Joshua Borkovsky

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Biographical Notes

Born in Israel in 1952
lives and works in Jerusalem

Education

1974 - 1977 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1980 - 1981 Hunter College, New York

Teaching Posts

1995 (to present) teaches at the Hebrew University, Art Department, Jerusalem
1981 (to present) teaches at the Art Teachers’ Training College, Ramat Hasharon
1981 (to present) teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem

Solo Exhibitions

2008 "Vera Icon", Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2006 "Echo & Narcissus", paintings, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 "In Between", Ein-Harod Museum of Art (Cat.)
2003 "Echo& Narcissus", paintings, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2003 “Anamorphoses”, photographs, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 “Voyage”, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 “Pin Cone”, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 “The Death of Virgil”, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1990 Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1988 Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1987 Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
1986 Bezalel Academy Art Gallery, Jerusalem
1985 Aika Brown Gallery, Jerusalem
1980 Hunter Gallery, New York
1979 Yarkon Park Art Pavilion, Tel Aviv (Cat.)

Group Exhibitions

2006 "Ministry of Education and Culture Prizes, 2005",The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
2006 "Mini Israel", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
2005 "Lights", Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
2005 "The Beauty of Sanctity", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2005 "Beauty and the Book", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2005 Art Forum Berlin, Berlin
2003 "Landscapes", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 "Present Time 7", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 "Landscapes", Berlin Fair, Berlin
2003 "First Flowers of Israeli Art", The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2002 "Painting Mark", Haifa Museum of Art (Cat.)
2002 "Culture and Continuity", The Jewish Museum, New-York
2002 "Imagine - 300 Artists for Coexistence", Umm El-Fahem Gallery
2001 “Love At First Sight”, The Vera, Silvia and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
2001"Local Views", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2000 From the Collection of the Jewish Museum, New York, Traveling Exhibition
2000 "The Vera, Silvia and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Contemporary Art", The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (Cat.)
1999 “In The Name of The Land, In The Name of The Lord”, The Artists House, Jerusalem (Cat.)
1999 “Tales of the Sands”, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (Cat.)
1998 “To the East - Orientalism in the Arts in Israel", Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
1998 “The Lesser Light”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1998 “Stains”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1997 “Present Time No. 1”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1996 The Minister of Education and Culture’s Award for Visual Art – The First Decade, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Cat.)
1996 “Windows”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1995 "From the Rita and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 “Borkovsky, Livneh, Kupferman”, Mary Pauzy Gallery, Tel Aviv
1994 “Seven Contemporary Artists from Israel”, Davis/McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
1994 “Room with Mirrors”, Contemporary Israeli Art, Art-Focus
1994 “Painting, Photography, Painting", The Studio Art Gallery, Yavneh
1994 “Gimel at Mishkenot”, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1993 Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1993 “Five Artists From Israel”, John C. Stoller Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
1991 “Curator’s Choice”, Kalisher 5 Gallery, Tel Aviv
1991 "21 Biennale of Sao-Paolo", Sao-Paolo, Brazil (Cat.)
1991 “Perspective”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Cat.)
1991 “Makom”, 1991 - Israeli Sculpture Exhibition to Japan, The Museum for Israeli art, Ramat-Gan (Cat.)
1991 “Art in Israel Today” – 5 Artists from Israel, The Detroit Institute of Arts, USA (Cat.)
1991 “Monochrome”, Traveling exhibition, Omanut La’am (Cat.)
1991 Recipients of the Minister of Education and Culture Prize 1990, Hanegev Museum, Beer Sheva
1991 Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1991 “Israeli Art Now – An Extensive Presentation”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (Cat.)
1991 “Routes of Wandering”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
1990 "Recent Acquisitions", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1990 “The Art of Describing: Homage and Appreciation", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1990 12 Artists, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1990 Minister of Education and Culture Prize Exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
1990 “Artifacts”, Artifact Gallery, Tel Aviv
1989 “Alef Alef at Gimel”, Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem
1989 "Israeli Art - New Acquisitions", Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1988 “40 Artists from Israel”, Brooklyn Museum, New York - traveling exhibition in USA and Europe. (Cat.)
1988 “Fresh Paint”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art (Cat.)
1988 “24 Israeli and Palestinian Artists”, Cooper Union Gallery, New York (Cat.)
1987 “Israeli Art from the Museum’s Collection”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1987 Artifact Gallery, opening exhibition, Tel Aviv
1987 “Israeli Art from the Museum’s Collection”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1986 "42 Venice Biennale", Venice, Italy (Cat.)
1986 Artists Studios, Aika Brown Gallery, Jerusalem
1986 “Artisrael – the 1980”, New York (Cat.)
1982 "12 Biennale de Paris", Musee d’Art Modern de la Ville de Paris, Paris (Cat.)
1982 “Ulam 5”, Artists House, Jerusalem
1982 “Here and Now”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)
1981 Urdang Gallery, New York


Grants and Awards

2005 Ministry of Education and Culture Prize
1998 Janet and George Jaffin Prize for Excellence in the Visual Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
1990 Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Painting and Sculpture
1981 Fellowship for Studies Abroad, The America-Israel Culture Foundation
1980 Kolliner Prize for a Young Artist, Israel Museum, Jerusalem