Sharrett Scholarship Fund
1982-1983 Scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation – Sharrett Scholarship Fund
1987 Beatrice S. Kolliner Prize for a Young Israeli Artist, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1989 Mendel Pundik Prize for Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1991 Rafael and Hadassa Klutchkin Prize of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Grant
1992 Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Prize for Painting and Sculpture
1994 Israel Discount Bank Prize for an Israeli Artist, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997 Eugen Kolb Prize for Israeli Graphic Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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