Michal Rovner
 
1957

Born in Tel Aviv
1979-81 Tel-Aviv University, Cinema and Television studies and, Philosophy studies, Tel-Aviv
1981-85            

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Photography studies for B.F.A., Jerusalem, Israel
1987  

Co-founder and teacher at 'Camera Obscura', a school for Photography, Vidio and Cinema, Tel-Aviv.
1988         

Lives and works in N.Y.
 
 

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Selected One Man Exhibitions

Dizengoff Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Silver Bullet Gallery, Providence, U.S.A.
'Outside', The Tel-Aviv Museum , Tel-Aviv, Israel
Brent Sikkema Fine Arts, New-York, U.S.A.
'Fotofest 1990', New Gallery, Houston, U.S.A.
Grand Gallery, Denver, U.S.A
'Le Mois de la Photo a Montreal', La Maison Culture Mercier, Montreal,
Canada
'Decoy', S. Bitter-Larkin Gallery, New-York, U.S.A
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czechoslovakia
'Fotofest 1992', New Gallery, Houston, U.S.A.
Ansel Adams Center, San Francisco, U.S.A., curator: Andy Grundberg
Betsey Rosenfield Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, U.S.A.
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, U.S.A.
Peter Kilchmann Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
'One-Person Game Against Nature', Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
New Gallery, Houston, U.S.A.
Laura Carpenter Fine Arts, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
'Photographs', Pace , Wildenstein McGill Gallery, New-York, U.S.A.
'Works 1991-1996', Bohen foundation, New-York, U.S.A.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
"In Stone", Pace Gallery, New York
"Logical Conclusion", Pace Gallery, New York
"Fields", Jeu de Paume, Paris
"Fields of Fire", Pace Gallery, New York
"Weave", Chanel, Honk-Kong
"Fields", Tel Aviv Museum, Israel

Selected Group Exhibition

Sof Hasdera Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
'The First Line', Ein-Harod, Museum of Art , Ein-Harod, Israel
Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Photography Biennale, Ein-Harod Museum of Art, Ein-Harod, Israel
'The Animal Show', Photocollect Gallery, New-York, U.S.A.
'Sky Line', Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Gallery at Beit Ariela library, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Dizengoff Center, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curator: Andy Grundberg
'Act-Up', Paula Cooper Gallery, New-York, U.S.A.
'Beyond the Frame', Janco Dada Museum, Ein-Hod, Israel
'Winners of the America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarships, Tel-  
Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
'Recent Acquisitions', Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
'The Presence of the Absent - The Empty Chair in Israeli Art', Genia -  
Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Haifa Museum of Modern Art, Haifa, Israel
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., U.S.A.
'Apocalyptic Thoughts', Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel-     Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel
'On Paper: Louise Bourgeois, Richard Deacon, Jacob El-Hanani, Sol   
Lewitt, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Georgia Marsh, Ellen Phelan, Michal  
Rovner, Carole Seborovski', Barbara Mathes Gallery, New-York, U.S.A.
John Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, U.S.A.
Tel-Aviv Museum, Tel-Aviv, Israel
'Locus', Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles,
U.S.A.
The Jewish Museum, New-York, U.S.A.
'In-Camera', The Santa Fe Museum of Art, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
'First Image: Eight Photographers for the '90s: Thomas Joshua Cooper,
Adam Fuss, Angela Grauerholz, Jorge Molder, Michal Rovner, Thomas
Ruff, Andres Serrano, James Welling', Laura Carpenter Fine Arts, Santa
Fe, Santa Fe, U.S.A.
'New Photography 10: Shimon Attie, Abelardo Morell, Jorge Ribalta,  
Michal Rovner', Museum of Modern Art, New-York, U.S.A.
'The Little House on the Prairie: Carl Andre, Miroslaw Balka, Christine
Borland, Louise Bourgeois, Martin Creed, Edward Hopper, Gordon
Matta-Clark, Dan Graham, Jasper Joseph-Lester, Juan Munoz, Cathy
Opie, Michal Rovner, Richard Serra, Andres Serrano, Krzystof           
Wodiczko', Marc Jancou Gallery, London, England
'Art Focus', Bineth Gallery, Israel
'Contemporary Women Photographers', Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
'House Sweet House: Jennifer Bartlett, Tony Berlant, Beverly Buchanan,
Colin Chase, Willie Cole, Elba Damast, Mayme Kratz, Margaret Morton,
Tom Nakashima, Michal Rovner, Miriam Schapiro, Joel Schapiro', New-
Jersey Center for Visual Arts Summit, N.J.
'Photography: Uta Barth, Christopher Bucklow, Jan Henle, Michal       
Rovner', Wooster Gardens, N.Y.
`Desert`, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
`Art Now`, TateGallery, London
    `A Delicate Balance` Six Israeli Photofraphers,
    The Light Factory, Charlot, North Caroline, Travelling Exhibition
Bineth Gallery, Art Miami 99`, Miami

Special Projects

Scriptwriter and director's assistant for Robert Frank's film, 'C'est Vrai', made for French television station La Sept.
Scriptwriter and director's assistant for Robert Frank's film, 'Last Supper'

Awards and Grants

The Israel Museum, Gerard Levy Prize for the contribution made by the
work done within the framework of the Camera Obscura School of Art to
the progress of photography in Israel
American-Israeli Culture Fund
Polaroid Corporation, U.S.A.
American-Israeli Culture Fund
American-Israeli Culture Fund
AGFA Corporation, U.S.A.
American-Israeli Culture Fund

Collections
 
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
The Jewish Museum, N.Y.
Los Angeles County Museum, California
Art Institute of Chicago
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Bibiliotheque Nationale, Paris
Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
International Museum of Photography, Rochester, N.Y.
Mus'ee de l'Elys'ee, Lausanne
International Polaroid Collection, Boston
AGFA Collection