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Larry Abramson talks about his work - Zoreach/Gorea
Studio Visit // August 2018
Born in South Africa, 1954
Immigrated to Israel, 1961
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
1973
Studied Foundation Course, Chelsea School of Art, London
1975-1986
Printer and Curator of Exhibitions, Jerusalem Print Workshop
1984-2002
Taught at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1992-1999
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 School, Shenkar College, Ramat Gan
2013
Guest lecturer, Faculty of Design, HAW University, Hamburg
2013-2016
Head of Multidisciplinary Art School, Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Ramat Gan
2019
Guest lecturer, École supérieuredes beaux-arts de Nîmes
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1975
The Little Gallery, Jerusalem
1977
Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
1978
Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
Russ Gallery, Tel Aviv
1979
Black Squares, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1980
The Yellow Square, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
1983
Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
1986
Nevo, Aika Brown Gallery, Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem
1987
Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1989
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1990
Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1993
Coincidences, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1994
Coincidences, Galerie Hubertus Wunschik, Dusseldorf
Carobglyphics, Gallery of the Art Institute, Oranim
1995
Tsooba, Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996
Giornata, Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998
ShalomShalom, Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999
Impression, Refusalon Gallery, San Francisco
2001
Eventus Nocturnus, Haifa Museum of Art
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2003
1906, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco
2004
The Rose of Jericho, Jerusalem Print Workshop
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
2006
Mini Israel, 70 Models, 45 Artists, One Space – an exhibition by Larry Abramson, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2007
Recent Paintings, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010
Larry Abramson: Paintings 1975-2010, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (cat.)
2011
Waxing/Waning, Peres Center for Peace, Jaffa
2012
1967, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
Spies, Gallery of the Art Institute, Oranim
2013
Symptoms, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
2014
Das Kleine Blumenbuch, Circle1, Berlin
2016
Chovevei Zion, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
Botany, Jerusalem print workshop (cat.)
Spy Apter-Barrer Gallery, Ma’alot-Tarshicha; Curator: Noga Migdal (cat.)
2018
VOLTA NY, with Gordon Gallery
Selected Group Exhibitions
1979
News I, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1980
Lines into Drawing, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1981
A Turning Point, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1983
Sao Paulo Biennale of Art
1984
Flesh and Blood, Jerusalem Theatre, Ben Gurion University, Herzliya Museum
Two Years – Qualities Accumulated, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1985
El Mithos Lelo El, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
1986
Territories of Colour, Israeli Pavilion, Venice Biennale
Art – Israel, the 1980’s, Richard Green Gallery, New York
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
1990
The Art of Description, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1990, Ein Harod Museum of Art
1991
Israeli Art Now, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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
1993
Subtropical – Between Figuration and Abstraction, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Locus – Contemporary Art from Israel, Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1994
Separate Worlds, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Printer’s Imprint – Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1995
Preview from the Rita and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997
Sharing Jerusalem – Two Capitals for Two States, Al-Wasiti Art Center, Jerusalem
400 Years of Art and Anatomy, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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
1999
Tales of the Sands – Contemporary Israeli Art, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburg
Artfocus, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem
4 Kunstler aus Jerusalem, P.C.C. Kunstraum, Weimar
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
2014
Das Kleine Blumenbuch, Circle1, Berlin
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
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
2003
Ruins Revisited – The Image of the Ruin in Israel 1803-2003, Zman Le’Omanut, Tel Aviv
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
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
2006
Etchings from the Brain, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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 Metropolitan University, Manchester.
2008
Checkpost: the 80’s in Israeli Art, Haifa Museum of Art, curator: Ilana Tennenbaum (cat.)
The Hidden Trace: Jewish Paths through Modernity, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Osnabrueck, curator: Inge Jaehner (cat.)
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 (cat.)
Rare Medium, Center of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (cat.)
2009
Landsc®ape, Petach Tikva Museum; curator: Sigal Barkai
Nature Nation, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, curator: Raphie Etgar (cat.)
Special Edition: The Newspaper as Raw Material in Israeli Art, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva, curators: Haim Maor and students (cat.)
Family Traces, Israel Museum, curator: Tami Manor-Friedman
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 (cat.)
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
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 (cat.)
Vayaanunu, Artists’ House, Tel Aviv, curator: Ishai Menuchin (cat.)
2013
Summer Exhibition, Gordon Gallery 2, Tel Aviv
Magia Naturalis: Israeli Artists Study Nature, p8 Gallery, Tel Aviv
Print Time, The Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park; Curators: Ruthi Ofek, Irena Gordon
2014
Under Erasure, Tel Aviv Museum of Art; Curator: Irith Hadar (cat.)
2015
Summer Exhibition, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
Flora Palestina, Musrara – The New Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Avi Sabag
Unprotected Zone, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem; Curator: Raphie Etgar (cat.)
2016
Hamagdirim, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Take Painting, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
Selected 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
Art Books
2018
The Painter is a Spy, Tel Aviv: Kibbutz Meuhad