Biographical Notes
1945
Born in Kibbutz Mishmar Hasharon
1965-1968
Studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1968-1970
Studied at the Central School of Art and Design, London
1970-1971
Studied at the Hornsey College of Art and Design, London
1972-1975
Founder and Director of Avishay Ayal’s Etching
Workshop, Jerusalem
Since 1977 Teaches at the Art Department, University of Haifa
2000-2005
Curator and Director of the Collections, The Art Gallery, University
of Haifa
One-Person Exhibitions
1971
Prints, Upper Street Gallery, London (poster)
1974
Prints, Artists’ House, Jerusalem (poster)
1978
Tiberias ‘53, New Gallery, Abba Houshi House, Haifa (poster)
1983
Arabic Dog, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
1984
Arabic Dog, Tatrama Gallery, Tel Aviv
1985
May-June 1948, Tatrama Gallery, Tel Aviv
1988
Paintings, Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv
1991
Yard, Noga Gallery, Herzliya (poster)
1992
Gouache Paintings, Oranim, The Art Institute Gallery
Gouache Paintings, Noga Gallery, Herzliya
1995
Intentional Deviation, Municipal Art Gallery, Kfar Saba (poster &
leaflet)
1996
Intentional Deviation II, Bar David Museum of Jewish Art, Kibbutz
Baram
1999
Separation, Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (catalogue)
2000
Word Landscapes, The Avraham Baron Art Gallery, Ben
Gurion University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva (catalogue)
2001
The Shemen Paintings, The Other Gallery, Talpiot Seminary,
Tel Aviv
2004
Land of Oil, Nine Series on Paper, Mish'kan Le'Omanut,
Museum of Art, Ein Harod (catalogue)
2005
Land of Oil, Nine Series on Paper, The Artists' House,
Jerusalem; Municipal Gallery, Netanya
Group Exhibitions
1969
Ben Uri Gallery, London
1970
Young Contemporaries, Royal Academy of Art, London (Leaflet)
1972
Third British International Print Biennale, Bradford, England
(catalogue)
1973
Graphic Art in Israel Today, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena
Rubinstein Pavilion (catalogue)
1975
Prints in Israel, Artists’ House, Tel Aviv
1976
Gilart Gallery, Tel Aviv
1977
Jerusalem Artists, Jerusalem Theater
Portraits from Jerusalem, outdoor painting, Jerusalem
1978
The Kadishman Connection, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
(catalogue)
1979
Prints in Israel, Gilart Gallery, Tel Aviv
1980
Artists’ House, Tel Aviv
Art Department Teachers, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
1983
The Art of Stage Design in the Hebrew Theatre, The Art Gallery,
University of Haifa, (catalogue)
Artists at the Art Department, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa
(catalogue)
1984
Line in Landscape, Environmental Installation, Harel Forest, Israel
Who is on the Lord’s side let him come unto me, Environmental
sculpture, Lavie Forest, Israel
1985
Circle and Letters, Installation, Hayarkon Park, Tel Aviv
Hiding Place in the Mountains, Environmental installation, Nes Harim
Forest, Israel
Pitot-Kipot, installation, Nizana Terminal (part of the Desert Art Events
organized by the Center of Visual Art, Beer Sheva, (catalogue)
International Experimental Art, Young Artists Club, Budapest, Hungary
(catalogue)
1986
Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Rega Group, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Leaflet)
1987-88
1988
Five group exhibitions, Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv
Hakikar Gallery, Old Jaffa
Memad Katan Gallery, Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv
A People Builds Its Land: Israeli History as Reflected in Art, Herzliya
Museum of Art (catalogue)
Printers Proof, Prints from the Etching Workshop of Avishay Ayal, Rega
Gallery, Tel Aviv
1989
End of the Season Exhibition, Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv
Israeli Art Week, Israel Festival, Jerusalem
1967: The Americanization of Israeli Art, Bograshov Gallery, Tel
Aviv (catalogue)
These Sabras, Municipal Art Gallery, Jerusalem
Bat Miriam: A Portrait, University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University.
(catalogue)
1990
Prints from the Etching Workshop of Avishay Ayal, 1972-1975, The
