Dana Nechmad
Born 1985 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Dana Nechmad is an interdisciplinary artist working with painting, drawing, embroidery and video. She is interested in moments of emotional threshold. Through figurative, abstract and textual gestures, Nechmad brings to the surface internal marks experienced within the body.
Nechmad holds an MFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2018), an MA in Philosophy from the Tel Aviv University (2014), and a BFA in Fine Art from the Libera Academia di belle Arti, Florence, Italy (2010). She is a recipient of the New Artist Society Merit Scholarship, The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration grant and New American Painting #131.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Artist Websites
Education
2016-2018 MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2015 The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Post-Baccalaureate in Painting and drawing, Chicago, Illinois
2012-2014 MA in Philosophy, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
2007-2010 BFA in Painting, Libera Accademia di Belle Arti (L.A.B.A), Florence, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Mother and Child, Almacen, Jaffa
2022 Solo Exhibition, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv
2019 In Tension, The Bee in the Lion Gallery, New York, USA
2011 Stealth Units, Vila Dallal, Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv
Group Exhibitions
2023 Emotional Landscapes, FORMah gallery, New York, USA
2022 The Big Embroidery, Al HaTzuk Gallery, Netanya, curated by: Adi Yekutieli
2021 Fresh Paint Art Fair, Artists' Greenhouse, Tel Aviv
2019 I am you Venus, The Bee in the Lion Gallery, New York, USA
2019 Our Elements, Lower East Side Girls Club, New York, USA
2019 Pen Incest, 062 Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2019 Take Care, Ground Level Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2019 Woman, Womyn, Womxn, Detroit Art Week, Trumbull and Porter Hotel, Detroit, MI, USA
2018 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, USA
2017 Declarations of Contemporary, Hairpin Arts Center, Chicago, IL, USA
2017 Who is She?, DFBRL8R Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA, curated by: Kristen Leenaars
2017 Netflix and Chill, Apartment Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2017 Reunion II, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
2016 One in Herself, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago,
2015 Bad Painting, SAIC Open Studio Night, Chicago, IL
2015 Bad Painting, SAIC Open Studio Night, Chicago, IL
2014 For Your Eyes Only, Hecht House, Haifa, curated by: Moti Harari
2014 For Your Eyes Only, Hecht House, Haifa, curated by: Moti Harari
2013 Face Off, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Adi Gura
2013 Inside the Whale, The Container, Jaffa
2012, Reid Hall, Paris, France, curated by: Gregory Amenoff
2012 Art of the Heart, Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, curated by: Smadarf Shefi
2012, Reid Hall, Paris, France, curated by: Gregory Amenoff
2011, NATAL Organization, Tel Aviv, curated by: Tamar Dresdner
2011 Pintzeta, Tel Aviv, curated by: Yael Braun
2010 The Museum Windows, Ramat Aviv
2009, Sei DIvino, Florence, Italy
Screenings
2018 Mooving Image, Lithium Gallery, Chicago, IL
2016 CHICAGQ, Chicago IL & Gois/coimbra Portugal
2016 Art Video International Festival, Jerusalem
Grants & Awards
2019 The Earl and Brenda Shapiro Center for Research and Collaboration Grant,
2016-2018 New Artist Society Merit Scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2011 First prize at the Merilyncomparetto international online competition,
Press
2021 Sharon Golan Meiri, Mako Culture, Mako, 21.10.21, (HEB)
2019, Interview, ODDA Magazine, Issue #17: Connections
2018, Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 41
2018, Interview, ADF Magazine, 24.7.2018, (Japanese)
2018, Meet Dana Nechmad in Loop, Voyage Chicago, 24.7.2018, (Japanese)
2017, New American Painting;Juried Exhibition in Print, Issue #131
Publications by the Artist
2019 Take Care, Ground Level Platform, Chicago, IL, Ed. Luna Goldberg
2017 Dubi Shiff Art Collection & Permanent Exhibition Catalog, Tel Aviv, Iris Barak
Collections
Dubi ShiffArt Collection
Joan Flash Artist Book Collection
John M. Flaxman Library
LunArt Collection
Private Collections
Rappaport Family Collection
Private collections