Rakefet Viner Omer
Born 1965 in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Painter, born in 1965, lives and works in Tel Aviv.
Rakefet Viner Omer Holds a BA in psychology and film (1990), a diploma in art from the
Beit Berl Art College (2000), a degree in art therapy from the Beit Berl Art College
(1993) and an MFA in art from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design (2007).
Viner Omer Has had solo exhibitions at Rawart Gallery, the Teddy Artists' Gallery,
Jerusalem (2018), Nulovaz Gallery (2017),I.A.I.L.A Los Angeles (curated by Sagi Rafael
2017), Feinberg Projects (2014), Beit Kenner Municipal Gallery, Rishon Lezion (2013),
Tabi Gallery (2011), Jerusalem Artists 'House (Meron Sima Prize Exhibition 2010),
Kibbutz Gallery (curated by Yael Kaney 2010), Tel Aviv Artists' Workshops (2009),and
Janko Dada Museum (2005).
Her work has also been shown in many group exhibitions in venues such as Nahum
Gutman Museum, Haifa Museum of Art, Jerusalem print Workshop, Artists' House In
Tel Aviv, the project room at Sommer Gallery, Hanina Gallery, Shai Arieh Gallery, Sapir
College Art School Gallery, Tirosh Gallery, Santa Barbara Gallery USA, Nordart - the
Israeli pavilion in Germany, Kassel Industrial Park in Germany and more.
Rakefet is the winner of the Ministry of Culture Award(2008) and the Meron Sima
Award (2010). Her works can be found in various collections such as Bank Leumi, the
Mishkan for Art in Ein Harod and private collections such as Mitchell Presser, Yossi
saban, Oded Shatil, Serge Tirosh and more.
Exhibitions at RawArt Gallery
Education
2017-2020 lecturer at, Sapir college, Sderot, Israel
2005-2007 MFA, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1996-2000 Certificate Studies, Beit Berl Art College, Kfar Saba, Israel
1990-1993 Art Therapy Studies, Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel
1986-1990 BA Psychology and Cinema, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Golden Sweat, Rawart Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Shlomit Breuer (Catalog)
2018-2019 Buses in the Mediterranean Sea (Tribute to Arie Aroch), The New Gallery Artists‘ studios Teddi, Jerusalem, Israel, curated by: Tamar Gispan-Greenberg
2017-2017 Jeff And Dad, Nulobaz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Sharon Fadida
2017 Tomorrow we’ll eat vegetables, I.A.I.L.A, Los Angeles, U.S, curated by: Sagi Refael
2014 Hand & Tongue, Feinberg Projects Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Yham Hameiri
2013 Bell Jar, Feinberg Projects | Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Yham Hameiri
2011 (I Will Never Forgive You (The Miron Sima Visual Arts Award, Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Israel, curated by: Ruth zadka
2011 dlot uoy os, Tavi Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sagi Refael
2010 Ha’peh shel Hagveret Noon (Mrs. Noon’s Mouth), Ha'Kibbutz gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Yael Kainy
2010 A Happy New Year, Shay Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Haverim Dimioni’im (Imaginary Friends), Arists’ workshops, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Vered Zafran Gani
2007 ?Do You Think Art Should Be So Direct, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel, curated by: Raya Zommer
2003 Kidai Le’isha Lesarev Lalecht Lemokomot (Women Must Refuse to Go to Work), Salon Mazal, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by: Orly Malca
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 To The Hole, Nulobaz, Tel Aviv, curated by: Adva Drori
2023 TRYST - An Art Fair for Artist-Run-Spaces and Collectives, Torrance Art Museum, Califorania
2023 Home Away from Home, Laranca Biannale, curated by: Yev Kravt
2023 Skin teeth (due with Talia Israeli), Nulubaz, curated by: Eitan Buganim
2023 The Supermarket art fair in Stockholm, Stockholm
2023 To the Hole, Nulubaz, Tel Aviv
2023 Umm al-Fahem, curated by: Carmel Goffer
2022 Curse, The Artists' House Rishon LeTziyon, Rishon LeTziyon, curated by: Hagit Unamni Rubinstein
2021 Sub Culture, LGBTQ Center Gan Meir , Demolition Festival, curated by: Oz Mall & Le Mizrahi
2021 Are There Prophets in Their Home Town, Rehovot Municipal Art Gallery, Rehovot, curated by: Keren Weisshaus
2021 Outside of the Box 3, Old Jaffa (Mazal Dagim), Tel Aviv, curated by: Ido Cohen
2020 Fluidity Mechanics, Menahem Gutman Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Monica Lava
2020 50 Shades of Yellow, Hazul Gallery, Netanya, curated by: Guy Morag
2020 Garden of Three, Nulobaz Gallery, Tel Aviv
