Artist Biography

Born in Israel, 1976.
Lives and works in Tel Aviv.

Education
2000
B.F.A Magna Cum Laude at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Fine Art Department, Jerusalem, Israel

2000       
Student Exchange Program at Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weissensee, Germany

2012       
M.A., Interdisciplinary Arts Program, Arts Faculty at Tel Aviv University, Israel 

Solo Exhibitions
2020
Maya Zack, la mémoire en action, Mahj - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaisme, Paris, France

2016
Memory Trilogy, MLF | Marie-Laure Fleisch, Brussels, Belgium
Counterlight, MLF | Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome, Italy
Maya Zack: Counterlight, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel 

2014 
Outlined Absence, Taiga Creative Space, St. Petersburg, Russia      
The Mystical Shabbat, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2013  
The Shabbat Room installation, part of the new permanent exhibition Unsere Stadt! Judisches Wien bis heute. The Jewish Museum, Vienna, Austria 
Maya Zack: videos at Moving Image video fair, London, United Kingdom with Galleria Marie-Laure Fleisch
Special project, The Jewish Museum, Vienna, Austria
Apparent Death, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2012  
Maya Zack solo show, Marie-Laure Fleisch Gallery, Rome, Italy 

2011  
Living Room, The Jewish Museum, New York, USA. Curator: Aviva Weintraub
Camera Obscura, curated by Marie Shek, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris, France 

2010  
Mother Economy - video and drawings, curated by Avi Feldman, CUC Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Living Room, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Black and White Rule – Open Set, Yaffo 23, Bezalel Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel

2009  
Reading Room, curated by Marie Shek, Bialik House Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

2008  
Mother Economy, curated by Andrew Ingall, The Jewish Museum, Media Center Gallery, New York, USA
Nalbishech Salmat Beton Vamelet, curated by Ziva Yelin, Be’eri Gallery, Kibutz be’eri, Israel

2005  
Videos + Drawings, Alon Gallery, Ramat Hasharon, Israel

2004  
Concrete and Cement, (with Raya Bruckenthal), Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Mockument, Alon Gallery, Ramat Hasharon, Israel

2002  
The Baron E.T. von Home, (with Raya Bruckenthal), Artists Studios Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2001        
Hier seid Ihr zusammen, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2021
Zoology, curated by Benedict Vandaele, Zebrastraat, Ghent, Belgium

2020
Bodyscapes, curated by Dr. Adina Kamien-Kazhdan, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
As She Transforms, curated by Irena Gordon, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
Film screening, curated by Judith Schlossberg, Keter Cinema, Ma’amuta, Hansen House, Jerusalem

2019
Counterlight, film screening, FIFA- Festival International du Film sur l'Art - Musée McCord - Théâtre J. Armand Bombardier, Montreal, Canada$
Kartonage, Kupferman Collection, Kibbutz Lohamei Hagetaot, Israel
MEMORY TRILOGY, film screening, 27th Jewish Film Festival Vienna, Jewish Museum Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Walk the Line, as part of The 7th Biennale for Drawing | Traces VII – Action Line, curated by Irena Gordon, The Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
Winners of the Ministry of Culture and Sport Prizes in Art and Design for 2017 and 2018, The Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod, Israel

2018
Hidden Workers, Coreana Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
On Guard, Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel
Local Contemporary Print, curated by Irena Gordon and Tamar Gispan-Greenberg, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
Counterlight, film screening, ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival, Munster, Germany
CONSTRUCTING THE WORLD: ART AND ECONOMY 1919-1939 AND 2008-2018, curated by Dr. Eckhart Gillen, Dr. Ulrike Lorenz and Dr. Sebastian Baden, Mannhein Kunsthalle, Mannhein, Germany
NeuLicht II - Land von Salz und Honig, curated by Avi Feldman and Nirith Nelson, Neulicht Festival, Zurich, Switzerland
Evoking Reality, curated by Renate Wiehager and Nadine Isabelle Henrich, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2017
Menorah – Cult, History and Myth, Musei Vaticani – Braccio di Carlo Magno, Vatican City

2016
Under the Press of History, The Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
Das Kapital. Schuld- Territorium - Utopie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany

2015
Bibliology, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva, Israel
Without Flour, The Negev Museum of Art, Be'er Sheba, Israel

2014  
Back to Berlin, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzilya, Israel     
Drawingroom, curated by Peter Weiermair, Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, Austria

2013  
Drawingroom, curated by Prof. Peter Weiermair, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichta, Germany 

2012  
Pluriel-Regards sur l'art contemporain israélien, Villa Emerige, Paris, France 
Private/Corporate VII - Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd., Tel Aviv, and Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Stuttgart/Berlin, curated by Renate Wiehager, Daimler Art Collection, Berlin, Germany
In Action, Performance, Actionism and Concept, from the Charim Collection, Salon Dahlman, Berlin, Germany
The Winners, Recipients of 'Idud Hayetzira' Award by the Israeli Ministry of Culture, curated by Naomi Aviv, Petach Tikva Museum, Petah Tikva, Israel                                       
3rd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art, curated by Kathrin Becker, Russia
Recipients of 'Idud Hayetzira' Award by the Israeli Ministry of Culture, Petach Tikva Museum, Petah Tikva, Israel

