Noga Yudkovik-Etzioni
1962 born in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi, Israel
Currently lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
972-54-4707717
nivpro@netvision.net.il
studio: Shvil Ha’Merets 4, Tel Aviv, Israel
My work deals with the tension between formalism and narrative, a tension that fascinates me and activates my work. Over the years I have gone through a transformation from using clear readable imagery to more abstract forms of representations. Yet the original imagery is always the springboard for generating meaning in the world of visual abstraction, and my installations, beyond the initial story they reveal, try to function like rhythm and music in space.
I have lived and worked in Israel and the Netherlands, showing in both conventional and alternative spaces, from museums to gas factories and abandoned refrigeration units. This experience has highlighted for me two parallel ways of working - one, through site specific installations; and the other, creating individual objects, which I fondly call “objects for travelers,” since they could fit inside a suitcase. Drawing has also been an important part of my practice, emerging sometimes in order to accompany three dimensional works, sometimes to become three dimensional itself, and other times as a stand alone medium.
Objects
Object-making is a central element to my work, which deals in the dialogue between the abstract and the concrete. I use a wide variety of materials and material combinations, mixing together substances and object characteristics that were not intended to go hand in hand, thus creating hybrids objects that defy both content and technical common-sense or decency. These objects are always detached from time and space and resist any contextualization that might explain their existence.
Curatorial Projects
2016 “Repeat and Repeat”, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Commissioned Projects
2015 (upcoming) “Fins” outdoor sculpture, Haifa, Israel
2010 Israel Official Stamp of “Shmulik the Hedgehog” Sculpture Garden in Holon, Israel
2007 “Shmulik the Hedgehog” Sculpture Garden, Holon, Israel
Projects
The Open Studio Project, "Room Improvisation",Cite' International Des Arts, Paris
Art Teaching Experience
2000 - 2018 Private classes in Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 - 1999 Sculpture Instruction, Kalisher Art Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel
1991 - 1993 Art Instructor, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Selected Press
2019 LEGIT on the exhibition ‘Traces’, Barbur Gallery
2019 Portfolio Magazine, Hagit Peleg Rotem, on the exhibition ‘Traces’, Barbur Gallery
2016 Portfolio Magazine, Hagit Peleg Rotem, on the exhibition "Running Line"
2016 Saloona, Meirav Rahat, on the exhibition "Half a Full Circle"
2015 “Collections”, Interview for Reshet Bet, Miri Kirmolovski
2013 "1280 Degrees", Ceramics Magazine, Irena Gordon
2013 Haaretz, “Emblems”, Ceramics Biennale, Irena Gordon
2013 Reshet Bet-Kol Israel Radio, “Emblems”, Ceramics Biennale, Miri Kirmolovski
2011 Prof. Meira Weiss, on the exhibition "Emblems"
2010 Haaretz, “The Beginning of the Fall”, Smadar Shefi
2009 Ynet Culture, “On the Camp, the Moon is Lit”, “My Camp”, Vardi Gross
2009 FM88 Radio, “Emblems”, Yaaniv Shapira
2003 The Israeli Architecture & Design Portal, on the exhibition "3 Dimensional"
2009 City Mouse, “Emblems”, Hila Skolnik Brener
2009 Globes, “Art, Emblems in Space”, Hagit Peleg Rotem
2009 Makor Rishon, “Emblems”, Yaakov Bar-On
2009 Globes, “Three in One Space”, Hagit Peleg Rotem
2008 Haaretz Shamenet Magazine, “Portfolio”, Asaf Avital
2007 Maariv, “Forgotten Childhood” (Shmulik the Hedgehog Sculpture Garden), Dubi Zacai
2004 Jerusalem Post, Arts, Gil Goldfin
2003 The Office Gallery, Online, Project 49, Rachel Sukman
1996 The City, “Art Shelter” in Memory of Danny Zakeim, Special Publication
1991 Jerusalem Post, “The Best of Bezalel”, Merin Ronen Exhibition Catalog List
2013 “Imprinting on Clay” Ceramics Biennale, group show
2009 “The Dining Room as Allegory” group show,
2009 “My Camp” group show
2006 “Hero and Villain” group show
2006 “Quickly Traced on a Ship’s Deck” solo show
2005 “Hunger” Kalisher Academy, group show
2004 “Upon every Island and Sandbank, They Suddenly Change Direction”,
solo show
2003 Installation at The Office Gallery, solo show,
1996 “Art Shelter” in Memory of Danny Zakheim, group show
Links
Artspace Tel Aviv Profile + Artwork
Education
1995 MFA - Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1991 BFA - Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1986 Continuing Studies, Kalisher Art Academy, Tel Aviv, Israel
Awards and Recognitions
