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Michal Chelbin
(
Israeli
,
born
1974
)
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1974
Born in Israel
1997–2001
Wizo Academy of Education and Design, Haifa, Israel
Lives and works in New York
Exhibitions
2012
A Prayer is a Prayer is a Prayer, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
The Under Toad, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
2011
Making Room: Contemporary Israeli Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Recent Acquisitions, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2010
Strangely Familiar, Photographic Resource Center at Boston University (solo)
The Black Eye, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
The Black Eye, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
The Black Eye, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam (solo)
The Grip/La Mainmise, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France
2009
101 female artists in Tel Aviv
2009
Taylor Wessing Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Nymphoto: Conversations Volume I, Sasha Wolf Gallery, New York, NY
Flash Forward, Sponsored by the Magenta Foundation, Toronto, Canada
2008
Strangely Familiar, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Strangely Familiar, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel (solo)
Presumed Innocence: Photographic Perspectives of Children, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
2007
Strangely Familiar, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR (solo)
The Portrait Competition, The National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2007
The Portrait Competition - National Portrait Gallery, London
2007
"Strangely Familiar", Blue Sky gallery, Portland (solo)
2006
Uniforms & Costumes from the series Strangely Familiar, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
The Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Not All Of Man's Best Friends Are Dogs, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Turning Silver, Women in Photography International
Photography Now, 401 Projects, New York, NY
Portraits, The Photographer's Gallery, London, UK
Photography Now, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Making a Scene, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
2005
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Conflicted, Menier Gallery, London, UK
The Children's Hour, The Museum of New Art, Detroit, MI
Dialogue with the Classics - The Chapels, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
Fotografia, Hendrik Andersen Museum, Rome, Italy
Western Biennale of Art, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Magic, Vamiali Gallery, Athens, Greece
2004
Recent Photographs, Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Vitalina and Friends, Lohamei Haghetaot Gallery, Israel (solo)
Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Spread in Prato, Various Venues, Prato, Italy
Gods Becoming Men, Frissiras Museum, Athens, Greece
Love Is in the Air, Time for Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003
The Rape of Europe, Luke & A Gallery, London, UK
Young Israeli Art, Ohana Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Female Turbulence, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Naked Before God, Museum of Modern Art, Parnu, Estonia
Artic 5, America-Israel Cultural Foundation, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
Scenes in Perspective, Art Tower Agora Gallery, Athens, Greece
Artist for Coexistence, Um El Fachem Gallery and Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2002
Lazarova, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Lazarova, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
New Purchases in Photography, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Artist of the Ideal, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
2001
Yeladudes, Holon Art Center, Israel
2000
Vitalina and Friends, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel (solo)
Human Now, Haifa Cinemateque, Israel
Public Collections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
The Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
The Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Literature
Meyers, William. Shades of Red, Strange and Familiar. New York Sun, September 11, 2008.
Strangely Familiar. Haaretz Magazine, September 5, 2008.
Gallery-Going. New York Sun, September 2, 2008.
Therond, Eve. En Direct De New York. French Photo, September 2008.
Gottlieb, Jane. Michal Chelbin. Photo District News, March 2008.
The Black Eye, Twin Palms Publishers, Spring 2010 (monograph).
Michal Chelbin: The AIPAD Show, Picture Magazine, March 2009 (cover).
Taylor Wessing Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, Guardian, September 15, 2009.
Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes and Other Traveling Troupes, Aperture, 2008 (monograph).
Strangely Familiar, Vision Magazine, December 2008.
Cole, Lori. Critic’s Pick, Artforum Online, October 11, 2008.
Gallery Picks, New Yorker, September 29, 2008.
Mizota, Sharon. Michal Chelbin at M + B, Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2010.
Laster, Paul. Michal Chelbin’s Youthful Wrestlers. Flavor Wire, October 20, 2010.
Gallery Picks, New Yorker, October 11, 2010.
Meyers, William. Capturing Three Worlds Apart. Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2010.
Biondi, Elisabeth. The Black Eye. Photo Booth – New Yorker Photo Blog, October 8, 2010.
Kigner, Elise. World of Contradictions. Jewish Advocate, October 1, 2010.
Feeney, Mark. Caught Between Two Worlds. Boston Globe, September 11, 2010.
Wallenstein, Ellen. The Black Eye Review, Fraction Magazine, September 2010.
Bengston-Lykoudis, Kirsten. Wrestling Youth. ARTslant, September 2010.
Lena and Katya. PDN Photo Annual, January 2010.
Hirsch, Caroline. The Locked Gaze: Prison Portraits. New Yorker, August 16, 2011.
Mills, Michael. Recent Acquisition Review, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, October 27, 2011.
Sailboats and Swans, Twin Palms Publishers, Fall 2012 (monograph).
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