Nurit Yarden

Nurit Yarden
Born	1959 Tel Aviv
Nationality	Israel
Education	Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Occupation	photographer

Nurit Yarden (1959 - ) (Hebrew: נורית ירדן) is an Israeli Art photographer, who lives and works in Tel Aviv. She won the Israel Ministry of Culture Prize for the Encouragement of Visual Arts in 2002.

Biography[]

Yarden was born in Israel,^[1] 1959. Grew up in Paris and in Tel Aviv where she now lives and works. An artist photographer who earned her BFA degree from the Photography Department of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem (1986). Was represented by the Chelouche Art Gallery in Tel Aviv for 10 years, and at present she works as an independent artist and an instructor and teacher of photography. When she completed her studies at Bezalel, she researched, for a decade, the concept of the Family album as representing our yearning for happiness and the fantasy of an idyllic family. In recent years, she has been working on a visual diary based on wandering, where she explores questions about the Israeli public sphere, looking for visual, social, and political signs that penetrate it. Her works combine images with texts and integrate direct and staged photography.^{[citation needed]}

Yarden has had numerous solo exhibitions, among others: Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (2019), Tel Aviv Artists House (2014), Contemporary by Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv (2013), Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (2000, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010), and has participated in many group exhibitions in Israel, Europe, and the United States, among others: Circle1 Gallery, Berlin (2018), Bat-Yam Museum (2011), Jewish Museum, Munich (2010), Artneuland Gallery, Berlin (2008), Tel Aviv Museum of Art (2002, 2003), Israel Museum Youth wing, Jerusalem (2002, 2005, 2014), Artforum Berlin (2002), Margolis Gallery, Houston (2000), Israel Museum, Jerusalem (1998).

She published the Artist Book, "Homeland," following her solo exhibition, Herzliya Museum (2019); the catalog, "Within Walking Distance," following her exhibition in the Contemporary by Golconda Gallery, Tel Aviv (2013); and the Artist Book, "Family Meal", Am Oved Publishers (2007). Her works were also published at the "Scene of Events" exhibition catalog, Herzliya Museum (2019); "Myth and Prejudice" exhibition catalog, Beit Hatfutsot Museum, Tel Aviv (2014); "Schooling" exhibition catalog, the Bat Yam Museum (2011); and "Family Files" exhibition catalog, Jewish Museum, Munich (2010).

Yarden won the Israel Ministry of Culture Prize for the Encouragement of Visual Arts (2002),^[1] and the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship (1985). Her works are a part of numerous art collections in Israel: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Herzliya Museum, Bat-Yam Museum, The O.R.S. Art Collection, The Comme il Faut Art Collection, as well as Private Collections.

Studies[]

• 1982-1986 – Photography, B.F.A, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
• 1981-1982 – Psychology and History of Art, University of Haifa
• 1980-1981 – Photography, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel-Aviv

Solo exhibitions (Partial List)[]

• 2019 - "Homeland", Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
• 2014 - "Qalandiya", The Artists House, Tel Aviv
• 2013 - "Within Walking Distance", Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2010 - "Scrabble", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2007 - "Not Just", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2005 - "Home Cooking", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2002 - "Visual Diaries", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2000 - "Voices", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 1999 - "Trees", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 1992 - "Journey-Epiphanies", Kalisher Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 1990 - Bograshov Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

Group exhibitions (Partial List)[]

• 2019 - "Utopia Hotel", Fresh Paint fair, Tel Aviv
• 2019 - "Prom", Fresh Paint fair, Tel Aviv
• 2018 - "Flower Power", Circle1 Gallery, Berlin
• 2018 - "Flower Power", Am Rathaus Gallery, Norderstedt
• 2018 - "Free Entrance", kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2017 - "Aiming for Touch (down)", P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2016 - "Rock, Paper and Scissors", Haifa Museum youth wing, Haifa
• 2016 - "Quest", Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv, Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai
• 2014 -"Mazal U'Bracha” (Hebrew for: Luck and a Blessing), Beit Hatfutsot Jewish Museum Tel-Aviv
• 2014 - "Quartet", binyamin-gallery, Tel-Aviv
• 2014 - "Journeys", The Israel Museum youth wing, Jerusalem
• 2012 - "Portraits of Cain", Ben Gurion University, Beersheba
• 2011 - "Schooling", Bat Yam Museum of Contemporary Art, Bat Yam
• 2010 - "Family Files", Jewish Museum, Munich
• 2010 - "Re Location", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2009 - "Final Edition", Ben-Gurion University
• 2008 - "Language & Gender", Artneuland Gallery, Berlin
• 2005 - "Beauty And The Book", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• 2003 - "Public Domain", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
• 2002 - The Minister of Culture Award Winners, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
• 2002 - Art Forum, Berlin
• 2002 - "A Question of Taste", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• 2002 - "Diaries", Chelouche Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
• 2000 - "Looking Ahead", A.G.U. Gallery, Santa Clara
• 2000 - "Photo-Fest", Margollis Gallery, Houston
• 1998 - "Distortions", School of Art, Nime
• 1998 - "The Lesser light", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• 1998 - "Condition Report", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• 1993 - "Black", limbus Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv
• 1992 - "New Directions in Israeli Photography", The Artists House, Jerusalem

Artist Books and catalogs[]

• 2019 - Published the book, "Homeland," following the solo exhibition at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art.
• 2013 - Published the catalog, "Within Walking Distance," following the solo exhibition at the Contemporary by Golconda Gallery in Tel-Aviv
• 2007 - Published the Artist Book, "Family Meal," Am Oved Publications^[1]

Works in catalogs and books[]

• 2019 - "Scene of Events" exhibition catalog, Herzliya Museum
• 2014 - "Myth and Prejudice" exhibition catalog, Beit Hatfutsot Museum, Tel Aviv
• 2011 - "Schooling" exhibition catalog, the Bat-Yam Museum
• 2010 - "Family Files" exhibition catalog, Jewish Museum, Munich
• 2008 - "Limbus", Hakibbutz Hameuchad publisher
• 2003 - "The land's Potographers", by Guy Raz, Hakibbutz Hameuchad publisher

Awards[]

• 2002 - Israel Ministry of Culture Prize for the Encouragement of Visual Arts^[1]
• 1985 - America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship

Selected collections[]

• The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• The Herzliya Museum, Herzeliya
• The Bat-Yam Museum, Bat-yam
• The O.R.S. Art Collection
• The Comme il Faut Art Collection
• Private Collections

External links[]

• Nurit Yarden website

References[]