Art Gallery, University of Haifa;, Avraham Baron Art Gallery, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva; Herzliya Museum of Art
(catalogue)
1991
Israeli Art Now: An Extensive Presentation, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
(postcard catalogue)
The Color Khaki: The Soldier’s Image in Israeli Art, Habima National
Theater, Tel Aviv
The Portrayal of the Leader in Israeli Art, Mishkan Le’Omanut
Museum of Art, Ein Harod, (catalogue)
1993
Seam, Ashdod Museum; The Art Gallery, University of Haifa; Yad
Labanim Museum of Art, Petah Tikva (catalogue)
Before the Gold – Jerusalem, Municipal Art Gallery, Rehovot; Ashdod
Museum (catalogue)
Landscape, Youth Wing of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem
(catalogue)
1994
Homage to John Byle, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design,
Jerusalem (catalogue)
Badges, Outdoor works Tel-Hai ‘94, (Leaflet)
A Form of Speech, The Art Gallery, Memorial Center, Kiryat Tivon,
(catalogue, within the framework of Art Focus Events)
Missing Avraham Ofek, Taamon Café-Gallery, Jerusalem
Puddles of Light, Navon Gallery, Neve Ilan
1995
Artists at the Art Department, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa
(catalogue)
1996
New Art from an Ancient Land, traveling exhibition initiated by Virginia
Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia (catalogue)
Windows, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Leaflet)
1997
Zimun : International Artists’ Conference, Artists’ Residence,
Herzliya (catalogue)
Down with the Occupation: 30 Years Later, Al Wassati Gallery,
Jerusalem
Israel und England: Artists’ Conference, Die Halle, Wiesbaden,
Germany (catalogue)
1998
To the East: Orientalism in the Arts in Israel, Israel Museum,
Jerusalem (catalogue)
1998-99 Positive Representations of the Other in Contemporary Israeli Art,
Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod; Bat Yam Museum; Ashdod Museum;
Municipal Art Gallery, Arad; Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazorea,
(catalogue)
1999
Memory in Cloth, Seamgallery, Moshav Megadim, (poster and
catalogue)
Discourse- Artists from Germany and Israel, Static Gallery, Liverpool,
England, (catalogue)
Plowing Man and Earth, Art Gallery, Um El Phachem
2000
Local Dialogue- Herzliya Museum of Art, (postcard)
Shields for Magen, Seamgallery, Moshav Megadim, (catalogue)
Golden Aging- Artists House, Jerusalem, (catalogue)
2001
Collection Exhibition, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2002
Rega in 1986, Avishay Ayal, Assad Azi, Yoram Kupermintz, David
Reeb, David Wakstein; The Gallery in the Art Institute, Oranim
Academic Teachers College, Kiryat Tivon
Artists Against Occupation, Beit Uri Ve-Rami Nehushtan, kibbutz
Ashdot-Ya'akov
Special Exhibition in Memory of Morel Drefler, Musrara
School of Photography and New Media, Jerusalem
The Return to Zion: Beyond the Principle of Place, Time for
Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, (catalogue)
Mediterranean, The Holiday of Holidays 2003, Beit Hagefen, The
Arab-Jewish Center, Haifa (catalogue)
2004
The 1980's in Israeli Art, (Exhibition 6: Avishay Ayal, Jenifer
Bar-Lev, Amnon Ben-Ami, Ygal Ozeri, Meir Pitchadze), the Art
Gallery, the Art Institute, Oranim College, Tivon
Fragments, Mosaics and Reality, Time for Art Gallery, Tel
Aviv, (catalogue)
2005
Etched Voices, Exhibitions Pavilion, Yad Vashem, The
Holocaust Matyrs and Heroes Remembrance Authority,
Jerusalem, (catalogue)
Suitcase, Pyramida, Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa
Prizes and Awards
1967
Sharet Scholarship, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1968-1971
Scholarships from the British Council, London
1972
The Ofer Feniger Prize for a Young Artist, Jerusalem
Artists’ Association
1974
Young Artist Prize, The Israeli Ministry of Education and
Culture, Jerusalem
1991
Artist-in-Residence at the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2004
Creativity Prize, the Department of Plastic Arts, Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sport, Israel
Curatorial Work

