Arik Miranda
Born in Israel, 1972 Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education 1997-1998 Hamidrasha School of Visual Art, Beit Berl College, Israel 1995-1997 Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
Solo Exhibitions 2012 'The Luckiest People in the World', Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv 2011 'Summer', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 2010 'Last Night I Lost a Day', Habres+partner Gallery, Vienna 'Tammuz in Flames', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 2009 'Drops of the Night', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 2008 'Bright Days are Here', Federico Bianchi Contemporary Art, Lecco, Italy '7 Days to Love', Visual Drugs Gallery, Zurich 2007 'Gardens – Urban Comforts', The PeKA Gallery for Experimental Art & Architecture, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa 'Dawn Goes Down', Habres+partner Gallery, Vienna 2004 'Samuel Beckett, Hezi Laskali, Arik Miranda', Hamidrasha Gallery of Art, Beit Berl College 2003 'Night Drawings', Tel Aviv Artists' Studios 2001 'Mountains and Pools', Atelier 11, Aterrana Foundation, Triesen, Liechtenstein 'I was born to love you', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art 2000 'Light blue waves', Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod
Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 'Showroom', Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv 2012 'Not for Sale – from Oded Shatil's Art Collection', Kiryat Tivon Art Gallery 2011 'Open Call for Snow', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 'Escape', Artists' House, Tel Aviv 2009 'In-drawers', Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 'Maximalism', Avni Institute of Art and Design Gallery, Tel Aviv 'Now Silence', Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv 'Nudes', the Jerusalem Artists' House 2008 'Short Cuts', Habres+partner Gallery, Vienna 'Day and Night', Gilit Fisher Gallery, Tel Aviv 'Vergescapes', Kiryat Tivon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2007 'The Other Sea', the Jerusalem Artists' House 2006 'In Between Places', Vivian Horan Fine Art, New York 'HomeBase' site specific project, Artis, New York 2005 'Non Stop Art', Tel Aviv Artists' Studios 'Middle East North West', Israeli Ambassador's Residence, London 'Sketch / Drawing', the PeKA Gallery for Experimental Art & Architecture, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa 2004 'Tel Aviv Moments', Office in Tel Aviv Gallery
2003 'Wandering Library', the Jewish Museum, Venice 'Close to You', Comma II, Tel Aviv (curator) 2002 'Artik 4', the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship Winners, Tel Aviv University Art Gallery 'Imagine – Artists for co-existence', Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, Rosenfeld and Plonit Galleries, Tel Aviv 'Forest', De Bali Gallery, Amsterdam 'Young Brother', Comma II, Tel Aviv (curator) 2001 'Artik 3', the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship Winners, Tel Aviv University Art Gallery 'Wallflowers', Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art (curator and artist) 2000 'Artik 2', the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship Winners, Tel Aviv University Art Gallery 1999 Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 'Artik 99', the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship Winners, Tel Aviv University Art Gallery 'Picnic', Tussen De Bogen, Amsterdam 1996 'Temporary Name', the Jerusalem Artists' House
Scholarships and Awards 2004 Artist / Curator-in-Residence, Apexart, New York 2001 Artist Residency, Atelier 11, Aterrana Foundation, Triesen, Liechtenstein 2000-2002 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship 1998-2000 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
Selected Bibliography
2011 Smadar Sheffi, "From the Cold Lands and to My Window", Haaretz, 12.9.2011. Eyal De Leeuw and Sahar Shalev, "The Amusement Park of the Feelings", exhibition text for 'Summer', Gallery 39, Tel Aviv, May-June 2011.
2010 Uzi Tzur, "Report of the Creative Soul", Haaretz, 12.2.10. Hagit Peleg-Rotem, "Tammuz in Winter", Globes, 28.1.10.
2009 Dr. Ktzia Alon, 'Nudes' exhibition cat., The Jerusalem Artists' House, May 2009. Yuval Saar, "Homage to a Musical Youth", Haaretz, 9.2.2009. Uzi Tzur, "Last Dismantling", Haaretz, 23.1.09. Hagit Peleg-Rotem, "Night Vision", Globes, 13.1.2009. Tali Cohen Garbuz, "Waking Up in a Burning Paper House", Ynet, 4.1.2009. Kalia Mor, "Tip Top", Tel Aviv City Mouse, 1.1.2009. Christof Habres, 'Drops of the Night' exhibition cat., Gallery 39 for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, January 2009.
