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Michal Chelbin

(Israeli, born 1974)

Michal Chelbin

Nastya (Wouldn’t reveal her Crime): Women’s Prison, 2010

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Lena and Katya; Juvenile Prison for Girls, 2009

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Sergey (Sentenced for Sexual Violence against Women): Juvenile Prison for Boys, 2009

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Sergey (Sentenced for Murder): Juvenile Prison for Boys, 2009

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Vania (Sentenced for Murder): Men’s Prison, 2010

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Masha (Sentenced for Narcotics): Women’s Prison, 2010

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Yana (Sentenced for Theft): Juvenile Prison for Girls, 2009

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Skarhod (Sentenced for Man Slaughter and Cannibalism): Men’s Prison, 2008

4,000 USD

Michal Chelbin

Nadia (Sentenced for Narcotics): Women’s Prison, 2010

4,000 USD

Biography

Timeline

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
: 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
: The Portrait Competition - National Portrait Gallery, London
: "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.
: Hirsch, Caroline. The Locked Gaze: Prison Portraits. New Yorker, August 16, 2011.
: Lena and Katya. PDN Photo Annual, January 2010.
: Bengston-Lykoudis, Kirsten. Wrestling Youth. ARTslant, September 2010.
: Wallenstein, Ellen. The Black Eye Review, Fraction Magazine, September 2010.
: Feeney, Mark. Caught Between Two Worlds. Boston Globe, September 11, 2010.
: Kigner, Elise. World of Contradictions. Jewish Advocate, October 1, 2010.
: Biondi, Elisabeth. The Black Eye. Photo Booth – New Yorker Photo Blog, October 8, 2010.
: Meyers, William. Capturing Three Worlds Apart. Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2010.
: Gallery Picks, New Yorker, October 11, 2010.
: Laster, Paul. Michal Chelbin’s Youthful Wrestlers. Flavor Wire, October 20, 2010.
: Mills, Michael. Recent Acquisition Review, Broward-Palm Beach New Times, October 27, 2011.
: Mizota, Sharon. Michal Chelbin at M + B, Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2010.
: Cole, Lori. Critic’s Pick, Artforum Online, October 11, 2008.
: Strangely Familiar, Vision Magazine, December 2008.
: Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes and Other Traveling Troupes, Aperture, 2008 (monograph).
: Taylor Wessing Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, Guardian, September 15, 2009.
: Michal Chelbin: The AIPAD Show, Picture Magazine, March 2009 (cover).
: The Black Eye, Twin Palms Publishers, Spring 2010 (monograph).
: Gottlieb, Jane. Michal Chelbin. Photo District News, March 2008.
: Therond, Eve. En Direct De New York. French Photo, September 2008.
: Gallery-Going. New York Sun, September 2, 2008.
: Strangely Familiar. Haaretz Magazine, September 5, 2008.
: Gallery Picks, New Yorker, September 29, 2008.
: Sailboats and Swans, Twin Palms Publishers, Fall 2012 (monograph).

Michal Chelbin

(Israeli, born 1974)

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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