Matan Oren. 1984
lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
2014 2016 MFA Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Tel Aviv / Jerusalem
2007-2011 BFA with honors, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, Fine Arts
Department
2009-2010 Student exchange program at Weißensee Kunsthochschule, Painting
Department, Berlin, Germany
2006-2007 The School of Art Hamidrasha, Beit Berel Collage, Open Program
Awards
2016
Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Ministry of Culture and sport
2015
Bezalel Friendship full scholarship for MFA from Rothschild Foundation
2011
“Lauren and Mitchell Preser Prize” For Excellence in Painting
Solo Shows
2015
Ma’var | Amod | Mehitza (hebrew: passage/beyond | to stand/pillar | partition/crushing),
Artist house Tel Aviv, curator: Rivka Bakalash Tel Aviv
2014
Cerberus : Office Session: curator: Caitlin Mavreleon, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
HandStand, two person exhibition with Yair Barak at Barbur Gallery, curator Hadas Amster,Jerusalem
Paragone, P8 gallery, curator Hagar Bril, Tel Aviv
Hartfelt, Beit Michal, curetor Carmit Blumenson, Rehuvot
2017
Backstage, Moby Bat Yam museum, curator: Mirit Kumer
Mutter – two person exhibition with Ido Bar El , Hanut 31, curator Tali Kayam
2016
2016 Graduate Show, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Tel Aviv / Jerusalem
ArTi :Feinberg Projects booth at the ArTi Fair marks the tenth anniversary of the Lauren and Mitchell Presser Prize
Triangle: Carmel Forest Art project, Haifa, Israel, Curator: Sharon Tuval
Barbur B&B , Barbur Non-profit art gallery in Jerusalem
2015
Carpets: the Territory of Painting From Ido BarEl To Yaara Zach, Miriam Nissenholtz Gallery, MFA project space, curator: Nicola Terzzi.
Local Pulse #2 Mix and Match, Artist’s House Tel Aviv, curators: Orly Hoffman and Arie Berkowitz
[Sham,Sham] things that are not from here and not from now, Beit Avi Chai Center, curators Oryan Galster and Porat Salomon Jerusalem
Venula, ae, Venue: 91 Peckham, curator: Flora Deborah, London
Quasi Object, Municipal Gallery of Rishon LeZion Curator: Boris Marinin
Hazit 1# (Hebrew: facade, front), artist led project space, participants: Guy Nissenhaus, Barak Rubin, Noa Schwartz and Matan Oren
2014
Articles of Evidence: Tooting Broadway Studio, organized by: Samuel Brzeski Mita Solanky and Matan Oren, London, UK
Portmanteau, first year MFA Bezalel collaborative exhibition, organized by: Michal Tobiass and Matan Oren
2013
Open Plan: ordinary, 55 Gracechurch Street organized by AltMfa and Louise Ashcroft London, UK
Think about space, Open Monument at the Kunstraum Kreuzberg, curator Marta Jecu, Berlin
2012
Enclave, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, curators: Yoav Admoni and Dan Madursky.
Tera Nova, Bat Yam New Gallery of Art, Bat Yam, curator: Sharon Tuval.
Fresh Paint 5 Art Fair (Artist Greenhouse), curator: Yifat Gurion, Matan Daube
Corner of HaTzionut Ave and HaGefen Street, Beit HaGefen – Arab Jewish culture center Haifa, curator: Yeala Hazut
2011
Open for Refurbishment, Old Central Bus Station of Tel Aviv, with Michal Rapaport and Abraham Kritzman, curator Michal Rivlin Tel Aviv.
BFA Final Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem, curators: Masha Zusman and Yochai Avrahami
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