Born in 1976, Talia Israeli currently lives and works in Tel-Aviv. In 2002 she received a BFA from the
Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, and in 2005 she completed the MFA program at
Goldsmiths in London. Israeli teaches painting at the Bezalel department of fine art.
Israeli's paintings often depict her immediate surroundings but with a strategy of replacement –
turning cityscapes and landscapes into mental images. Dr. B.B. Blich writes of her recent work:
Amongst Israeli's solo exhibitions: Last City, at the Tavi Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv; Low Ground at the
Evoke gallery for contemporary art, Santa Fe; and Bio Power at the Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
Selected group exhibitions include: Art Forum, Berlin; FA Projects, London; Hanngar Bicocca, Milano;
The Artists’ Studio, Tel-Aviv; Robert Sandelson Gallery, London; Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv;
Winzavod, Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow; and Ramat-Gan Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Israeli has received various awards including: The Bezalel's Achievment award, The Sharet Award for
young artists by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, shortlisted for the Celeste Art Prize, and
received an MFA grant from the AIA. Israeli's paintings can be found in many private collections
worldwide and in public collections such as the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.
Bezalel Academy of Art & Design in Jerusalem, and in 2005 she completed the MFA program at
Goldsmiths in London. Israeli teaches painting at the Bezalel department of fine art.
Israeli's paintings often depict her immediate surroundings but with a strategy of replacement –
turning cityscapes and landscapes into mental images. Dr. B.B. Blich writes of her recent work:
- "Israeli raises questions about the city's ontological position even when depicting seemingly-
meaningless details, such as a plant or a chair. The city is not the natural playground of
these elements which could belong in any surroundings. However, when planted in an urban
setting the objects embody the alienation, estrangement and even the loss which follow every
city dweller like a shadow. Unlike the realist painting which aims to represent the metropolis
while emphasizing the wealth of possibilities, Israeli's city comes to its fruition through
intentional distortion of architectural details and color tonality."
Amongst Israeli's solo exhibitions: Last City, at the Tavi Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv; Low Ground at the
Evoke gallery for contemporary art, Santa Fe; and Bio Power at the Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
Selected group exhibitions include: Art Forum, Berlin; FA Projects, London; Hanngar Bicocca, Milano;
The Artists’ Studio, Tel-Aviv; Robert Sandelson Gallery, London; Alon Segev Gallery, Tel-Aviv;
Winzavod, Moscow Contemporary Art Center, Moscow; and Ramat-Gan Museum, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Israeli has received various awards including: The Bezalel's Achievment award, The Sharet Award for
young artists by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation, shortlisted for the Celeste Art Prize, and
received an MFA grant from the AIA. Israeli's paintings can be found in many private collections
worldwide and in public collections such as the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art.