Artists at the Art Department: Works by Artists Teaching at the Art
Department, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa, Dec. 1983 – Jan. 1984

Printer’s Proof: Etchings from Avishay Ayal’s Workshop, 1972-1975,
Rega Gallery, Tel Aviv, Nov. 1988

Prints from the Avishay Ayal’s Etching Workshop 1972-1975, The Art
Gallery, University of Haifa; The Avraham Baron Gallery of Art, Ben Gurion
University of the Negev, Be’er Sheva; Herzliya Museum of Art, May 1990 –
Feb. 1991 (Co-curator: Sanford S. Shaman)

Moshe Kupferman: Works on Paper, The Study Gallery of the Art
Department, University of Haifa, Nov. 1992

Michail Grobman: Slogan and Image, The Study Gallery of the Art
Department, University of Haifa, Dec. 1994

Jenifer Bar Lev: Paintings and Cloth, The Study Gallery of the Art
Department, University of Haifa, May 1995

Four Realist Painters: Mitch Becker, Shalom Flash, Israel Hershberg,
Hava Raucher, The Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum, University of Haifa,
May – July 1996

Israel Kantor: Paintings, The Auditorium, Carmel Center, Haifa, Feb.
1997
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Figure: A General Exhibition of Ein Hod Artists, Ein Hod Artists Gallery,
April – Sept. 1997

Naftali Rakuzin: The Desire for Books, The New Haifa Museum, Jan. –
May 1999

Dina Shenhav: Works, The Study Gallery of the Art Department,
University of Haifa, Jan. 1999

Jordan Wolfson: Interior, The Study Gallery of the Art Department,
University of Haifa, Feb. 1999

Zvi Tolkovsky: Collections, Paintings, Relief, Works on Paper and Prints,
The Study Gallery of the Art Department, University of Haifa, March – April
1999

Tight on the Body, The Study Gallery of the Art Department, University of
Haifa, May 1999

Gal Weinstein: Installation, The Study Gallery of the Art Department,
University of Haifa, Dec. 1999

Asad Azi: A day later I am still alive, The Study Gallery of the Art
Department, University of Haifa, Jan. 2000

Yarn Painting: Paintings in Wool by the Huichol Tribe of Mexico, The
Study Gallery of the Art Department, University of Haifa, March 2000

Marilou Levin: On Tiptoes, The Study Gallery of the Art Department,
University of Haifa, April 2000

When We Were Children: Childhood and Adolescent Works by the
Artists at the Art Department, The Study Gallery of the University of Haifa Art
Department (in collaboration with the Exhibition Workshop students), May
2000

Joseph Hirsch: A Retrospective, the Artists’ House, Jerusalem, April –
May 2001; The Art Gallery, University of Haifa, June – July 2001; The
Municipal Art Gallery, Rehovot, Feb. – March 2002

Downtown: Five Young Artists from Haifa, The Art Gallery, University of
Haifa, Nov. – Dec. 2001

Raya Redlich: Fallen Halos, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa, Jan. –
Mar. 2002; The Artists’ House, Jerusalem, July – Aug. 2002

Philip Pearlstein: Recent Works, The Art Gallery, University of Haifa,
May – Aug. 2002

Double Vision: The Works of Aissa Deebi & Yuval Shaul, The Art
Gallery, University of Haifa, Feb. – April 2003

Why Not: Some Aspects of Contemporary Sculpture, The Art Gallery,
University of Haifa, May – July 2003

Our Landscape: Notes on Landscape Painting in Israel, The Art Gallery,
University of Haifa, March – May 2004

Benni Efrat, Where Have the Bees Gone, Spring 2052, The Art Gallery,
University of Haifa, May – July 2004

Garbuz and Dorchin, The Joint Exhibition, The Art Gallery, University of
Haifa, June - July 2005