MICHAL HELFMAN

Nata nel 1973 a Tel Aviv (Israele), dove vive e lavora. Docente in programmi di laurea e master in lettere presso la Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

1994-98	Laurea in lettere, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Gerusalemme.
1996	Studente presso la School of Visual Arts, New York.
Personali
2009	Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
2008	"Mekomon", atrio di Art TLV.
2007	"Bat Dor", Israel Musem, Gerusalemme.
2003	"Cochav Yair", Galleria Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.
2002	Institute of Visual Arts, Università del Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
2001	Institute of Visual Arts, San Francisco.
2000	“Tiesto”, Galleria Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv.
1999	“Iris”, The Herzlyia Museum of Art.
1998	"God'amn this DJ, Make My Day", The Midrasha Gallery of Art, Tel Aviv.
Collettive
2008	Van Leer Museum, Gerusalemme. Tmoona Theatre, Tel Aviv. Art TLV. "Real Time-Art in Israel 98'-08'", The Israel Museum, Gerusalemme. "The Colony", Museum of Art, Ein Harod.
2007	"Umanut ha'aretz 6". "Rear", The Herzlyia Museum of Art. “The Invisible Snake Show”, Galleria Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. "Art Focus". Curatore: Ori Desau.
2005	"Mafnum", The Herzlyia Museum of Art.
2004	"Romantica", Galleria Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. "Don't Touch the White Woman". Curatore: Francesco Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino. Art is, New York.
2003	“Dreams and Conflicts”, 50° Biennale di Venezia, Venezia. Curatore: Francesco Bonami.
2002	La Riviera, Madrid. Curatore: Jerome Sanse. "Aspis" Kalisher Gallery. Curatore: Yael Bergstein.
2001	LISTE 2001, Basilea.
2000	“Platforma”, Galleria Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv. “A Long Lion”, Peer-Hamidrasha. Curatore: Guy Ben-Ner.
1999	“Autocream”, ArtFocus, Sultans Pool. Curatore: Kaspar Koenig.
Riconoscimenti e borse di studio
2008	Nomination al Premio Nathan Gottesdiener.
2001	Premio giovane artista.
1998	Premio per la tesi finale. Premio Anselm Kiefer, Fondazione Wolf.
Bibliografia
2007	The Madonna of the Flowers, Michal Helfman is basing her status as one of the important artists of the time, with a new and powerful exhibit at the Israel Museum. Pubblicato su Time Out Tel Aviv, 17 maggio, in seguito alla personale al Israel Museum
2007	Michal Helfman’s Journey of initiation, saggio di Amital Mendelsohn dal catalogo Michal Helfman / Just Be Good to Me, The Israel Museum, Gerusalemme. Seven Notes on Michal Helfman's "Just Be Good to Me" saggio di Ory Dessau
2003	The Sun Within or The Thousand-year-old Owl, Michal Halfman: “Lighten Star” (in Hebrew: “Kohav Yair”), Zomer Gallery, Tel Aviv, di Uzzi Tzur, The First Israeli Owl, by Smadar Sheffi, published on Haaretz, on marzo14
1999	Lighting Fixtures, saggio di Ori Dessau,