Avital Cnaani
Born in 1978. Lives and works in Tel-Aviv
Education
2006-2008 M.F.A - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2001-2005 B. ED in art education, Hamidrasha School of Visual Art, Beit-Berl College
Solo Exhibitions
2025 The Chain of Tears, Lohamei HaGeta’ot gallery. Curator: Michal Horovitz
2024 Water fold, Maya gallery
2022 WaterEdge, Ramat-Hasharon Art Gallery. Curator: Ravit Harari.
2020 Sturdy, Maya Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Avishai Platek
2018 A foot in the sea, The lobby – place for art, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Alfa Haimov
2016 After the wind, Ein-Harod Museum. Curator: Rona Sela
2015 Black Bird, Redtory Museum of art, Guangzohu. Curator: Yaniv Shapira
2013 Holding to Edges, one project-tree exhibition-three galleries, Israel.
Curators: Sally Haftel-Nave, Ziva Jelin, Yuri Kats.
2012 Falling Mountain, SOMA museum of art, Seoul, S. Korea.
Name: Chaya, Gallery 39, Tel-Aviv, Israel. Curator: Tali Ben-Nun.
2011 Heroica, Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Israel. Curator: Irit Carmon Popper.
Tosafist, Gallery 39, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Danny Yahav Brown.
2010 Avital Cnaani, Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel. Curator: Dalia levin.
Strangler Fig, Harlem Studio, New York, NY.
2008 Sill, Artists House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2007 Solo Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Dana Tagar
2004 Cabri Art Gallery, Israel. Curator: Drora Dekel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 Still Waters, Minus 1 Gallery, Haaretz Collection, Tel Aviv, Curator: Efrat Livni
2025 If I was Body, Petach-Tikva Museum, Curator: Irena Gordon
2024 Street of the Prophets – 50 Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop | 40 Years of Ticho House, Ticho House. Curators: Timna Seligman and Ronit Sorek
2023 After we left, Studio for her own. Curator: Meital Manor
2022 Traces VIII – The 8th Biennale For Drawing In Israel: More Than One. Koresh Gallery. Curators: Dveer Shaked, Vered Hadad.
Hard and Soft, Works from the Gottesman Etching Center. Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Shua Ben-Ari
2021 The Haifa Way: 70th Anniversary of Haifa Museum of Art. Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Kobi Ben-Meir
Wind mind, Hansen Hause, Jerusalem. Curators: Bezalel, Master’s Program in
Policy and Theory of the Arts (M.A)
2020 Building materials, Basis Gallery, Curators: Shlomit Breuer and Tula Amir.
2018 Nature does not long for happiness, Galil Gallery. Curator: Hagar Raban.
2017 He never stayed for breakfast, Kupferman collection, Curator: Tula Amir.
Along the line, atelier Shemi, Kibbutz Cabri. Curators: Smadar Schindler and Avishai Platek.
Drawing Biennial, Jerusalem Print workshop gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Irena Gordon.
2016 New Horizon for new horizons, Ein-Harod Museum. Curator: Yaniv Shapira.
Allegory of now, Artist house, Tel-Aviv. Curator: Irena Gordon.
2015 Out of proportion, Open University gallery. Curator: Carmit Blumensohn
2014 Dynasties, Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Lea Abir and Orit Bulgaro.
Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yifat Gurion
Chicago Triangle, Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: Ruti Direktor.
2013 The 5th Biennale for drawing in Israel, Jerusalem. Curator: Tal Yahas.
Space Shuttle Project, Tel-Aviv Municipality. Curator: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman
2012 Patterns of behavior, Jerusalem Print workshop gallery, Jerusalem.
Curator: Irena Gordon.
Lines, Ticho House, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curator: Irena Gordon.
2011 Body without Body, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany.
Curator: Liav Mizrahi
2010 Oversees Project, Givatayim Art Gallery. Curator: Orly Hoffman
Fall, Ehrlich Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Sara Ehrlich.
2009 Sculpture Now, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Ruti Direktor.
Neues Sehen – Junge Kunst aus Israel, Städtische galerie, Bremen, Germany. Curator: Norbert Bauer, Susanne Hinrichs und Liav Mizrahi
2008 Power Show 04, Kuandu Museum, Taipei, Taiwan. Curator: Yu-Chang Ta
Borderline / Mirror-Like, Huashan Culture Park, Taipei, Taiwan.
Curator: Yu-Chang Ta.
Salame 008 – MFA Graduate Exhibition, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv.
Fresh-Paint art fair, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yifat Gurion
Regba, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem. Curator: Barak Ravitz.
2007 Four Decades of Feminism in Israeli Art, Haifa Museum.
Curator: Ilana Tenebaum, Einat Amir
2006 2006, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Amon Yariv
2005 The Scream – Homage to Munch, Line 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv.
Curator: Galia Yahav
Collaboration
2010-2014 Sailing Bird / dance and sculpture – collaboration with the choreographer Anat Shamgar, Susanne-Dellal Center, Tel-Aviv
2012 The Phoenix, with the sculptor Nir Adoni, Mazeh 9 - space for art,
Tel-Aviv. Curator: Carmit Blumensohn
Awards and Scholarships
2026 Artis Residency Grant, Villa Lena Family Residency
2025 Plumas Art Foundation Grant
2024 Oscar Hendler Award
2023 Grant for Independent Artists, Ministry of Culture
2015 The Pais (Israeli Lottery) Culture Grant
Rabinovich Foundation grant
2014 Asylum Arts, New-York
2013 Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy
2012 The Pais (Israeli Lottery) Culture Grant
Rabinovich Foundation grant
Jerusalem Print Workshop Scholarship
2010 Mongin Art Center Fellowship, Seoul
Harlem Studio Fellowship by Montarioarte, New York
2009 Young Artist Award, The Israeli Ministry of Culture
2008 Creativity Encouragement Scholarship, Bezalel Academy of Art
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
2005 Excellence Award, Hamidrasha School of Visual Art
America-Israel Cultural Foundation Grant
2004 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Grant