Michal Helfman

Michal Helfman is an Israeli multidisciplinary artist from Tel Aviv who represented Israel at the 50th Venice Biennale.

born 1973Israel's entry at the Venice BiennaleThe installation "The Owl"The exhibition "Bat Dor"The installation "Change"

Occupation: painter, sculptor, video artist, installation artist
Education: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design

Michal Helfman was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv

Michal Helfman was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv. She lives and works in the city.

She studied art at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem from 1993 to 1997 and earned a BFA. She later joined the faculty of the BFA and MFA programs at Bezalel.

Her work spans sculpture, video, drawing, architecture and installation. Her early works drew on the club scene of the 1990s, which she knew from designing parties at a club in Jerusalem. Exhibitions such as "Tiesto" in 2000 continued this theme.

Her installation "The Owl" from 2003 was shown at the 50th Venice Biennale. In 2007 she showed the solo exhibition "Bat Dor" at the Israel Museum, and in 2009 she exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Her later works deal with political themes such as migration and smuggling. In 2013 she created the installation "Change" for the Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv, which was shown in New York in 2015 as her first solo show there.

Milestones in Michal Helfman's life

1973
Born in Tel Aviv.
1997
Completed a BFA at Bezalel Academy.
1999
Showed the solo exhibition "Iris" at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art.
2000
Showed the exhibition "Tiesto" in Tel Aviv.
2007
Showed the solo exhibition "Bat Dor" at the Israel Museum.
2009
Showed "The Lesson" at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and in Milan.
2013
Created the installation "Change" at the Center for Contemporary Art Tel Aviv.
2015
Held her first solo show in New York.