Eitan Buganim, Born 1974 in Israel. Lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Studies for MFA, Film and Video Department, Columbia College Chicago, Illinois, and graduated with excellence at the Fine Art Department, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem.
Won several scholarships and prizes, among them: The Minister Prize, Ministry of Culture and sport; Cinema Project, The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts; Young Artist Prize, Ministry of Culture and sport; The Video-art and Experimental Cinema Fund, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv; The New Foundation for Cinema and Television.
Participated in exhibitions and screenings, among others at: Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv; Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv; Ramat Gan Museum; The Negev Museum of Art, Beer-Sheva; Museum of Bat Yam; Petach-Tikva Museum of Contemporary Art; Ein Harod Museum; Nunnery Gallery, London; Circle 1 Gallery, Berlin; Houg-Gah Museum, Taipai; 10th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey.
Teach since 2009 at the Multidisciplinary School of Art, Shenkar college.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Education
2002-2004 MFA, Columbia College, Film and Video Department, Chicago, Illinois
1999-2000, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1997-2000 BFA, Fine Art Department Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Melancholia, RawArt Gallery
2022 The Orientalist, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts, curated by: Dr. Rotem Rozental
2019 The Colorful, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv
2018 The Curator, Beit Rami and Ori Nehushtan, Ashdot Yakov Kibbutz
2016 The Orientalist, Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 The Aristocrat, Contemporary by Golconda, Tel Aviv
2015 Beirut, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 Sunrise, Florntin 45 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 The Liberated, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 The Hypnotist, Tmona Theater, Tel Aviv
2010 The Patriot, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Idiolect - The Early Years, Museum of Bat Yam, Bat Yam, curated by: Leah Abir and Orit Bulgaru
2009 The First Ramat-Gan International Biennale, Ramat Gan Museum, Ramat Gan
2009 Heartless, Artists Studios, Tel Aviv
2005 The Ossidey, Artists Studios, Tel Aviv
Group Exhibitions
2023 Physical, Aza 13, Jaffa
2022 MOTION: Movement and Dance in Contemporary Israeli Art, The Negev Museum of Art, Beer-Sheva, curated by: Nirit Dahan
2022 Elyahu, Love-Art, Tel Aviv
2021 Love Memo, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv
2021 Small and Wild, Loushy Art Projects, Tel Aviv
2020 Wild Days, Minus 1 Gallery, “Haaretz” collection, Tel Aviv, curated by: Tal Hyas
2020 Blue, Loushy Art Projects, Tel Aviv
2018 Fresh Paint 10, Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv
2018 Letters to the Accountant, Nulubaz cooperative space for contemporary art, Tel Aviv
2017 Anonimix, Haifa Museum, Haifa, curated by: Svetlana Reingold
2017 Art without Borders, Circle 1, Berlin
2016 Imago Mundi, Pratt Institute, New York
2016 NordArt, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
2015 Homage to the Red Sea, Janko -Dada Museum, Ein Hod, curated by: Raya Zommer Tal
2015 If You Love, Kastiel Gallery, Tel Aviv
2014 Video+, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv
2014 Melting walls – Ahovi Collection, Tel Aviv University Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 Till The Edge, Ben Gurion University Gallery, Beer Sheva
2013 The Panopticonists, Platform, Jaffa
2012 Mysterious Being, Tamtam Gallery / Hou-gouh Museum, Berlin/Taipei
2012 Open – Close – Open, Biyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Karin Mendelovici
2011 Wild Black Animal, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Art in Brighton, Brooklin, New York
2010 Fresh Paint 3- Art Fair, Fresh Paint, Tel Aviv
2010 Gabriel Orozco was Here, The Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Ruti Direktor
2009 A Saint in his Life, Not a Loser in his Dream, Midrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Conversion, Petach-Tikva Museum of Contemporary Art, Petach-Tikva, curated by: Maayan Amir
2008 Visions in the Nunnery, Nunnery Gallery, London
2008 VideoZone 4, International Biennial for Video Art, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2007 Traces, Drawing Biennale, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem
2007 Gott. Geld. Kunst. Kapital, Artneuland Gallery, Berlin
2007 The Sun Also Rises, 23 International Haifa Film Festival, Haifa
2007 Nightcomer, 10 International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
2006 Geld spielt keine Rolle Festival, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany
2006 VideoZone 3, The 3 International Biennial for Video Art, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2005 Reunion, Makor Gallery, New York
2005 Other Voices, Other Rooms, Catania Art Fair, Catania, Italy
2004 Profiler, Rooftop Festival, New York
2004 Doc Week, Michael Rabiger Documentary Center, Chicago
2003 11, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago
2003 Prime Shorts, The Hideout, Chicago
2002 Sketchy, Hokin and Annex Gallery, Chicago
2002 Pis, ARC Gallery, Chicago
2001 Two, Deli Co, Pittsburgh
2001 Artic 3, Tel Aviv's University Gallery, Tel Aviv
Grants & Awards
2021 The Minister Award, Ministry of Culture and sport, Israel
2018, Ostrovsky Foundation
2016 The Committee for Art and Culture, Pais, Israel
2014 Cinema Project, The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Israel
2010 Cinema Project, The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Israel
2008 Young Artist Prize, Ministry of Culture, science and sport, Israel
2007 The Video-art and Experimental Cinema Fund, CCA, Tel Aviv
2006-2007 Artist-Teacher Scholarship, Ministry of Education and Culture
2005-2008, The New Foundation for Cinema and Television,, Tel Aviv
2003 artistic excellence in film and video, The Rosebud Foundation, Chicago
2001 Excellence prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Desig, Jerusalem
2000 Keren Sharet, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1997-2000 Award for academic excellence, private donor, Jerusalem
Collections
Ann and Ari Rosenblatt
Ha'aretz Collection
Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
Oded Shatil Collection
ORS Doron Sabag
Sherarton Hotel Collection
Private collections