1959 Born in Israel
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
Since 2003 Head of the Art department and a senior lecturer at Bezalel Academy for Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Since 1997 Teaches at Bezalel Academy for Arts, Jerusalem
Since 1996 Teaches at Hamidrasha School of Art, Ramat Hasharon and Beit Berl College, Kalmaniya
1980 – 1984 BFA (Fine Art) Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem
Selected solo exhibitions
2009 "Sign", Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod
2005 “Selected Works 1985-2006", Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2005 “Ido Bar-el Paintings”, Historical and Art Museum Daugspghils, Latvia
2004 “Ido Bar-el Paintings”, Derbi Palace, Tukms, Latvia
“Ido Bar-el Paintings”, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Ido Bar-el Paintings”, Liepajas Museum, Latvia
“2001-2004 AM PM Paintings”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2003 “Ido Bar-el Paintings”, The Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
The Art Gallery at Oranim Training College, Kiriat Tivon, Israel
2001 “Canvases and White Paintings”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Papers”, The Artists’ Studios, Tel-Aviv
“Ido Bar-el Painting”, The Comtemporary Art Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 “Works never exposed before”, Kibbutz Be’eri Art Gallery
1999 “New Paintings”, The Artists’ Studios, Tel-Aviv
1998 “Street Signs”, Olaf Stuber Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1997 “Silvery Works”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Construction Works”, The Hertslia Art Museum
1996 Haifa University Art Dept.’s Gallery, Israel
1995 “Street Signs and Other Works”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1993 “Ido Bar-el Works”, The Contemporary Art Museum, Belgium
The Tel-Aviv Art Museum, Tel-Aviv
Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1991 Kibbutz Cabri Art Gallery, Israel
Atelier Asperger Gallery, Berlin, Germany
1989 Oranim Art Institute Gallery
1988 “Tongue in Cheek”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1987 “Israeli Art Special Exhibit”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Artists’ House Gallery, Tel-Aviv
The Gallery of Bezalel Art & Design academy, Jerusalem
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007 The First Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art "The Rear"
2006 “The Suffocation of Painting”, The Fine Arts Royal Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
2005 “Lights”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Drawing-Sketch”, The P.K.Hoenich Gallery for Experimental Art & Architecture, The Technion, Haifa
“Favorites”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Painting”, Charim Gallery,Vienna, Austria
2004 “How to explain art to a dead rabbit?” The Polack Art Gallery, Kalisher Institute, Tel Aviv
“In the Collection”, The Contemporary Art Museum, Antwerp, Belgium
“The Lesser the Better”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Stockholm Art Fair”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
Ido Bar-El, Yanai Toyster, Nahum Tevet, Kobi Levi, Gallery Tal-Ester, Tel Aviv
“The 80’s in Israeli Art”, Didactic Gallery, Oranim Training College, Israel
2003 “Transfer”, Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany
“Transfer”, Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
“Homage for Hanoch Levin”, Prints’ Series of Israel’s best Artists, Traveling show in Israel
“Boseretro”, Youth works of artists at their onset, The Art Gallery of The State Art teachers’ Training College, Beth Berl, Israel
2002 “Zman Achshav”, Works of the International Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Chilufim”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Chilufim”, The Hertslia Art Museum, Israel
“Where are the children”, The Ein Harod Art Museum, Israel
“D.I.Y. Art Collecting – Collecting as an Art”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv “Homage for Hanoch Levin”, Prints’ Series of Israel’s best Artists, The New Cameri Theatre, Tel-Aviv
2001 “Love at first sight”, Works of The Rita & Arturo Schwartz Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“The Right to Return”, The Nation Home Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“The Aura in Art”, The Art Studies Center, Ramat Eliyahu, Rishon Letsion, Israel
“The Sciences, Culture & Sport Award Winners”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Where are the children”, “On the abandoning of children in our era”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Traces”, Contemporary Drawing in Israel, The Artists’ House, Jerusalem
2000 “Wall of His Own”, The Benno Kalev Collection, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
“Wish List”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Havana Nagila”, Isreali-Cuban dialogue, The Tel-Aviv Artists’ Studios, Tel-Aviv
“Israeli Art”, The “M” Art Gallery, Vienna, Austria
“The Israeli Phoenix selected art works”, The Sultan’s Stables, Istanbul
“Per Video”, Dar-El-Kalima Art Center, Bethlehem, The Palestinian Authority
1999 “On Paper”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“This isn’t a ready made”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Homage to Rafi Lavi”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv Mus?e d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Liege, Belgium
