Smadar Eliasaf talks about her work – The Coronation of Josephine

ביקור בסטודיו של סמדר אליאסף, מוסף גלריה, הארץ

Born in Haifa, 1952

Lives and works in Kfar Shmaryahu

Education

1978

Graduate, Art Teachers Training College, Ramat Hasharon

1997-2003

Dean of Students, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College

1995-2006

Teaches at Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College

Selected Solo Exhibitions

1982

Shenar Gallery, Tel Aviv

1984

Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

1984

Kibbutz Cabri Gallery

1988

Bugrashov Gallery, Tel Aviv

1991

Givaon Gallery, Tel Aviv

1995

“Regal Whole”‘, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

1995

Educational Gallery, Haifa University

1996

Educational Gallery, Oranim College, Kiriat Tivon

1997

Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

2001

“Zoe, I am in a Car-Wash”, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

2005

“The Cement Garden”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2008

“Looking at the Sun Trough Sooty Glass”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2011

“Smadar Eliasaf: Incidents”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

2013

“Melting Mondrian”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2020

"A Touch of Air", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

Selected Group Exhibitions

1978

Artists’ House, Tel Aviv Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv

1980

“Autumn Salon”, Dizingoff Center, Tel Aviv

1981

“Autumn 81”, Sarah Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem

1982

Artists’ House, Jerusalem

1983

“13 Artists”, Kibbutz Eylon Gallery

1987

“Format – Artist – Format”, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

1988

“Fresh Paint”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1989

Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Feminine Presence in Israeli Art”, Tel Aviv Museum Of Art

1991

“Israeli Art Now”, Tel Aviv Museum Of Art

1992

“New Abstract”, Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv

1993

“Blow Up”, Mishkan Le’Omanut Museum of Art, Ein Harod

1994

“Local Scene 1”, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

“Art Focus Exhibition”, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

1995

“Autumn Salon”, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

“Minister of Education Prize, for Artists in the field of Plastic Arts”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1996

“Smadar Eliasaf, Yehudit Sasportas”, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

“So close So Far”, Museums Forum

“Minister of Education 1986-1996 Prize, Ten Years Anniversary Exhibition'”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1997

Hamidrasha, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

1998

“Women Artists in the Israeli Art- from the Fifties to the Nineties”, Haifa Museum of Art

“Artists – Messengers of Peace”, Gabriel house, Kineret

“A Stormy Wind Might Blow”, Israeli Painters Association, Tel Aviv

“New works”, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv

1998

“Middle Generation in the Israeli Art”, summer exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

1998

“Abstract Today”, The new workshop of art, Ramat Eliyahu

1999

“In Regard to Raffi Lavie”, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2000

“Ladies & Gentlemen”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2000

“Arie Aroch – Phallic symbols in the Israeli Art”, Peer Gallery, Tel Aviv

2000

“The Dressing Man”, Haifa Museum of Art

2001

“Action Express”, Pollack Gallery, Tel Aviv

2002

“Focus on Painting”, Haifa Museum of Art

2002

“Local Cut”, Ministry of Culture and Science, Tel Aviv

2002

“New Works”, Noga Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

2003

“Side Effect”, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv

2003

“The 80s in Israeli Art”, Oranim Collage of art

2003

“Landscape”, Noga Gallery of Art, Tel Aviv

2005

“Five”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2006

“Offering Reconciliation”, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan

“Detail”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Untitled”, University of Haifa Art Gallery

“Apropos Les Demoiselles”, Petach Tikva Museum of Art

2007

“To Look at the Trees and See More that the Forest”, Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2009

“Lost little Worlds; Works in Small Formats”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

“Dubbing – Artist’s Cut”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2012

“After”, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv

2014

“Chicago Triangle”, Haifa Museum of Art

2015

“Paper-Photograph: Works on Paper and Photographs from the 1970’s”, Gordon Gallery 2, Tel Aviv

Prizes and Awards

1995

The Minister of Education Prize for Artists in the Field of Plastic Arts

Collections

1990

The Phoenix Collection of Israeli Art

1990

The Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2002

The Ministry of Culture Science & Sport Collection

Various Private Collections