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Eitan Buganim


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.

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