Shimshon Crystal Collection, The Artists’ Pavilion, Tel-Aviv
1998 “The Lesser Light”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Per Video”, The Ludwig Museum, Koln, Germany, Nova Gallery Katovich, Poland, Galeria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
“Summer Collection”, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
“After Rabin: Israeli Contemporary Art”, The Jewish Museum, New York
“Le Fou du Roi”, Salles d’Expositions, Ecole des Beaux Arts, Nimes, France
“The Dream House”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997 Tanya Rempff Gallery, Haarlem, The Netherlands
“Hussein the Peace King”, The Royal Gallery, named after Alia, Amman, Jordan
“Painting on a Non Regular Surface”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1996 “Ketav: Flesh and Word in Isreali Art”, Contemporary Israeli Art, Auckland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina, U.S.A
“New Morning Sights”, Hambacher Castle, Germany
1995 The British, Israeli & Argentinian Presentation of the 22nd Biennial of Sao Paolo, Centro Cultural Recolecta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
“4X4”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Regretfully I don’t agree with my learned colleagues”, The Artists’ Studios, Tel-Aviv
“The First Glance”, Works of The Rita & Arturo Schwartz Collection, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“And the Verdict Is”, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
1994 “Halal”, Contemporary Art from Israel, Sala 1, Roma
“Art… Language”, Kunst Werke, Berlin
“Tel-Aviv Follows the Bauhaus”, The Ha’aretz House, Tel-Aviv
“Black Holes: The White Locus”, The Israeli Presentation at The 22nd Biennial of Sao Paolo, Brazil, (exhibited in Brazil, Argentina and The Haifa Museum)
“Homework”, The Hertzlia Art Museum, The Haifa University Art Gallery, The Arad Museum, The Ashdod Museum
“Hard Emphasizes”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1993 “In Extenso”, Recent Acquisitions 1998-1993, The Contemporary Art Museum, Ghent, Belgium
“Makom”, Israeli Contemporary Art, The 20th Century Museum, The Modern Art Museum, Ludwig Collection, Vienna
“Ghent Was Invited – Jan Hoet’s Choice”, De Beyerd, Breda, The Netherlands
1992 “Routes of Wandering”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Positionen Israel”, Bethanien Art Center, Berlin
1991 “Israeli Art Now – Extensive Presentation”, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
“Combined Painting”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1990 “More Than Drawing”, Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Towards the 90’s”, Mishkan Le Omanut, Ein Harod, Israel
“Five Painters from Israel”, Pomeroy Purdy Gallery, London
“The Promise – Young Artists Bezalel Art & Design Academy Graduates”, The Inauguration of Bezalel Art & Design Academy in Jerusalem
1989 “The Israeli Proposal”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
“Other Frequencies”, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
“Israeli Art: Recent Acquisitions”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1988 “Fresh Paint”, “The young generation in the Israeli art”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
“The Critics’ Choice”, Artifact Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“Down With the Occupation”, Rega Gallery, Tel-Aviv
“The Education & Culture Award Winners”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
“Art in L.A.”, Givon Gallery, Art Fair in Los Angeles, U.S.A
“Neun Israeliche Maler”, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Orangerie Herrenhausen, Hannover
1987 “Recent Acquisitions”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“36 Artists”, Bugrashov Gallery, Tel- Aviv
1986 “The Artists’ Studios”, The Gallery named after Ika Brown, Jerusalem
“6 Young Artists”, Ahad Ha’am Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1984 The Art Department’s Gallery, Bezalel Art and Design Academy
Awards and Prizes
2001 “Creativity Encouragement Award”, The Minister of Sciences, Culture and Sport’s.
1996 “The Israeli Artist Award”, The Minister of Education and Culture.
1993 “The Creativity Award” named after Hadassah & Raphael Klatchkin, The America-Israel Culture Fund.
1998 “The Young Artist Award”, The Minister of Education and Culture.
1987 “The Young Artist Award” named after Beatrice S. Coliner, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
1984 The Award named after Ehud Elhanani, The Art Departement, Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem.
Works in Collections
Tel-AvivMuseum of Art
The Isreal Museum
The HertzeliaArt Museum
The Ghent Contemporary Art Museum, Belgium
The Antwerp ModernArt Museum – Museum van Hedendagsse Kunst
Public companies’ collections:
The IBM collection
The Israeli Phoenix collection
The Charles Bronfman collection
The Werner’s family collection
Publications
1. Pontius Kiander – Sweden, in the culture supplement of “Swesska Dagbladet”.
“From the Plywood with Love”
Published: July the 3rd 1997.
2. Ulrich Calving – Belgium, in The Art Periodical – “Artifactus”.
“Ido Bar-El Works”
Published during: April, May 1992
3. “ART IN AMERICA”,
February 1992
“Ido Bar-El at Givon Gallery, Tel-Aviv”
4. “New Painting – Ido Bar-El Paintings”
Arka Gallery, Vilnus, Dr. Peter Funken, “Kunstforum International”, October 2004
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