2017 Cite' International Des Arts Scholarship, Paris
2016 The Department of Art, Cultural Bureau, Tel Aviv-Yaffo Municipality in conjuntion with the Joshua Rabinovich Foundation for Art, Tel Aviv
2015 Zionist Art Award, Department of Culture and Education, for the exhibition “Emblems”
2003 Rabinovich Foundation Scholarship, Tel Aviv, Israel
1990 Scholarship for Excellence, Bezalel Academy for Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1989 Sharett Scholarship, The American-Israel Cultural Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2017 Artist Wall, Artspace Tel Aviv, Curator: Dalia Danon
2016 ״EnSofEnMotza", Givat Haim Gallery. Curator: Hanush morag and Ruthi Hinski-Amitai
2016 “Running Line”, Artspace Tel Aviv, Curator: Nir Harmat
2016 “Half a Full Circle”, Tivon Gallery, Curator: Michal Shachnai
2015 “Artist Wall” curated by Nir Harmat, Artspace Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 “Emblems” curated by Yehudit Mazkel, Artist House Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 Art Salon, Open Studio, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006 “Quickly Traced on a Ship’s Deck” curated by Drora Dekal, Cabri Gallery, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
2004 “Upon every Island and Sandbank, They Suddenly Change Direction” curated by Irit
Levin, Artist House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2003 Sculpture Installation, curated by Rachel Sokman, The Office Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1994 Sculpture Installation, Rietvelde Academie Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 ‘Oh No! Sigh…’, Artspace Tel-Aviv, Curator: Yair Barak
2020 ‘Tel Aviv Biennale Crafts&Design 2020’, MUZA Erez Israel Museum Tel-Aviv, Curators: Henrietta Eliezer Brunner, Yuval Saar, Nir Harmat, Merav Rahat and Liorav Rosin
2020 'Day Dreaming’, ArtSpace Tel-Aviv, Curator: Danielle Tzadka Cohen
2019 ‘7th National Biennial for Drawing’, ‘Traces’, Barbur Gallery , Jerusalem, Curator: Abraham Kritzman
2018 "Shopit!", The Haifa Museum, Haifa, Curator: Svetlana Reingold, Limor Alpern Zered and Shaked Shamir
2017 "Paper Heroes". The Jaffa Museum, Jaffa, Curator: Ilan Garibi
2017 "On the Edge. Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Curator: Anat Gatenio
2016 “Art Camp 2016”, The Negev Museum, Beer Sheva, Curator: David Wakstein
2016 “Split Ends”, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curators: Dina Shenhav and Rebecca Cava
2016 “Allegory of the Present”, Artist House Alharizi, Tel Aviv, Curator: Irena Gordo
2014 “Meeting +” curated by Tzofia Dekel, Ilana Goor Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 “Memory Material” curated by Anat Getni, Ceramics Biennale, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv
2012 “Art Anyhow” curated by Sarah Reimen Shor, Family Wing at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2012 “Dear Families” curated by Ora Kraus, Municipal Gallery of Rehovot, Israel
2011 “Powerline” curated by Orly Hofman, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 “Undressing Shape” curated by Hana Kopler, The Office Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 “The Fall” curated by Sarah Erlich, Erlich Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 “My Camp” curated by Liav Mizrachi, Dolinger Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2009 “Three Dimensional” curated by Anat Getenio, Wizo Academy, Haifa, Israel
2009 “Kibbutz Time”, Art on Kibbutz Festivals, Kibbutz Yifat Dining Hall, Israel
2009 “Official Violence” curated by Raz Samira, Gallery 5 Art Place, Tel Aviv, Israel
2008 “Country Objects” curated by Irit Levin, D. S. Danon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006 “Hero and Villain” curated by Irit Levin, Municipal Gallery of Kefar Sava, Israel
2004 “Homesick”, Herzel 29, Tel Aviv, Israel
2004 “Collector’s Choice” curated by Irit Levin, Ha’Sadna Gallery, Yavne, Israel
2003 “Lust and Desire” curated by Rachel Sukman, The Office Gallery,Tel Aviv, Israel
2002 “A Living-room in Autumn”, Herzel 29, Tel Aviv, Israel
1996 “Art Shelter” in Memory of Danny Zakheim, Tel Aviv, Israel
1995 “Autonom Group Project”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1995 “Rietvelde Academie”, Rietvelde Academie Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1994 “Gas Factory”, International MFA Exhibition, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993 “Vrieshuis America”, Amsterdam Port, Netherlands
1992 “Bezalel”, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1989 America-Israel Scholarship Fund Winners Exhibition, Haifa Museum, Israel
1988 Best of Bezalel Show, Artist House Jerusalem, Israel