title: Erez Israeli
text: # Erez Israeli
  
  Erez Israeli (born 1974) is an Israeli artist, specializing in Sculpture and Installation Art. Israeli lives and works in Tel Aviv.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Israeli graduated from Midrasha Art School of Beit Berl College. He received a post-graduate degree from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in 2005. In his works, Israeli emphasizes the idea of preserving Israel identity - collective as well as personal. He thinks about war, terror, religious freedom - the main tensions existing in Israeli society and creates a visual concept around them.
  
  ## Exhibitions
  
  ### Solo
  
  * 2019 Black Milk, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
  * 2017 Die klare Sonne bringt’s an den Tag, Galerie Crone, Vienna
  * 2015 The Difference Between OOOOH and AAAAH, Galerie Crone, Berlin
  * 2014 Firewall Mural, a wall painting project on the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
  * 2013 Berlin 2013, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
  * 2012 Lowland, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
  * 2012 Erez Israeli – Prints, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  * 2010 Erez Israeli: Ashpara, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  * 2009 Friday Night, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
  * 2007 Love Song, Emergency Exit New Media Center, Haifa Museum of Art
  * 2003 21 Self Exhibitions, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
  
  ### Group
  
  * Israel Museum
  
  ### Awards
  
  * 2005 Isracard and Tel Aviv Museum of Art Prize for an Israeli Artist
  * 2005 The Rich Foundation Award for Education, Culture and Welfare, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
  * 2006 Young Artist Award, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
  * 2006 The Hadassah and Rafael Klatchkin Prize for Art, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
  * 2007 The Legacy Heritage Fund Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  * 2009 The Dan Sandel and Sandel Family Foundation Sculpture Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
  