Yaara Oren
Born 1982, Israel
Education
2009: B.A. “Hamidrasha School of Arts”, Beit Berl, Israel
Awards and Scholarships
2018: Winner of the Osnat Mozes Young Artists Painting prize
2015: Artis, Artport & Asylum Arts - Artist Career Development Program
2009: Excellence in Art Scholarship, Hamidrasha Art School, Beit Berl
Solo Exhibitions
2018: "Blinds", The Jerusalem Artist House, House, Jerusalem, Israel
Curator: Nogah Davidson
2016: “Garden Wall”, Rosenbach Contemporary Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
2014: "Exotica Park", Kibutz Rosh Ha'nikra Gallery, Rosh Ha'nikra, Israel.
Curators: Yuri Katz & Asia Dublin
2013: "Carnival Dream Cruise", Ha'Agaf Gallery, Haifa, Israel.
2011: "Pudding", Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Tsuki Garbian
Dual Exhibitions
2019: "The traveling salesman problem" - Yaara Oren & Eden Bannet, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2016: “Painting by request”- Yaara Oren & Noam Wenkert, Tammy House, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Carmit Blumenson
2012: "Practice" -Yaara Oren & Alma Shneor, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Dina Yakerson
2012: "Four Generations: Ruth Schloss & Yaara Oren", Tiroche Gallery, Herzliya, Israel.
Curator: Einav Ziv.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019: “Keeping at Distance: on intimacy in contemporary painting”, Petach Tikva museum of art, Petach Tikva, Israel.
Curator: Liza Gershuni
2018: "Black", Ralli museum, Caesarea, Israel
Curator: Ron Bartosh
2018: “Free entrance”, Kav 16 gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Curator: Karny Barzily
2018: “Flower Power”, Circle 1 gallery, Berlin, Germany
Galerie am Rathaus, Norderstedt, Germany
Curator: Carmit Blumenson)
2018: “Up to the first touch – Shemi and painters”, Atalier Shemi, Kibbutz Cabri, Israel
Curator: Smadar Schindler
2017:"Vacuum", Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa, Israel/
Curator: Smadar Schindler & Boaz Noy
2017: "Painter stealing from painter is a painter", “Hamidrasha School of Arts”, Beit Berl, Israel
Curator: Erez Uzan
2017: "Painting Salon", Ha'Kubiya Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
Curator: Dan Orimian & Ella Cohen Vansover
2016: “What’s to paintful to remember we simply choose to forget”, Artists Residence Herzliya, Herzliya, Israel.
Curator: Ran Kasmy Ilan
2016: “Open Sketchbooks No.2”, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel.
Curator: Orly Maiberg
2016: “To be is to separate”, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Reuma Chayot
2015: "Modernism", Rosenbach contemporary, Jerusalem, Israel.
Curator: Nogah Davidson
2015: "Painting Salon", Ha'Kubiya Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
Curator: Dan Orimian & Ella Cohen Vansover
2014: "They paint flowers", Jaffa Art Salon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Amit Cabessa
2014: "Selfie", Ramleh contemporary art station, Ramleh, Israel.
Curator: Liav Mizrahy
2014: "BENEFIT", Stephen S. Wise Temple in partnership with Paddle 8, Los Angles, USA.
Curator: Sharon Zoldan
2010-2013: "Regeneration 2 - Tomorrow Photographers Today": world-wide traveling exhibition.
Curators: Nathalie Hercshdorfer & William Erwing.
Venues:
ROSPHOTO, Saint Petersburg, Russia // Devos Art Museum, Marquette, Michigan, USA // Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA // Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida, USA // Landkrona Museum, Landkrona, Sweden // Aperture Foundation, New York, USA // Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary // Galerie Azzedine Alaia, Paris, France // Caochangdi Photo Spring Festival,Pekina, China // Recontres International de la Photo de Fes, Fes, Morocco // Musee de I’Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland// Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France// Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa// Pingyao International Photography Festival, Pingyao, china// Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy// Centre Gallery, Miami Dade College, Miami, USA// Flash Forward Festival, Toronto, Canada// Fotoweek DC, Washington, USA.
2013: "Go Figure", Ha'Agaf Gallery, Haifa, Israel.
Curator: Yaara Oren.
2012: "Metushelah", Galon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Avi Schneebaum.
2012: "BAAD Influence", BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Johnatan Twitto.
2012: "Terra Nova", The City Gallery, Bat Yam, Israel.
Curator: Sharon Toval.
2012: "Mishloah Manot", Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curators: Gali Faber & Yael Ravid.
2011: "Facing Forward", Forward Thinking Museum,
Curators: Nathalie Hercshdorfer.
2010: "The First Decade", Mofet Institute, Tell Aviv, Israel.
Curators: Yuval Caspy and Dina Shenhav.
2009: “Mesilat Yesharim”, Street Exhibition, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Noam Venkart.
2009: Graduation Exhibition, “Hamidrasha” School of Arts, Beit Berl, Israel.
Curators: Angella Klein and Talia Keynan.
2009: “Photography and Desire”, Tel-Hay Photography museum, Tel-Hay, Israel.
Selected Art Events
2016: "Cut Off", Artist Wall, Rozin Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Karni Barzilay.
2015: "Down", Downtown Art Events, Haifa Film Festival, Haifa, Israel.
2014: "Menofim" Art Festival, Jerusalem, Israel.
Curator: Dina Yakerson.
2013: "Testing Tules", Art Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curator: Carmit Blumensohn.
2012: "Fresh Paint 5" art fair, Artists' Greenhouse, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Curators: Matan Daube & Yifaat Gurion.
Residency
2013: "Hige Res", Ha'Agaf Gallery, Haifa, Israel.
Collections
Musee de I'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
Michaelis School of Fine Art, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Leumi Collection, Israel
Private collections
