Noa Yafe
Born 1978 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Noa Yafe received her BFA from HaMidrasha School of Art at Beit Berl, where she also completed her post-graduate studies in 2012. Her solo exhibitions include venues such as Herzliya Museum, CCA Tel Aviv, MoBY (Museums of Bat Yam), and RawArt Gallery in Tel Aviv. Yafe's works have been exhibited in various group exhibitions around the world, among them the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien in Berlin, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, Tel Aviv University Gallery, Primary Projects in Miami, Artists' House in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv Artists' Studios, Hamidrasha Gallery in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism, Minshar Gallery in Tel Aviv, and Paint Box Gallery in New York. Yafe is the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including the Artis grant and the Young Artist Scholarship from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation. Her works can be found in public and private collections, including those of the Israel Museum and the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. An artist book, edited by Joshua Simon, has recently been published by Mousse Publishing.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Artist Websites
Education
2010-2012 Advanced Studies in Fine Arts, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl
2004-2006 BFA, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl
2003-2004, School of Visual Arts, New York City, New York
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Exodus, Beyond Somewhere, Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel, curated by: Sally Haftel Naveh
2021-2022 White Feather, RawArt gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2019 Revulsion, Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv
2018 Beyond the Distance - A Distance, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Leah Abir
2017 The Red Star (part of "The Kids Want Communism), Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
2017 The Perfect Crime, CCA, Tel Aviv
2016 The Shadow, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Leah Abir
2016 The Red Star (part of 'The Kids Want Communism'), MoBY - Museums of Bat Yam, Bat Yam
2012 Midaya, Bat Yam Museum, Bat Yam, Graduate Exhibition
2007 Pudding, D&A Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Tel Aviv
Group Exhibitions
2023 Silver Linings, Sommer, curated by: Naama Arad and Omer Halperin
2023 Al Halal, Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam, curated by: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman
2023 Al Halal, Bat Yam Museum of Art, Bat Yam, curated by: Hila Cohen-Schneiderman
2023 Silver Linings, Sommer Gallery, curated by: Naama Arad and Omer Halpering
2022 Mining Photography: The Ecological Footprint of Image Production, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Kunst Haus Wien, Hamburg, Germany, curated by: Boaz Levin and Esther Ruelfs
2021 .Dori, Loving Art. Making Art, Mesila Park, Tel Aviv, curated by: Omer Sheizaf, Yoav Weinfeld
2020 Shutters and Stairs, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, curated by: Aya Miron
2020 Dissidents, Fountain, Tel Aviv, curated by: Guy Assif, Ahal Eden, Moshe Yamo
2019 Impersonating Myself / Becoming Myself, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai, curated by: Shoshan Brosh-Vaitz and Zhang Fang
2019 Raw Art, RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Maya Bamberger
2018 Collection Exhibition, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2018 Collection Exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2018 Nightfall, Artists' Studios, Tel Aviv, curated by: Jasmin Vardi and Lia Tzigler
2017 Cats and Dogs, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2017 The Kids Want Communism, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin, Germany, curated by: Joshua Simon
2016 The Kids Want Communism, MoBY, Bat Yam
2014 Crop, Artists Studios, Jerusalem
2014 Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv
2013 Goods, MoBY - Museums of Bat Yam, Bat Yam
2012 The Big Mezonith, Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Salon de Notre Societe, Primary Projects Gallery, Miami, Florida
2011 Monkeys, Nine People, Allenby Passage, Tel Aviv
2010 After Sunrise, 39 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 D.Z 34, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv
2008 Close to Home, Bat Yam International Biennale of Landscape Urbanism
2007 Pornography, My Love, Beit Ha`amanim, Tel Aviv
2007 Engine, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 Artic 9, Genia Schreiber University Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 From the Heart, Kalisher Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 Down, Paint Box Gallery, New York City, New York
Grants & Awards
2017 Project Grant, Artis
2017 Catalogue Grant, Mifal HaPais (Israeli Lottery Council for Culture)
2017 Catalogue Grant, Rabinovich Foundation
2011 The Igal Zak Honorary Grant, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl
2009 Honorable Mention of the International Photography Awards,
2006-2007 Young Artist Scholarship, Keren Sharet, America Israel Cultural Foundation
Residencies & Fellowships
2021 Artist Incubators, Mifal HaPais, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2013 Cite des Arts, Paris, France
Press
2022 Avi Pitchon, A review of Noa Yafe's solo exhibition White Feather, Haaretz, 07/01/22, (Heb)
2019 Ouzi Zur, A review of Noa Yafe's solo exhibition Revulsion, Haaretz, 30/04/19, (Heb)
Publications by the Artist
2020 Beyond the Distance - A Distance, Mousse Publishing, (EN)
Collections
Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Private collections