Melanie Daniel

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Biographical Notes

born in Canada in 1972
lives and works in Tel Aviv

Education

2004-2006 MFA , Bezalel, Tel Aviv / Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1995-1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel
1994-1995 Concordia University, Montreal, Canada University of British Columbia
1992-1993 Columbia, Vancouver, BC
1991 External Studies in Italy
1989-1991 Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia

Teaching Posts

2007-2008 Painting and etching, fine arts department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Solo Exhibitions

2007 New Works, Angelika Knapper Gallery, Stockholm
2007 Second Shift, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 Dove Song, Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
2003 A.W.O.L., Artists House, Tel Aviv
2003 Pleasantvale, Grandforks Art Gallery, British Columbia
2003 Pleasantvale, OUC North Campus Gallery, Kelowna, British Columbia
2003 Pleasantvale, Jerusalem Artists’ House, Israel
2002 Migration of a Bad Conscience, Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 Blind Spot, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios, Israel

Group Exhibitions

2008 IBID Projects, London
2008 Layla, Inga Gallery, NY
2008 TwoSidedness, Kulturhuset, Stockholm
2008 Stop Street Violence, Stockholm City Hall
2007 Shades between Black and White, Gilit Fisher's, Tel Aviv
2007 Group Show, Alon Segev Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 Cry of the Cicada, Hagra Studios, Tel Aviv
2007 Street Space, The Herzeliya Artist Residence
2007 Pornography My Love,The Artists' House, Tel Aviv
2007 Volta Show, Basel Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2007 Sotheby's, Tel Aviv
2006 Disruptions, Petah Tikva Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
2006 Goods to Declare - MFA International Terminal 1, Tel Aviv
2006 Salame 60:06, MFA graduate show, Tel Aviv
2006 Uniform, Herzeliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2006 Eclipse, Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 New Faces, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 For Haim, Ramat Gan Museum, Tel Aviv
2004 Digitalis – New Forms Festival, Vancouver, Canada
2004 Tagteam, Tank Gallery, New York
2002 Fourth Happening – Salamanca Group, Old Central Prison Museum, Jerusalem
2002 Artic 4, Shrieber Gallery of the Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv
2002 Not Home, New Gallery, Jerusalem
2001 Biennial of Contemporary Drawing in Israel, Ticho House – Israel Museum
2001 Israeli Art Now, Rubenstein House, Tel Aviv
2001 Artic 3, Shreiber Gallery of the Tel Aviv University

Video Screenings

2008 Jerome, Hazira, Jerusalem
2007 Jerome, Tungsten, Tel Aviv
2006 High Noon, Jerusalem Cinematheque
2006 High Noon, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem
2006 High Noon, Video Night without Video Art, Digital Art Center, Holon
2005 High Noon,22nd Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Germany
2005 High Noon, Video Night without Video Art, Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv
2005 Dove Song, International Film Festival, MONA, Detroit
2004 Dove Song, Rencontres Paris/Berlin International Film Festival, Halle de la Villette, Paris

Grants and Awards

2006-2007 The Sharett America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize
2006 The Smith Academic Excellence Scholarship – Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2001-2003 Sharett America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize