Merav Shinn Ben-Alon (1965) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tel-Aviv.
Merav Shinn Ben-Alon is a multidisciplinary artist based in Tel-Aviv. She holds a master's degree with honors from the Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts, Tel Aviv University, studied at the New York Studio School, NYC and earned her bachelor's degree with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. She was a two-time recipient of the 'Artistic Encouragement Award' from the Israeli Ministry of Culture, won the America–Israel Cultural Foundation Prize and received an excellence award twice during her Graduate studies.
Her works were presented, inter alia :Mark Rothko Art Centre (Daugavpils Latvia) Watari Museum of Contemporary Art (Tokyo) Museum of Art (Tel-Aviv) Museum of Art (Haifa) Museum of Art (Petach –Tikva) The Israel Museum (Jerusalem) and at further art institutions such as Hakibbutz Art Gallery (Tel- aviv) and Zenit Gallery (Copenhagen)
2009–2013 M.A. (with honors), The Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts, The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University
1990–1991 The New York Studio School, NYC
1986–1990 B.F.A. (with honors), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2015 Five Walls, Ha' Kibbutz – Israeli Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 The Red Time, Gallery 10 at Beit Michal, Rehovot
2005 Home, The Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv
2003 Collaborators [collaborative project with Ram Samocha], The Museum of Art, Ein Harod (Cat.)
2003 Good Night Sleep Well, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon
2002 Stories in the Hallway [installation and performance], The Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv
1999 Between the Studio and Someplace Else, Dafna Na'or Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
1997 On the Floor [painting installation], The Office Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 Solo Exhibition, The Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Ilana Tenenbaum (Cat.)
1992 The Undated and the Next of 1991, The Studio on 22nd Leroy St, NYC
2015 The Exhibition of 'The International Symposium Mark Rothko 2015” , Daugavpils, Latvia
2015 And the Winners Are: // Ministry of Culture and Sport Award Winners in Art and Design, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (Cat.)
2013 The Ready Made Centennial, Haifa Museum of Art, Curator: Ruti Direktor (Cat.)
2012 Teachers // The Trump Foundation in collaboration with Musrara – The Naggar School of Photography, Media and New Music at Pe’ila, Amiad Center, Jaffa
2011 Curators & Co., Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Curator: Revital Ben-Asher Peretz (Cat.)
2010 Spacing, Wizo Gallery, The NB Haifa School of Design, Haifa And You Have Nothing That Has No Place, The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv (Cat.)
2007 See Not / Fear Not, Umm el-Fahem art Gallery, Umm el-Fahem, Curator: Moran Shoub
2006 The Winners // Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport Award Winners in Art and Design, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
2003 Art of the Land // Art Festival at Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, curator: Ruti Direktor
2001 Hands, The Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000 Magazine Camp 2000, Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
1999 Brief Moment, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 The Loaded Part of the Sign I II III, Ami Steinitz Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 37 Danish & Foreign Artists Collaborate, Zenit Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (Cat.)
1994 Painting Above and Beyond, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Curator: Dr. Aïm Luski (Cat.)
1992 Small Works // 16th Annual Competition Exhibition, 80 Washington SQ. East Galleries, New York
Awards and residencies
2015 Artist Residency Program, “Mark Rothko 2015” International Painting Symposium, Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils Latvia
2015 Artist Residency Program, Art & Architecture Arad
2014 Exhibition Support, The Arts Department, Culture Division of Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality
and the Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv
2014 Creativity Encouragement Award, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Israel
2013 Studio Space Scholarship, The Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv
2005 Creativity Encouragement Award, Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Israel
2003 Catalogue Publication Support, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv
1990 Mary Fisher Prize for Painting, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
1989 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize, Sharett Scholarship for Young Israeli Artists
1988 Award for Academic Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
