SHAI AZOULAY

1971 Born in Kiryat Shmona, Israel Lives and work in Jerusalem

EDUCATION

2007 MFA program, Art Department, The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel-Aviv 2004 Art History studies, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem 2000 BFA graduate, Art Department, The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem Student exchange program, Art Department, Minerva Academy of Fine Art & Design, Netherlands

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 A Dwelling Below, Herzliya Museum, Herzliya, Israel. Curator: Tali Ben-Nun 2017 Flesh Heart, Kers Gallery, Amsterdam 2016 Shortcuts, Meislin Projects, New York, NY Pupil, Zolla Leiberman Gallery, Chicago, IL Dos, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv 2015 Jerusalem Tales, Art Salon, Vienna, Austria One Hour a Day, Roe Green Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio 2014 Guided Imagery, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv 2013 Good Eye, ARATANIURANO Gallery, Tokyo 2011 Frame, Frieze Art Fair, London I see darkness, Yaffo 23 Gallery, Jerusalem SUPERPARTNERS, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 2009 Woman Becomes Tree, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv 2007 “The Osnat Mozes Prize for Young Artists Exhibition,” The Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem 2003 Nidbach 11, The Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 Repositioning, The Museum of Islamic Art, Jerusalem Painting, Circle 1 Gallery, Berlin 2016 The Golem Lives on, The Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany Checkers, Rosenbach Contemporary, Jerusalem, Israel Bene•f•action, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York 2015 Merkaz, Rosenbach Gallery, Jerusalem Akhshav, Stein Rose Fine Art, New York The Museum Presents Itself: Israeli Art From the Museum Collection, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv

2014 Luck and a Blessing | Myth and Superstition, The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv 2013 Now Now, The Jerusalem Biennale For Contemporary Jewish Art, Jerusalem 2011 The 2011 Ministry of Culture and Sport's Prizes in Art and Design winners' exhibition, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva, Israel Formally Speaking (II): And what shall we do with Painting in the 21st Century?, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa 2010 Rupture and Repair, Artist Pension Trust, The Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem Beaujolais Nouveau, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv Wedding Ceremonies, The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv Dreaming, Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv Comforting Scapes, Art Cube Gallery, the Artist Studios, Jerusalem 2009 Jerusalem Surface Fractures, The Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem Constellation, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Rome Trained Impulse, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv Cent Ans de Dialogue par l'Art, Bezalel de Jérusalem à Paris, Orangerie du Sénat, Paris 2008 Night, Chelsea, New York Personal Landscapes: Contemporary Art from Israel, Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C. Open Plan Living, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv Psychology of a Pawn, Participant Inc., New York 2007 The Other Sea, The Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem Salame 007: Graduate Show, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Advanced Studies in Fine Arts and Photography, Tel Aviv 2005 Lights, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem New Faces, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv 2004 Traces II, The Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem

GRANTS & PRIZES

2010 Artis Grant for Exhibitions and Professional Development 2008 The Artist Teacher Prize, Ministry of Culture and Sport 2007 The Legacy Heritage Fund Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art Osnat Mozes Young Artist Painting Prize, The Jerusalem Artists' House 2006 Extraordinary Artistic Achievement award, The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv