Ron Amir
Born in Israel, 1973
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
MFA , The Art Department, University of Haifa
B.Ed.F.A , Hamidrasha School of Arts, Beit Berl College
Teaching positions
2006- today Lecturer, Hamidrasha Art School, Beit Berl College
2010- 2015 Lecturer, Minshar school of Art, Tel aviv
2009- 2014 Lecturer, The Musrara school of photography, Media and New Music, Jerusalem
Solo Exhibitions
2018 Somewhere in the desert, Musee d'Art Moderne de la ville de paris; curator: Emmanuelle de L'ECOTAIS
2017 As It Seems, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 Doing Time In Holot, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2014 Jisr al-Zarqa, Back-and-forth part#1, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
2014 Jisr al-Zarqa, Back-and-forth part#2, The Israeli center for digital art, Holon
2014 Jisr al-Zarqa, Back-and-forth part#3, Jisr al-Zarqa highschool
2013 Steel Wool, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 On sea shore, Zochrot Gallery, tel-aviv
2012 Invisible presence, Artist Studio Tel-Aviv Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2011 Eid al fitr, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2007Barzach, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2004 Sea/Land, Israeli Art Gallery, Kibbutz Kabri
Select group Exhibitions
2024 Migratory Schooling: The Musrara school of photography, Media and New Music, Jerusalem, Curator: Ayelet Hashahar Cohen
2024 Common Ground: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Curators: Amitai Mendelsohn, Tanya Sirakovich, Ahiad Ovadia, Pirchia Eyall
2023 Twilight Zone, Givat Haviva Art Gallery; Curator: Anat Lidror
2022 Zumu: Nahariya Sixth Stop on the Journey of The Museum is on the Way; Curator: Shua ben Ari , Shahar ben nun
2021 The Haifa Way: 70th Anniversary of Haifa Museum of Art Curator: Kobi ben- meir
2021 Over the sea Over the desert, Trumpeldor Gallery Beer Sheva; Curator: Ellen Ginton
2020 Up and Down, the Mountain: The new Galery, artists studio Jerusalem; Curator: Etty Schwartz
2019 Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie Toulouse (France); “chanson de ma terre lointaine" curator: Annabelle Ténèze
2019 Art: Key to Conflict Resolutions, Serafio Gallery, Athens; curator: Vasia Deliyianni
2019 Back to Artport: Alumni Exhibition, Artport Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Vardit Gros
2019 Contact Shit, Indie Gallery,Tel Aviv; curator: Keren Zalts and Davi Barel
2018 Lost in Translation, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa Curator: Svetlana Reingold
2018 Pictures from family life, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv; curator: Shulamit Nos
2018 "Security Measures" Sklar levy Gallery,Modi'in ; curator: Shirley Wegner
2018 “Beton Beach” Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa; Curator: Iris Cintra
2018 Shop It ! Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa Curator: Svetlana Reingold, Limor Alpern Zered, Shaked Shamir
2018 “Treasures of the Mishkan Museum of Art” Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod; Curator: Yaniv Shapira
2017 Manifest Destiny Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Ofra Harnam
2017 Blueprints I The Lobby Atrt space, Tel Aviv; curator: Orit Mor
2017 Bad Taste Minus1 Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Efrat livny (catalog)
2016 Under Arms. Fire and Forget 2, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt.
2015 Fire and Forget. On Violence, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
2013 Yes minister, The Spaceship, Tel Aviv
2013 Lot's Wife: The Photographic Gaze, The Photography Museum, Tel Chai
2013 The second Mediterranean Biennale in Sakhnin, Sakhnin
2012 There's some meatballs in the fridge Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2012 Provenance Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2011 Household, community art project, south of Israel
2011Blowing on a hairy shoulder/ grief hunters, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
2011 Mone-Mechane, Herzliya museum of contemporary art, Herzelia
2010 Nachbarn, Kornerpark Gallery, Berlin
2009 Winners of the Ministry of Education and Culture Awards, Ein Harod Museum of Art, Ein Harod
2009 29 km, Um el Fahem Gallery, Um el Fahem
2008 panoramic landscapes, Herzliya museum of contemporary art, Herzelia
2008 Dvir Gallery, Tel-aviv
2007 The other sea, Jerusalem Artists' House, Jerusalem
2005 Contemporary Art event, Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv
2004 "Linked Vessels, Acco Art Festival, Acco.
2004 Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2003 The Photography Museum, Tel Chai.
2003 Grains, The City Museum, Haifa
2003 Graduate Exhibition, Hamidrasha School of Fine Arts, Beit Berl College.
2002 Believe the Day Will Come, Group Exhibition, Um El Fachem Art Gallery, Um El Fachem
2002 Rosenfield Gallery, Tel Aviv
Grants and Awards
2019 Minister of Culture Award, Ministry of Culture , Israel
2015 The Landau Fund Prize for Arts and Sciences
2014 Artport Residency Program, Tel Aviv
2013 Creative Encouragement Award, Ministry of Culture, Israel
2012 Minister of Education Artist- Resident
2008 Young Artist Award, Minister of Culture Israel
2008 Ministry of Education Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Israel
2007 Ministry of Education Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Israel
2006 Ministry of Education Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Israel
2005 Ministry of Education Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Israel
2003 Excellence Prize, Department of Photography, , Hamidrasha School of Fine Arts, Beit Berl College
Collections
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
The Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris collection
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem collection
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art collection
Ashdod art museum collection
Herzliya museum of contemporary art
Haifa museum of art collection
Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod collection
Haaretz newspaper collection
Israel Discount Bank collection
Knesset Israel (the Israeli Parliament) Collection
ST Art Collection
Private collections