YISRAEL DROR HEMED 1979 Netaya, Israel

BIOGRAPHY Born in Israel, 1975. Lives in Netanya, works in Netanya and Tel Aviv. Solo Exhibitions 2023 New Works, Gordon Gallery, Tel aviv. 2021 Painter-Gatherer, The 2020 Haim Shiff Prize for Figurative Realist Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Ruth Direktor; Assistant Curator: Galit Landau-Epstein 2019 Standing Out, IAILA, Los Angeles, CA. Curator: Sagi Refael. 2018 Neimim, Municipal Art Gallery, Afula. Curator: Oz Zloof. ​ 2013 Martyrs, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan. Curator: Maya Cohen Levy. ​ 2011 No Room for Two on a Utility Pole, Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Maya Cohen Levy. ​ Group Exhibitions ​ 2022 Zotarbut, LGBTQ Art Festival at the Beit Ariela Public Library, Tel Aviv. Curator: Raz Shapira. Outside the Box 4, Jaffa Street Gallery. Curator: Noga Or-Yam. ​ 2021 This Is-Realism, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yaron Haramati. Outside the Box 3, Jaffa Street Gallery. Curator: Ido Cohen. Sub-Culture Festival, LGBTQ Center, Tel Aviv. Curators: Oz Zloof and Liav Mizrahi. Queer Climate, Poli House, Tel Aviv. Curator: Erez Bialer. Role Model, Sarona Gay Center, Tel Aviv. Curator: Erez Bialer. 2020 Salon HaCubia 2020 - Portrait, HaCubia Gallery, Jerusalem. Curators: Ella Cohen Vansover and Dan Orimian. Home in Ein Hod, Ein Hod Gallery, Ein Hod. Curator: Yossi Waxman. Pride By Your Side, an Online Exhibition, FMB Art Gallery, Rome. Curator: Francesco Maria Boni. Outside the Box 2, Jaffa Street Gallery. Curators: Yael Rozin and Liav Mizrahi. Confined: an Online Exhibition of Representational Art During Quarantine, Museu Europeu d'Art Modern Barcelona site. Internally: Emotional Landscapes from Israel, USC Hillel Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Curator: Sagi Refael. 2019 Gender Jeans, Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv. Curators: Orna Levavi and Ora Ben Yoram. Outside the Box - A Sales / Fundraising Exhibition, Abraham Hostel, Tel Aviv. Curators: Yael Rozin and Liav Mizrahi. No Rainbows Without Rain, 1of135 Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curators: Assaf Hinden and Irit Hayon. Outside the Box, Jaffa Street Gallery. Curators: Yael Rozin and Liav Mizrahi. ​ 2018 Being Queer Is Like Being an Archaeologist: 70 Years of Gay History, LGBTQ Center, Tel Aviv. Poetry in Color, Beit HaSofer, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yossi Waxman. Girl Power, Israeli Art in Los Angeles at Artsy website. Curator: Sagi Refael. Boys With Toys, Israeli Art in Los Angeles at Artsy website. Curator: Sagi Refael. Showcase, New Market Compound, Afula. Curator: Oz Zloof. In This Together: Embracing Diversity, Castelli Art Space, Los Angeles, CA. Curators: Sagi Refael and Brenda Williams. 70.70.70., Jewish Federation, Santa Barbara, CA. Curators: Sagi Refael and Lynn M. Holley (Catalogue). ​ 2017 HaCubia Salon of Painting, HaCubia Gallery, Jerusalem. Curators: Ella Cohen Vansover and Dan Orimian. Artists Creating Artists, Allenby Farms, Netzer Sereni. Curator: Galit Semel. ​ 2016 The Artists Greenhouse, Fresh Paint 8 Art Fair, Tel Aviv. Curators: Yifat Gurion and Raz Shapira Fainburg. ​ 2015 HaCubia Salon of Painting, HaCubia Gallery, Jerusalem. Curators: Ella Cohen Vansover and Dan Orimian. Imagination 2015, Bank Hapoalim, Tel Aviv. ​ 2014 Pause, Zadik Gallery, Jaffa. Curators: Yaira Yasmin and Zippi Menashe. ​ 2013 The First Biennale for Elitist Art in Tel Aviv, Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Ziv Tidhar. State of Tel Aviv?, Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Neomi Shalev. From the Museum's Collection - Portraiture, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan. Curator: Meir Aharonson. ​ 2012 Expanding the Concept of 'Self-Portraiture', Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Neomi Shalev. Is It a Self-Portrait?, The Red House - Art Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curators: Shlomo Har-Paz and Itzi Schwartz. ​ 2011 Men Only, Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curators: Neomi Shalev and Ziv Tidhar. Alfred & Co. 3, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curators: Yael Ben Shalom, Efrat Gal and Yael Amit. The Inner Space, Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Maya Cohen Levy. Dirty Dancing, Ehrlich Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv. Curator: Sarah Ehrlich. ​ 2010 Two Dunams in the Heart, Gross Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Neomi Shalev. Fresh Paint 3 Art Fair, Jaffa Port (Ehrlich Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv). ​ Public Space Art ​ 2020 Windows, a mural at the Beit Ariela Public Library and Cultural center, Tel Aviv. www.aglutinart.blogspot.com