Abraham Kritzman

Biography

Born 1983 in Israel

 

2019

Tel Aviv Museum of Art Printmaking Workshop

2016

Member and curator of Barbur Gallery – Non-profit artist run space in Jerusalem

2014

MA in Painting, Royal College of Art, London (Bezalel-Clore Scholarship)
Tutor at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Tutor at the School of Visual Art, Kaye College, Beersheva  

2011/2012

Assistant at the print workshop, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem 

2011

BFA Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

2010/2012

Tutor for BFA and MFA students with learning disabilities, Bezalel Academy of  Art and Design, Jerusalem

Lives and works between Israel and London 

Collections
IL

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem Collection
Shay Milaw Collection
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art 

UK

Clore Duffield Foundation Collection
Royal College of Art Collection 

Prizes and Awards
2022

Commendation Award, Bezalel Academy, Israel

2021

Rappaport Prize, 2021 purchasing fund for the Tel Aviv Museum

2017

The Minister of Culture Prize for Emerging Artists, Israel

2013

Villiers David Travel Award, Royal College of Art, UK

2012

Clore Bezalel Scholarship for MFA at the Royal College of Art, Israel 

2011

Milgat Leejay Levene Art Scholarship, Israel
Excellence Award for Achievements from Bezalel Academy, Israel  

2010

Aileen Cooper Prize
History and Theory Excellence Award from Bezalel Academy, Israel  

2009

Hermann Struck Prize for Printmaking, Israel

Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2024

Heights, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Choir, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London 

2023

A Hand Beneath The Hills, Danielle Arnaud, London, UK
Poems to the Scorching Orange Moon, Amir Alis, Kíthira, Greece 

2022

Land’s End, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, UK
Marine Lover: Wax and Water, Abraham Kritzman and Violeta Paez Armando, Sally’s Fault with Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 

2020

LOOKING IN AND OUT FROM COZLA, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, UK
SMOKING, The Jerusalem Artists House, Jerusalem

2019

Returning, Abraham Kritzman and Theodore Ereira-Guyer, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, UK

2018

The M Tree (with Boaz Barkani), Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Kneading the Torso Makes a Buzz (with Marlene Steyn and Àngels Miralda), Kav 16 Community Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel  

2017

Stand Still, Abraham Kritzman and Eyal Sasson, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London, UK

2016

Abraham Kritzman at News of the World Gallery, London, UK

2015

Vermilion Border, Artists House Tel Aviv, Israel
His Sprinkled Blood Served To Fructify Three Golden Apples, ODD & Atelier 35, Bucharest, Romania

2014

Tuga, St. Mary Aldermary, London, UK
“am”, RCA SHOW, Royal College of Art Sackler Building, London, UK 

2013

Walks With Sticks and Sounds Like Horses Putting
Stones On Things, Kayma Gallery, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel 

Group Exhibitions
2024

Cupid, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, UK
Absolute Value, Nulobaz Gallery, Tel Aviv- Yafo, Israel

2023

Rolling with the Homies, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London
The Garden of the Gates, Clore Arts & Design Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Israel 

2022

Marine Lover: Snakes and Metal, at Bradwolff Projects with Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Selection of Sculptures and Works on Paper, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London
More Than One, Traces VIII – The 8th Biennale For Drawing In Israel, The Jerusalem Artists’ House, Jerusalem 

2021

Hand Built: Ceramic Sculpture In Israel, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
Little Frank and His Carp, curated by Maria do Carmo M. P. de Pontes, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London
Skein: New Acquisitions for the Bruce and Ruth Rappaport Israeli Art Collection curated by Dalit Matatyahu, The Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2020

A Christmas Selection, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
Tangle, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv
25 Years, Danielle Arnaud Gallery, London
Benyamini Tribe, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Tel Aviv
Winners of the Ministry of Culture and Sports Arts and Design Awards for 2018-2017, The Ashdod Museum of Art, Israel

2019

Thick, Barbur Gallery Jerusalem
Unwilful Movement, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
עתAt, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv
Group, YB5, Tel Aviv
No Body No Land No Blood No Country, Bar David Museum of Art, Bar-Am, Israel  

2018

Local Contemporary Print, the New Gallery Artists’ Studios Teddy, Jerusalem

2017

On the Road, The Artist’s House, Tel Aviv
Dynamism, IDRIS, Tel Aviv, Israel
Talking Bones, Artspace TLV, Tel Aviv, Israel

2016

Coated in Pre-existence, Elizabeth Xi Bauer, London, UK
Art Camp 2016: Art Activists, The Negev Museum of Art, Beer Sheva, Israel

2015

Barbur B&B, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
BeEin Mazuyenet (With Armed Eye), New Gallery Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem, Israel

2014

WIP – Graduate Art Prize 2014, Herbert Smith, London, UK
Articles of Evidence, Broadway Studios, London, UK
Inoperative Mythology, Blyth Gallery, London, UK 

2013

Ptng Nov, Henry Moor Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Open Plan, Open Plan Space, London, UK
Work In Progress, Royal College of Art, London, UK
Notes To Self, Dyson Gallery, Royal College of Art, London, UK 

2012

Question, Reaction, Examination, Reaction, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Shukran, Shlush Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Israeli Landscape, Shorashim Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
MM1 – Re De We Construct, Arbeit Gallery, London, UK
Docu-Performance, Artist’s Cube Artists’ Studios Jerusalem, Israel
Lunart, Lushy Private Space for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Art Rotterdam: Young Masters, CBK Centrum Beeldende Kunst, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Enclave, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel  

2011

Tsamud Manofim 2011, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Day Month Year, Daniel Gallery, Modern Art Israel project, Tel Aviv, Israel
BFA Grad. Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, Israel

2010

Danna‘s Choice II Contemporary Art At Home, Jaffa, Israel
Danna‘s Choice Contemporary Art At Home, Jaffa, Israel

2009

Drawing in between, UDK, Berlin, Germany 

Residencies
2023

Ali Amir, Kythera, Greece

2022

Sally’s Fault, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2018

Kav 16, Tel Aviv, Project: “Arch 16” (exhibition and catalogue) with the support of the Israel Lottery Council For Culture & Arts, Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts Tel Aviv, ArtPort and Beit Benyamini Ceramics Centre

2015

ODD, Bucharest, Romania, project: “Waters Overflowing, Mountains Collapsing, and the Crumbling of the World Pillars”, Abraham Kritzman, Angels Miralda, and Marlene Steyn

2012

Arebyte Gallery, London UK