2020 In Her Incarnations, Jerusalem Print Workshop, curated by: Irena Gordon
2020 The Sky Fell on Me, Sapir College Gallery, curated by: Dr. Ziva Yalin & Fourth Year Students
2020 Outside of the Box, Old Jaffa (Mazal Dagim), Tel Aviv- Jaffa, curated by: Liav Mizrahi
2020 Internally: Emotional Landscapes From Israel, UCS Hille Art Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by: Sagi Refael
2019 Out of the Box 1, Old Jaffa (Mazal Dagim, Tel Aviv Jaffa, curated by: Liav Mizrachi & Yale Rozin
2019 Crimes and Minor Felonies, The Artists' House, Tel Aviv, curated by: Nitza Peri
2019 Large Painting of Worried Women, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Rakefet Viner Omer & Shira Gepstein Moshvkovitzz
2018 70, 70, 70, Santa Barbara Gallery, USA, curated by: Carmit Blumenzon
2017 Handkerchief and Powder, Nulobaz Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Rakefet Viner Omer & Hagit Unamni Rubenstein
2016 Nordart, Nordart- The Israeli Pavilion, Germany, curated by: Carmity
2015 Bones Brigade: Works from the Tiroche DeLeon Collection, curated by: Shai Dobjinsky
2013 The Chicago Triangle, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, curated by: Ruth Direktor
2012 Transmission, Kassel Industry Park, Germany
2011 Crimson Peels, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, curated by: Naomi Tannhauser & Irina Gordon
2010 Intermeiate Station, Four Artists, Hatahana
2010 Intermediate Station, Four Artists, Hatahana, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sagi Refael
2010 Intermediate Station, Four Artists , Hatahana, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sagi Rafael
2010 Longing- Israel-Spain Video Anthology, Shay Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Javier Garcia Puerto & Arie Franko
2010 Decadence, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery- Projects Room, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sagi Refael
2010 Longing, Bait Banamal, Tel Aviv, curated by: Dana Gillerman
2010 Small Adults, Shay Ayre Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sagi Refael
2009 Wild Exaggeration: The Grotesque Body in Present Day Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, curated by: Tami Katz Freeman
2009 My Camp, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Liav mizrahi
2009 Factory, Ben Ari Museum of Art, Bat Yam, curated by: Milana Gitzin Adiram & Lea Abir
2009 Cockeye- Male Nude in Contemporary Israeli Art, Gal-On Art Space, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sagi Refael
2009 Sex/ Logi, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Sari Golan
2008 Sh'lo Nida (God Forbid), Shay Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv, Ben Tzur
2008 Night and Day, Gilit Fisher Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Gilit Fisher
2008 Winners- Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport , Art and Design Award, Museum of Art Ein Harod, Ein Harod, curated by: Galia Bar Or
2008 Art of Emergency, Artnueland, Berlin, Germany
2007 007 - MFA Graduation Show, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
2007 Under the Sun, Gilit Fisher Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: GIlit Fisher
2007 The Arches of Southwark, Act Art Festival, London, UK, curated by: Oliver Frost & Mark Massive
2005 Wounds and Bandages, Um Al -Fahm Gallery, Um Al- Fahm, curated by: Effi Gen
2005 Prostituea, Hamidrasha Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by: Doron Rabina
2004 Omanut Ha'Aretz (Art of the Land), Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, curated by: Ruti Direktor
2003 Omanut Ha'aretz (Art of the Land), Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, curated by: Ruti Direktor
2000 International Biennele of Art, Nimes, France
1999 Aryeh Aroch ( A Long Lion), Peer- Hamidrasha, Tel Aviv, curated by: Guy Ben Nur
Grants & Awards
2010 Miron Sima VIsual Arts Award, Artists' House Jerusalem, (Judges: (Amitai Mendelson, Galia Bar Or, Alex Kremer
2008 The Ministry of Education Culture and Sport,
Press
2025 Jonathan Mishal, An interview, An etched wall is never truly erased, Erev Rav, 20.4.2025, (Heb)
2022 Ouzi Zur, A Review of Rekefet Viner Omer's solo exhibiton, Golden Sweat, Haaretz, 5.5.2022, (Heb)
Publications by the Artist
2022 Golden Sweat Exhibition Catalogue, Tel Aviv, Curated by Shlomit Breuer , Texts by Shlomit Breuer and Anat Mandil. Designed by Noa Schwartz
2011 doit ouy os,
2009 Imaginary Friends,
2005 Do You Think Art Should Exist?,
Collections
Private collections