Assi Meshullam
Born 1975 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Assi Meshullam is an Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Art at the University of
Haifa, which he chaired between 2017 and 2022. Born in 1975 in Haifa, he graduated with a
bachelor's degree in art and archaeology in 2000, and has been active in the art field ever since.
He presented and participated in many exhibitions in Israel and abroad, and won several awards,
including the Minister of Culture Award for 2014. In 2014-2019 he studied for a master's degree
in the field of Biblical Studies, and wrote his research (thesis) on Phoenician ritual practices. The
preoccupation with ritual, religion and archaeology is also evident in Meshullam's artistic work,
which spans many fields, from drawing, painting and sculpture, to installation, video and digital
art. The practice of writing also accompanies his work, and he regards it as an inseparable part of
his visual art.
Artist Websites
Education
2014-2019 MA in Biblical Studies, University of Haifa
2000-2004 BA in Fine Arts & Archaeology, University of Haifa Department of Fine Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Tophet, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
2021 Digging Down: Art of the Pre-Future, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, curated by: Shira Friedman
2020 All the Gifts, Shechter Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2020 Ghosts, (Duo with Itzu Rimmer), White House Gallery, Nir Oz, Israel
2019 Temples of the Abyss, 1:1 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2015 Between Ethos and Mythos, (Duo with Jonathan Gold), Hecht Museum, Haifa, Israel
2015 Under Every Oak, Mane Katz Museum, Haifa, Israel
2014 African Savage, Artists' House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 The Retrospective, Hazimmer Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2013 Klone & Meshullam, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2012 Baal Ha'Lo, Hahanut Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Lexicon of Principles, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 Iscariot, Julie M. Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2007 Pessel, Ramat Gan Museum
2006 Rir, Peka Gallery, Technion Faculty for Architecture
2006 Tzahit Goldman & Assi Meshullam, Julie M. Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2006 Rir, Julie M. Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2005 Rir, Lohamey Hagetaot Art Gallery
2005 Familiar Anomaly, Gallery of Yizrael Valley College, Israel
2005 Leprosy, Kabri Art Gallery, Kabri Kibbutz, Israel
2003 Amazonas, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein-Hod, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 Had Gadya - The Horror Cycle, Artists' House, Jerusalem. Curated by Sophia Dekel Caspi
2022 Lining of the Sublime, Old Jaffa Museum, Tel Aviv, curated by: Curated by students under the guidance of Tami Katz Freiman
2022 Volta, Talvez em Casa?, Contemporao SP Convida, Sao Paulo, Brazil, curated by: Yiftach Peled & Dan Alon
2022 Food Weave, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Drorit Gur Arie & Nira Itzhaki
2022 Nega, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, curated by: Alon Razgor
2021 Post Plague, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Gilad Efrat & Ilai Rowner
2021 Mame-Loshn: Yiddish - Body - Language, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin, Poland, curated by: Drorit Gur-Arie & Tal Schwartz
2021 Skein: New Acquisitions for the Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Israeli Art Collection, Tel Aviv Museum, curated by: Dalit Matatyahu. Assistant Curator: Amit Shemma
2021 Are there Prophets in their Hometown?, Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, curated by: Keren Weisshaus
2021 Fairytales, Sapir Academic College, curated by: Sally Haftel-Naveh
2019 The Seer and the See, Azrieli Gallery, Jerusalem, curated by: Tal Schwartz & Roie Ravitzki
2019 The Larva Society for Psychical Research, Artists’ House, Jerusalem, curated by: Tali Bin Nun & Sally Haftel-Naveh
2019 Non Non Fiction, The Villa Gallery, Jerusalem
2019 Zumu, Hatzor Haglilit
2018 To Take Some Air, Yefe Nof Gallery, Haifa
2018 A Good Head, The Farm Gallery, Holon, curated by: Guy Morag
2018 Seven Rituals to Change the Mood, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017 From a village you are and to a village you will return, Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, curated by: Raafat Hattab
2016 Opening of the Red House, Red House Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 Isis Secrets, Pass-Port Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Liav Mizrahi
2015 Local Pulse, Artists' House, Tel Aviv., curated by: Orly Hoffman
2015 And the Winners Are..., Tel Aviv Museum for Art, Tel Aviv
2015 Baggage, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, curated by: Hagar Bril (Raban)
2015 Baggage, Neurotitan Gallery, Berlin, curated by: Hagar Bril (Raban)
2014 Mazal U'Bracha, Beit Hatfutsot Museum, Tel Aviv, curated by: Carmit Blumensohn
2014 Graven Image, The Russian Museum of Ethnography Saint Petersburg, curated by: Dina Yakerson
Selected Grants & Awards
2014 Culture Minister Award, the Ministry of Culture and Sport,
2012 Project Support, Rabinovich Foundation and Tel Aviv Municipality,
2010 Prize in Art from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport,
2003 Artist-Teacher” Project, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport,
2002 Young Artist” Prize from the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport",
2000 Yocheved Vidra” Award for a young artist, Haifa University",
Collections
Private collections