1976 Born in Kiev, FSU 1991 Immigrated to Israel Lives and works in Israel and Berlin Studies: 1997-1999 HaMidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel 1996-1997 School of Visual Theater, Jerusalem Solo Exhibitions: 2008 "Olga Sviblova is Shit or The End of the Critical Discourse" (with Avdey Ter-Oganian), Guelman Gallery, Moscow 2008 "2 projects, Revolution Song, Explosion at the Pasta Factory", Rosenfeld gallery, Tel Aviv 2007 "Disobedience" (with Avdey Ter-Oganian), Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin 2006 "Action Painting", Tel Aviv museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv 2006 "The Avant-Gardists", Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 2004 "Le Bal des Victimes" (With Helena Blaunstein), Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 2003 "Collectio Judaica", Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 2001 "Le Bel Indifferent" (With Ruti Nemet), Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 2000 "Joint 4: A Dolls’ House" (With Ruti Nemet), The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat.) 1999 "Kraftwerk" (With Ruti Nemet), Heinrich Böll Foundation Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat. – A New Middle East: Eleven Exhibitions 1998-1999) 1996 "Two Scottish Boys in the Forest" (With Ruti Nemet), Skank Gallery, Tel Aviv Selected Group Exhibitions: 2008 "Real Illusion Abandon", Galerie Steinek, Vienna, Austria 2008 "The Aesthetics of Terror", Chelsea Art Museum, New York. 2008 "Real Time – Art in Israel 1998-2008", Israel Museum Jerusalem (cat.) 2008 "Overlapping Voices – Israeli and Palestinian Artists", Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria 2008 "Typical! Clichés of Jews and Others", Jüdisches Museum Berlin, Germany 2008 "Dead End", Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 2007 "Under the sun", appartment exhibition at Gilit Fisher, Tel Aviv 2007 "Herzliya Biennale 2007", 1st contemporary art biennial in Herzliya 2007 "Like There Is No Tomorrow", Gallery Caprice Horn, Berlin 2007 Galerie Adrian David, Collector Art, Contemporary Art, Masterpieces 20th Century, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium 2006 "Far and Away", The Fantasy of Japan in Contemporary Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2006 "Beyond Richness", A new narrative in Israeli art, Uri and Rami Nechushtan Museum, Israel 2005 “Face Portrait”, MARS Center for Contemporary Arts, Moscow 2005 “Beauty and the book”, the Israel Museum, The Ruth Youth Wing, Jerusalem 2005 “Die Neuen Hebräer”, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (catalogue) 2005 “Archtects Paint Bauhaus “ Bauhaus Center, Tel - Aviv 2004 “Bubble”, Guelman Gallery, Moscow 2004 “Hahashkenzim” The Gallery of the Midrasha, Tel- Aviv 2003 Haifa Second International Installation Triennale, Haifa Museum of Art 2003 "Thou Shalt Make...", Time for Art Gallery, Tel Aviv 2003 "Wonderyear"s, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin 2003 "Chilufim: Exchange of Artists and Art, Israel – North Rhine-Westphalia", Kunstmuseum Bonn; Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund (cat.) 2002 "Chilufim: Exchange of Artists and Art, Israel – North Rhine-Westphalia", Germany- Israel, Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat.) 2002"Imagine: 300 Artists for Co-Existence", Umm el-Fahem Gallery; Plonit Gallery, Tel Aviv; Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 2001 "Artists Against Israel’s ‘Strong Hand’ Policy", Beit Ha’Am Gallery, Tel Aviv 2000 "The Wish-List: Acquisition Proposals in Israeli Art", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 1999 "Graduates in Rosenfeld", Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv 1999 Recipients of the Ministry of Education and Culture Prizes, Painters and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv (cat.) 1999 Winners of the Steinman Award for Young Sculptors, Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel 1999 Regarding Raffi, Nofar Gallery, Tel Aviv 1998 "Guys: $100 to $1000", Nehama Gallery, Tel Aviv 1996 "Two Scottish boys in the forest", Skank,a second-hand clothing shop, Tel Aviv Selected Bibliography: 2003 Edward Lucie-Smith, Art Tomorrow, Terrail, Paris 2001 “The Ruti & Zoya File,” Studio, Israeli Art Magazine, 123, May 2001, pp. 48-63: “Introduction by Roee Rosen,” pp. 49-50 [Hebrew]; “Conversation with Boaz Arad,” pp. 51-57 [Hebrew]; “Special for Studio – Ruti & Zoya, Le Bel Indifferent,” pp. 58-63. Hamidrasha, Israeli Art Magazine (no.4) [Hebrew] 2000 Musa, Israeli Art Magazine (no. 2) [Hebrew] 42 Maalot, Israeli Contemporary Culture Magazine (no.9) [Hebrew] 1999 Hamidrasha, Israeli Art Magazine (no.2) [Hebrew] “Special for Studio – Zoya Cherkassky & Ruti Nemet,” Studio, Israeli Art Magazine, 104, July 1999, pp. 59-62. Awards & Scholarships 2004 Chosen Artist of Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence) 2001 Transfer 6, artists’ exchange program, Germany-Israel 2000 The Ingeborg Bachman Scholarship, established by the Anselm Kiefer, Wolf Foundation 1999 The Israeli Ministry of Education and Culture Prize for a Young Artist The Steinman Award for a Young Sculptor, Herzliya Mus Residencies: Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin – January 2007-Decebmer 2008 Chilufim: Exchange of Artists and Art, Israel – North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - 2002 Collections Tel Aviv Museum of art, Tel Aviv, Israel The Israel Museum, Jerusalem The Jewish Museum, New York The Doron Sebbag Art Collection, O.R.S Ltd. Tel Aviv Jewish Museum Berlin Jewish Museum Vienna