2008
Danny Yahav-Brown, 'Bright Days are Here' exhibition text, September 2008. Dr. Ben Baruch Blich, '7 Days to Love' exhibition text, May 2008.
2007 Hagai Segev, "The Metamorphose of Ideas into Drawn Lines", in 'Gardens – Urban Comforts' exhibition cat., Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, July 2007. Dr. Ktzia Alon, "The Sound of Void", in 'Gardens – Urban Comforts' exhibition cat., Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, July 2007. Kari Conte, 'Dawn Goes Down' exhibition text, May 2007. Ktzia Alon and Dalya Markovich (curators), 'The Other Sea' exhibition cat., the Jerusalem Artists' House, April 2007. Erez Dayan, "Rolling Stone", Layla, February 2007.
2006 Michael Fressola, "The go-between", Staten Island Advance, May 2006.
2005 'Middle East North West' exhibition cat., Israeli Ambassador's Residence, London, May 2005. Noga Magazine, special drawing project for the Sex Issue, May 2005. Hagai Segev (curator), 'Sketch/Drawing' exhibition cat., Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, March 2005.
2004 Kilimanjaro Magazine, special photography project in collaboration with Tim Gutt, October 2004. Adam Baruch, "Friday", Maariv, 16.7.2004. Tal Porat, "International", xtraLARGE, June 2004. Jack Faber, "Flashback", Zman Tel Aviv, June 2004. Yael Bergstein, "In the Field: Apexart", Studio: Israeli Art Magazine 154, June 2004.
2003 Itay Yaacov, "My name is Arik Miranda", Timeout Tel Aviv, September 2003. Jacob Mishori, "She Loves You Yeah Yeah Yeah…", in 'Night Drawings' exhibition cat., Tel Aviv Artists' Studios, September 2003. Neta Dror, "The Moon Above Us", Ha'ir, September 2003. Moran Godess, "The Missing Piece", Walla! Culture, 11.9.2003. Gilad Meltzer, "Arik Miranda: Night Drawings", Yedioth Ahronoth, September 2003. Maya Becker, "Miranda will Bring You to Tears", Maariv, August 2003. Yehudit Yahav, "A Night at the Exhibition", Yedioth Ahronoth, August 2003. Barak Heymann, "Gentle Hand", 42 Maalot, August 2003.
2002 42 Maalot Magazine, "Juliet", special photography project in collaboration with Amit Berlovich, July 2002. 'Artik 4' exhibition cat., Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, May 2002. Helicon Poetry Journal, "Festivity and Feast", special photography project, January 2002.
2001 'Artik 3' exhibition cat., Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, May 2002. "Arik Miranda: Mountains and Pools", Liechtensteiner Volksblatt, March 2001. "Kulturaustausch Israel-Liechtenstein", Liechtensteiner Vaterland, March 2001. "Israel und Liechtenstein", Liechtensteiner Volksblatt, February 2001. "Liechtensteinische Israelischer Kulturaustausch", Liechtensteiner Vaterland, February 2001. Yoav Shmueli, "The Graduate", 'I was born to love you' exhibition cat., Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 2001. Lili Abudi, "Her Father, His Daughter", Tzomet Hasharon, January 2001. 'Wallflowers' exhibition cat., Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, January 2001. Gilad Meltzer, "The Writing on the Wall", Yedioth Ahronoth, January 2001. Dana Kessler, "A Teenage Party", Maariv, 19.1.2001.
2000 Maya Becker, "The Best Party in Town", Maariv, December 2000. Amir Kaminer, "Arik Miranda from the Nineties with 2 New Shows”, Yedioth Ahronoth, December 2000. Lili Abudi, "Arik Miranda: I was born to love you ", Tzomet Hasharon, December 2000. Hamidrasha Journal, Issue 3: Clement Greenberg / Arie Aroch, May 2000 (reproduction). 'Artik 2' exhibition cat., Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, May 2000.
1999 Sarah Breitberg-Semel, "The New Rosenfeld", Studio: Israeli Art Magazine, November 1999. 'Artik 99' exhibition cat., Tel Aviv University Art Gallery, May 1999.