Karam Natour
Born in Nazareth, 1992 |
Lives and works in Milan, Italy |
Education
2015-2017 | MFA, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv, IL |
2011-2015 | BFA, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, IL |
2013 | Fall Semester at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA |
Teaching
2017-2022 | Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem |
2018-2022 | Lecturer, Hamidrasha Art School, Beit Berl |
2018-2022 | Lecturer, Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem |
2019 | Visiting Lecturer, Shenkar College, Ramat Gan |
Solo Exhibitions
2021 | “Karam Natour: Vidéos”, Montpellier Danse, Montpellier, France |
2021 | “Night Vision”, CCA Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2021 | “Blessing in Disguise”, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland |
2021 | “Blurred Lines”, Oncurating Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland |
2021 | “Family Pictures”, duo show with Guy Ben Ner, Oranim College Gallery, Tivon, Israel |
2020 | “Blurred Lines”, HULU SPLIT, Split, Croatia |
2019 | “Confessions”, Inta Hotel Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2018 | “Body Following Spirit”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2018 | “Repeat After Me”, Umm El Fahem Gallery, Umm El Fahem, Israel |
2016 | “Following No Mythologies”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 | “Global Positioning”, Public Art Fund, New York, USA |
2022 | “Someone Else”, Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany |
2022 | “SIXTH TONE”, Philomena+, Vienna, Austria |
2022 | “A very narrow bridge”, Museo Ebraico, Lecce, Italy |
2022 | “Through the Mirror”, Wilfrid Museum, Kibbutz Hazora, Israel |
2022 | “Alpha”, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel |
2022 | “False Awakening”, The GH Art Gallery, Givat Haviva, Israel |
2022 | “Meshalya”, Hansen House, Jerusalem, Israel |
2022 | “That Obscure Object of Desire”, Beit Kandinof, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2021 | “Speech Act”, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, New York, USA |
2021 | “That Those Beings Be Not Being”, W139 Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands |
2021 | “Glocal Emotions”, Motorenhalle Gallery, Dresden, Germany |
2021 | “The Way We Survive”, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva, Israel |
2021 | “Love in the Time of Social Media”, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland |
2021 | “NonFinito 2021”, Artport,Tel Aviv, Israel |
2021 | “My Name Is Red”, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel |
2021 | “LIVING TOGETHER”, The 4th Mediterranean Biennale, Haifa, Israel |
2020 | “Bodyscapes”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel |
2020 | “Best Interest”, Koresh14 Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel |
2019 | “Family Stories”, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany |
2019 | “Drop Dead Funny”, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, Czech Republic |
2019 | “Illuminations”, Yeltsin Center Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinburg, Russia |
2019 | “Spiritualism”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2019 | “Fake News – Fake Truth”, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel |
2019 | “Nurse, Nurse”, Manofim Festival Main Exhibition, Jeursalem, Israel |
2019 | “Drywall”, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2019 | “Illuminations”, Smena Gallery, Kazan, Russia |
2019 | “Personal Expressions”, Mormon University, Jerusalem, Israel |
2019 | “Love in the Time of Social Media”, Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, Switzerland |
2018 | “Illuminations”, Triumph Gallery, Moscow, Russia |
2018 | “Seven Rituals to Change the Mood”, Yarkon 19 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2018 | “Looper”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2018 | “Shop it!”, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel |
2018 | “I to Eye”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel |
2018 | “ART in Oost”, QRU Amsterdam, Netherlands |
2018 | “Pyramid Platform”. Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, Israel |
2018 | “Into The Bush”, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2018 | “ShowReal”, The Photography Gallery of Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel |
2018 | “P=0.5”, The Social Gallery, Musrara Mix #18, Jerusalem, Israel |
2018 | “70/70/70”, The Santa Barbara Center for Art, California, USA |
2018 | “Hide & Seek”, The Israel Museum, Youth Wing, Jerusalem, Israel |
2018 | “Mixed Chromosome”, MOM ART SPACE, Hamburg, Germany |
2017 | “Current Affairs”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2017 | “Masterpiss”, The Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel |
2017 | “Yerucham”, ZUMU Museum, Yerucham, Israel |
2017 | “Shelter”, Beit Kandinof, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2017 | “On Being Vertical Against your Horizon”, Samt Gallery, Online |
2017 | “VOID”, Veinti4/Siete Galería, San José, Costa Rica |
2017 | “Summer 2017”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2017 | “MFA Graduate Show”, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2017 | “Fresh Paint 9”, The Young Israeli Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2017 | “Aiming for Touch”, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2017 | “The Kids Are All Right”, Oranim College, Tivon, Israel |
2016 | “Summer 2016”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2016 | “Humid all week”, Florentine Quartet, Tel Aviv, Israel |
2016 | “Center of Gravity”, The Djanogly Visual Arts Center, Jerusalem, Israel |
2015 | “Voice of the Word”, HaZira. Jerusalem, Israel |
2015 | “Danalouge”. Warehouse 2, Jaffa Port. Tel Aviv, Israel |
2015 | “BFA Graduate show”. Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel |
2015 | “Touch Me Baby”. Warehouse 2, Jaffa Port. Tel Aviv, Israel |
2015 | “Night of Philosophy and Art”. Discount Bank Gallery. Tel Aviv, Israel |
2015 | “Correspondences”. Gershman Hall Gallery. Philadelphia, USA |
2015 | “Wire Tapping”. Barbur Gallery. Jerusalem, Israel |
2015 | “Memorial to the Goyim”. Hanina Gallery. Tel Aviv, Israel |
Selected Film Festivals Screenings
2021 | Jerusalem Film Festival 2021, Jerusalem, Israel |
2018 | Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF 2018, Bucharest, Romania |
2017 | 15th Tabor Film Festival, Dvor Veliki Tabor, Croatia |
2017 | 63rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany |
Awards, Grants, and Residencies
2023 | VIR Viafarini-in-residence, Residency Program Grant, Milan, Italy |
2020 | The Anselm Kiefer Prize, Wolf Foundation |
2020 | Young Video Artist Award, Ministry of Science Culture and Sport, Jerusalem |
2020 | Artis Grant for Exceptional Work in Uncertain Times |
2020 | Artport Residency Program Grant, Tel Aviv |
2020 | The Pais Council for Culture and Art, Exhibition Grant |
2020 | The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts |
2019 | La Maison Residency, France |
2019 | Artis Grant Program, Residency Grant |
2019 | Ostrovsky Family Fund, Video Grant |
2018 | The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts |
2018 | The Pais Council for Culture and Art, Exhibition Catalogue Grant |
2018 | Special Mention of the Jury Award, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival |
2017 | The Pais Council for Culture and Art, Exhibition Grant |
2017 | Academic Excellence Award, MFA program, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design |
2015 | 10X10 Prize for Academic Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design |
2012 | Revital Serri Z.L. Award, Excellence Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design |
Collections
Burger Collection, Hong Kong KADIST, Paris—San Francisco Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod Soho House Collection, Tel Aviv Haaretz Collection, Tel Aviv The Luna Art Fund, New York—Tel Aviv |