2011  
Magic Lantern: Recent Acquisitions in Contemporary Art, curated by Suzanne Landau, Amitai MendelsohnIsrael Museum, Jerusalem, Israel 
Heimatkunde (How German is it? 30 Artists' Notion of Home) Jewish Museum, Berlin, Germany

2010  
Neo-Barbarism, curated by Naomi Aviv, Noam Segal Rothschild 69, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rupture & Repair, Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design, curated by Emily Bilski, Aviva Kat-Manor, Artists House Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Ark, curated by Ido Barel, Mani House, Leumi Gellery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Suspended Spaces #1, Maison de la culture, Amiens, France

2009  
Childhood Stories, curated by Yael Katz Ben Shalom, whiteBOX e.V., Kultfabrik Gallery, Munich, Germany
Art TLV,  curated by Edna Moshensohn, The Tel Aviv Art Biennale, Tel Aviv, Israel
Drama of Identities, curated by Irena Gordon, Beth Hatefutsoth Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Seafaring-route, Tel Aviv. Berlin. Beirut, curated by Yael Katz Ben Shalom, Artneuland Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Paper Works, curated by Ronit Sorek, The Israel Museum, Anna Ticho House, Jerusalem, Israel
Reel Mothers, curated by Andrea Liss, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido (CA), USA
Tel Aviv Mon Amour, curated by Galit Semel, The Office Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Shirat Ha'beton, curated by Yehudit Mezkel, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel

2008  
Invideo, International Exhibition of Video Art and Cinema Beyond, Milan, Italy
From Punk To Pink, Moti Hasson Gellry, NY, USA
Raum für Video, Philipp von Rosen Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Merma(i)d, curated by Raya Bruckenthal, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Rishon Le’zion Biennale, Rishon Le’zion, Israel
Celeste Kunstpreis Finalists, At the former Patzenhofer Brauerei-Friedrichshöhe, Berlin, Germany
Dead End, curated by Diana Dallal, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Goyim, The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel

2007  
Guilt & Gelt, curated by Yael Katz Ben Shalom, Artneuland Gallery Berlin, Germany

2006  
Videoland, curated by Yael Katz Ben Shalom, Artneuland Gallery, Berlin, Germany
The Israel Museum, curated by Amitai Mendelsohn, Jerusalem, Israel Culture Ministry Award Winners

2005  
Not Alone, curated by Ruti Director, The Haifa University Gallery, Haifa, Israel                                                
The Drawing Biennale, The Jerusalem Artists House, Jerusalem, Israel

2004  
A Homage to Hanoch Levin, curated by Daniella Talmor, The Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel

2002 
Positive Discrimination, curated by Ellen Ginton, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Something Local, the Digital Art Lab, Holon, Israel
Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, South Korea

2001  
The Armoury Show, curated by Ellen Ginton, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

Grants / Awards / Residencies
2013
SIP Grant

2012    
Israel Lottery Council Grant for the Arts

2011   
Idud Hayetzira Award, The Israeli Ministry of Culture
Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize
Artis Grant Recipient

2011   
International Summer Academy for Artists-Researchers Finland. Kuva - Finnish Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki, Finland

2010    
Adi Prize for Jewish Expression in Art and Design, by Adi Foundation and Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

2010    
JAI (Jewish Artists Initiative of Southern California), Los Angeles, USA

2009    
The New Israeli Foundation For Cinema and Television                      

2008    
Israel Lottery Council Grant For The Arts            
Celeste Kunstpreis, Art Prize Berlin, 1st Prize Artist Category
Artis Grant Recipient                                                           

2007    
Israel Lottery Council Grant For The Arts
The New Israeli Foundation For Cinema and Television

2005   
The Center of Contemporary Art Fund for Video
The Young Artist Award, The Israeli Ministry of Culture

2002  
The Center of Contemporary Art Fund for Video
Tel Aviv Municipality, The Arts Department

2000    
Excellence Award, Bezalel, Academy of Art and Design, Fine Arts Department, Jerusalem, Israel

Film Awards for "Counterlight", "Mother Economy" & "Black and White Rule" (Videos)
2016
Winner, Short Film Competition, Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival, Jerusalem, Israel

2011
Special Award "Poetry of The Image", The 13th Intonational Film Festival, Patras City, Greece 

2008  
Special Mention, Imaginaria International Film Festival, Conversano (BA), Italy
Celeste Kunstpreis, Berlin, Art Prize - Artist Category Award
Special prize "Ideas Museum", Int. Festival of Independent Cinematography "KinoLev", Lviv, Ukraine

2007 
Best Foreign Film Award, Szemletek Visionaudial Film Festival – Pec's, Hungary
Students Jury Special Prize, Szemletek Visionaudial Film Festival – Pec's, Hungary

Collections
Public, corporate and private collections include: 
Israel Museum Jerusalem, Israel
Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Beth Hatefutsoth Museum Tel Aviv, Israel
ORS Doron Sebbag Art Collection Tel Aviv, Israel
SIP-The Shpilman Institute for Photography, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel
Alongside international private collections