Michael Kovner
 
  1948   Born in kibbutz Ein-Hachoresh, Israel
  1972-1975   Studied in New York Studio School, New York
  with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkow and Mercedes Mattar
  Since 1975
 
  Lives and Works in Jerusalem
  Married + 2
 


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1984

Selected One-Man Shows

Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Images", Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Meet an Israeli Artist", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Eretz", Yale University, New Haven
"Port", Haifa Museum, Ashdod Museum
Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
"Journey 1978 – 2002", The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
“Seascapes” , Gallery on the Cliff , Natania
“ New York Landscapes” , Bineth Gallery Tel Aviv
"The Mountain and the Sea", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco , CA
"GilboaTabor", Ein Harod Museum
"Wadi Tabor", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
"New York Landscapes" George Krevsky Gallery, San FranciscoIn the Presence of a cliff", Ben gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva       (catalogue)
"Observations. 30 years of Observation and painting Landscape" Artist's House, Jerusalem (book of drawings)
"New York Landscapes"Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv (book)



Selected Group Exhibitions

“Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center ”, The Israel Museum , Jerusalem (catalogue)
“A Turning Point”, Twelve Israeli Artists, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
“The Negev in Israeli Art”, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (catalogue)
“Towards a New Realism”, The Ashdot-Ya'acov Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot -Ya'acov (catalogue)
“Fresh Paint”, the Younger Generation in Israeli Art, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
"Artists Paint Reading ", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
“Mountains Round About”, Jerusalem in Israeli Printmaking from the Seventies and the Eighties, Exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education and Culture (catalogue)
“Tribute to Ayala Zacks”, Israel Museum , Jerusalem
"Portfolio", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
“The Printer's Imprint”, Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop, The Israel Museum , Jerusalem (catalogue) "Tel Aviv in Tracks of Bauhaus", Ha'aretz Building , Tel Aviv
“Autumn Gallery”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan "Power Plant", art inspired by electricity production sites, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv "Artindusrty", Ashdod Museum , Ashdod
“The Jewish Continuity”, Jewish Museum, New York
“Landscapes”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
“50/50” - Fifty Israeli Artists for Israel 's Fiftieth Anniversary, Jewish Museum,San Francisco
"Now", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
“Collection +”, The Israel Museum , Jerusalem
“Marked Landscapes” Ben Gurion University , Beer Sheba
“Our Landscapes” , University of Haifa , Haifa
“The continuous Mark: 40 years of the New York Studio School
Part 2 , 1972- 1978” , NYC
"Working Proofs", Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
"Flora & Fauna", Bineth Ga llery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Mich ael Kovner
"Matter of the Heart: A Selection from the David Azrieli Collection", the Tel Aviv   Museum of Art (book)
"A Selection of Israeli Art, from the Gaby and Ami Brown collection", Museum of Art, Ein Harod (book)

 

Public Works

Mural – Electricity Company, Jerusalem, Painting on ceramic tiles, 6X4 m
Mura l– Beit-Ha’Oved, Haifa Painting on ceramic tiles, 2.5X20 m
Mural in “Denmark” High School in Jerusalem, oil on wood, 3.4X5 m



Collections

Jewish museum, New York
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel-Aviv Museum of art, Tel Aviv
Haifa Museum, Haifa
The Open Museum, Tefen

 

2003-2005 Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York
2003-2010 George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco


 

Fellowships
Awarded fellowship to study in New York by the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation