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Uriel Miron, Israeli artist and sculptor (born 1968). Miron spent his formative years moving between different places in Israel and the USA, and currently works in Tel Aviv, in sculpture, painting, drawing and printmaking. Miron is a graduate of Yale University Literature dept. (B.A. magna cum laude 1990); Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (B.F.A cum laude, 1995); and School of Visual Arts, New York (M.F.A. cum laude, 1998). Miron has exhibited several solo exhibitions in museums and galleries in Israel and abroad, and has participated in over 40 group exhibitions. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Minister of Culture Award for the Plastic Arts (2013) and a grant from Mifal HaPais. Miron’s work is in several important collections, including those of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Herzliya museum of contemporary art. He is a professor of art at the Shenkar School of Multi-Disciplinary Art and the Shenkar School of Design.
Uriel Miron born 1968 in Israel
Lives and works in Tel-Aviv
Education:
School of Visual Arts, New York, M.F.A. cum laude 1998
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, Fine Arts Dept.,
B.F.A., cum laude 1995
Yale University, B.A. Literature, magna cum laude, with distinction in the major 1990
Solo Exhibitions:
2026 Dogs of Pompeii, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv
2024 Carved at the Joints, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv
2021 Come Crawling, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 Playing for Time, Herzliya Museum of Art, curator: Aya Lurie
2013 A Bone’s Throw, H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, Germany, curator: Thomas Elsen
2012 Unraveling, Super Bien! Gewächshaus für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany,
curator: Anne Katrin Stork
2010 Footwork, Gallery 39, Tel Aviv, joint exhibition with Hilla Ben Ari,
curator: Revital Ben-Asher Peretz
2004-5 Soft Corner, Museum of Art, Ein Harod, curators: Galia Bar-Or and Uriel Miron
2002 Cross-bred, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon, curator: Yael Keini
2000 Memento Mobili, Herzliya Museum of Art, curator: Dalia Levine
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2025 Inflamed Nerve, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2024 Summer Seeds, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nira Itzhaki
2019 “Pshat,” Basis Gallery, Herzliya, curator: Shlomit Breuer
2018 “Plenty,” Bat-Yam Museum of Art, curator: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman
2016 “Sculpture: Allegories of the Present,” The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv, curator: Irena Gordon
2013 “Eye of the Blackbird,” The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv, curator: Irena Gordon
2010 “Impressions IV: National Drawing Biennial,” Jerusalem Print Workshop, curators: Irena Gordon and Tamar Manor-Friedman
2010 “10 Artists’ Books,” Jerusalem Print Workshop, curator: Irena Gordon
2009 “What Does Sculpture Want,” Bezalel gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Ruti Director
2009 “Standard Deviation,” CCA, Tel Aviv, curator: Maayan Shelef
2009 “The Natural History Museum,” Petach Tikva Museum of Art, curator: Revital Ben-Asher Peretz
2008 “Dirty White,” Florentin 45 Contemporary Art Space, Tel Aviv,
curators: Gilat Nadivi and Irena Gordon
2008 “Near and Apparent,” The Open Museum, Teffen, curator: Benno Kalev
2008 “Twisted Reality,” The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, curators: Irena Gordon, Yoav Raban
2007 “Wanderings in the Print Space,” Jerusalem Print Workshop, curator: Irena Gordon
2006 “Mini Israel,” The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Larry Abramson
2005 “Dead End,” Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, curator: Rafi Etgar
2003 “Why Not: Some Aspects of Contemporary Sculpture,” University of Haifa Art Gallery,
curator: Avishay Ayal
2002 “The Boundaries of Sculpture,” The Open Museum, Omer, curators: Prof. Haim Finkelshtein,
Haim Maor and Ruti Ofek
2001 “Traces – the Drawing Biennial,” Anna Ticho House, Jerusalem, curator: Ilan Weisgan
2001 “com.art,” The Science Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Nirit Nelson
2001 “Men at Home,” The Yisrael Pollack (Kalisher) Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curator: Naomi Aviv
1998 “Childhood Revisited,” The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, curators: Yigal Tsalmona and Nirit Nelson
Prizes and Scholarships:
2013 The Minister of Culture Prize for the Plastic Arts
2012 Grant from Mif’al Hapayis, Israel, for exhibition in Germany
2009 Grant from Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv, Israel
2005 Artists’ achievement award, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, Israel
2002 The Bernard and Gusti Reder Sculpture Prize
1998 Paula Rhodes Memorial Award
1996-8 Faculty Committee Scholarship, School of Visual Arts
1995 Excellent Achievement Prize, The Fine Arts Dept., Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
1998 Dorot Fund grant for photography project in Tel-Aviv