Personal:
Date of birth: 1948
Place of birth: Hadera, Israel
Raised and educated on Kibbutz Ein Hachoresh
Married + 2 sons
Lives in Jerusalem from 1975
Education:
1972-1975 - New York Studio School with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkow
and Mercedes Matte
Professional Highlights:
Selected One-Man Exhibitions
1975 “Paintings from New-York”, Artists House, Jerusalem
1978 “Landscape Drawings: A Bird’s Eye View”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1979 “Desert”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1981 “Houses in Gaza”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1983 “Images”: Paintings according to “Lego”, Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1985 “Meet an Israeli Artist”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Portraits”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv. (catalogue)
1988 “Landscapes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1990 “Jerusalem Scenes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1992 “A Girl in a Room”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1995 “End of 1995”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1996 “Eretz”, N.A.F.I. Gallery, New York
1997 “Eretz”, Yale University, New Haven
1998 “Eretz – Landscapes of Israel”, Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, Washington, DC,
co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel for the 50th anniversary of the State of Israel
1998 “Port”, Haifa Museum, Ashdod Museum (catalogue)
2000 “Orchards”, Artspace, Jerusalem
“Haystacks”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 “The Human side” David Yalin college for Education, Jerusalem
2002 “Landscapes 1978-2002”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (book)
2002 “Seascapes”, Gallery on the Cliff, Natania
2005 “New York Landscapes”, Bineth Gallery Tel Aviv
2006 "The mountain and the sea." George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
2007 "New York landscapes." George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
"Gilboa Tabor." Mishkan Museum of art, Ein Harod
"Wadi Tabor." Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv.
2009 "In the face of the cliff." The University Gallery, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva. catalog
2010 "Observations - thirty years of observing and painting the landscape." The Artists House, Jerusalem. (Drawing book)
2011 "New York landscapes." Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Views of Jerusalem and the Beit Shean Valley". Roe Green Gallery, Cleveland
2012 "Small formats." Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 "Ezekiel" Adapted for the stage, based on a graphic novel by Michael Kovner. Exhibition and performance in New York
at the JCC in Manhattan
2015 "Ezekiel" The play at the Khan Theater, Jerusalem
2019 "Family stories". In Germany. Kanst Museum Bochum.de
2020 "Double Beam Mirrors." Mishkan Museum of art, Ein Harod
A book "Kibbutz Yard" was published by Mishkan Museum of art
2022 "Images II - Museum Visit". Gordon Gallery, Jerusalem
2023 "Bushwick 600 New York." Gordon Gallery. Tel Aviv
2024 "Dead Sea Sinkholes." Gordon Gallery, Jerusalem
2025 "Kibbutz". Gordon Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions
1981 “Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (catalogue)
1981 “A Turning Point”, Twelve Israeli Artists, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1983 “The Negev in Israeli Art”, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (catalogue)
1987 “Towards a New Realism”, The Ashdot-Ya’acov Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot-Ya’acov (catalogue)
1988 “Fresh Paint”, the Younger Generation in Israeli Art, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1991 “Mountains Round About”, Jerusalem in Israeli Printmaking from the Seventies and the Eighties,
Exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Culture (catalogue)
1992 “Tribute to Ayala Zacks”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 “The Printer’s Imprint”, Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (catalogue)
1995 “Autumn Gallery”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
1996-7 “The Jewish Continuity”, Jewish Museum, New York
1997 “Landscapes”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
1998 “50/50” Fifty Israeli Artists for Israel’s Fiftieth Anniversary, Jewish Museum, San Francisco
2001 “Collection +”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 “Marked Landscapes” Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba
2004 “Our Landscapes”, University of Haifa, Haifa
2005 “The continuous Mark: "40 years of the New York Studio School Part 2, 1972-1978”, New York
2009 "Matter of the Heart": A selection from David Azrieli Collection. The Tel Aviv Museum. (book)
"A Selection of Israeli Art: from Gaby and Ami Brown Collection". Mishkan Museum of art, Ein Harod (book)
2024 "Quarry Project: Echoes in the Crater" Group exhibition at the KENT Museum in Vermont
Galleries in USA
2003-2005 Salander O’Reilly Galleries, New York
2003-2010 George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
Public Works
Mural - Electricity Company, Jerusalem, Painting on ceramic tiles, 6X4 m., 1997
Mural - Beit-Ha’Oved, Haifa painting on ceramic tiles, 2.5X20 m., 1998
Mural - “Denmark” High School, Jerusalem, oil on wood, 3.4X5 m., 1979
Mural - "Beit ha-Rishonim" Emek Hefer, Painting on ceramic tiles, 1.40X10 m., 2022
Selected Collections
Jewish Museum, New York
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Haifa Museum
The Open Museum, Tefen
The President’s Residence, Jerusalem
Fellowships
1984 Awarded fellowship to study in New York by the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation.
Books
1988 Michael Kovner Etching Abba Kovner Poem
6 etching in an edition of 40 signed and numbered by the artist. Published by the
Jerusalem Printing Workshop
2000 "Port". Published by D.K. Graubart Publishing Ltd.
A case containing limited edition of 9 original etchings signed and numbered by the
artist accompanied by 9 poems on the subject of ports and shipping. Hebrew.
2002 "Michael Kovner 1975-2001"
On the occasion of a comprehensive exhibition at the Ramat Gan Museum, a large
book (the Green Book) is being published, showing and recounting the broad artistic
process of Kovner from 1975 to 2001. Published by the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art
2005 "Love in the Back Seat." Poetry in the Sixties. Zmora- Bitan, Tel Aviv.
Album edition accompanied by works of art by Michael Kovner. Hebrew..
2007 "Sea, Valley, Mountain". Mishkan Museum of art Publishing House,
Ein Harod. A case of 3 books. Hebrew & English.
2010 "Landscapes' Drawings." The Artists House, Jerusalem. Hebrew
2011 "New York Paintings 2001-2010"
On the occasion of a second exhibition of his paintings from New York
Bineth Gallery has published an elegant book with an article by the respected
art historian Donald Kuspit. Hebrew & English.
2015 "Ezekiel's World." Graphic Novel. Published by Kohel publishing house, Jerusalem. English.
2020 "The Kibbutz Courtyard" Published by the Mishkan Museum of art, Ein Harod
