NIRIT TAKELE
NIRIT TAKELE
1985 Born in Ethiopia, made Aliyah to Israel in "Operation Solomon" 1991
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
EDUCATION
2011-2015 B.F.A, Department of Multidisciplinary Art, Shenkar College, Ramat Gan.
SOLO EXHIBITION
2023 Chromatic, The Negev Museum of Art, Be'er Sheva. Curator: Ron Bartos.
2021 The Space Between Us, Addis Fine Art Gallery, London.
2019 Three Views, Hezi Cohen Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Shulamit Nuss, Hagit Peleg Rotem
2018 Flying with Angels, Tafeta, Addis Fine Art Project Space, London.
GROUP EXHIBITION
2023 Africa Supernova, Kunsthal Kade Museum, Amersfoot, Nederland.
2022 'Sync in progress...', Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, Curator: Michela Sena
When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration In Painting, ZeitzMOCAA, CapeTown
Side by Side, duo exhibition with Ronit Porat, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv
2020 High Voltage, Nassima Landau Art Foundation, Tel Aviv
You Belong Here, a duo exhibition with Orit Ben Shitrit, C24 Gallery, New York, US. Curator: David C.Terry
2019 Shave Lehakir, Bank of Israel, Curator: Ravit Dekel
On Money, Forte Gallery, Tel Aviv, Curator: Tamar Lamdan, Carmit Shine
Prism, Artspace Tel Aviv Gallery, curator: Nir Harmat, Tel Aviv
Meztayrim Chaim, Magen David Adom exhibition, bank discount, Tel Aviv
1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Addis Fine Art Gallery, Industria, West Village, New York.
2018 Israeli Fine Art, A duo exhibition with Tigist Ron Yoseph, in collaboration with the Ministry Of Culture, Addis Ababa
Curators: Eliya Maharat Shlomon, Edom Belete
70 Years: Individual - State, Trumpeldor Gallery Be'er Sheva. Curator: Cohava Peterman-Lipschutz
HeArt, The Leviev Heart Center, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan. Curators: Shir Davidi, Dorit Lautman
2017 Tav Teken, Supreme Court, Jerusalem. Curators: Orna Yair
Dangerous Art, Haifa Museums of Art. Curator: Revital Silverman Grun
Equals, Fresh Paint Art Fair 9, Tel Aviv. Curators: Shiri Broza, Keren Broza
Artist's Greenhouse, Fresh Paint Art Fair and Design 9, Tel Aviv
Woman to her Sis, The Herzlielinblum Museum of Discount Bank, Tel Aviv. Curators: Shulamit Nuss, Vera Pilpoul
2016 Bread & Roses, Tel Aviv Artist's Studios. Curator: Dani Ben Simhon
Painting Camp 2016: Activists, The Negev Museum of Art, Be'er Sheva. Curator: David Vakstein,Dalia Manor
Zoom 2016, Ticho House – The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Curators: Gila Limon, Tal Bechler, Timna Seligman
2015 Material identity...cultural identity, Yavne Art Workshop, Yavne. Curator: Ronnie Reuben
Survival War, Graduation Exhibition, Shenkar College. Curators: Gal Weinstein and Yonatan Amir
2014 Come To Bat-Yam, Ryback House,MoBY: Museums of Art, Bat-Yam. Curators: Larry Abramson, Joshua Simon
2013 Change / Exchange, The African Studies Gallery, Tel Aviv
AWARDS
2022 Honorable mention, Becky Dekel Prize, Association for Women's Art and Gender Research in Israel
2021 Artis Grant for Exceptional Work in Uncertain Times
2019 Young Artist Award by the Ministry Of Culture and Sports
2017 Sotheby's 'Under The Hammer' Prize for Emerging Artist, Fresh Paint 9, Tel Aviv
2014 Talia Sidi Award for Academic Excellence, Shenkar College
RESIDENCY PROGRAM
2018 Residency Program, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Initiative by Eliya Maharat Shlomon.
Collaboration with 'Africa First' Artist Residency Program by Serge Tiroche, Contemporary Art Gallery Addis Fine Art.
COLLECTION
Nirit Takele's Paintings have been acquired by public and private collections, among them:
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Bank of Israel
Africa First - Serge Tiroche Collection, Tel Aviv
West Collection, (Al and Paige West), USA
Shenkar College
ARTIST STATEMENT
Nirit is a bold colorist, building up faceted figurative bodies through the application of near-abstract flat forms.
With a sharp understanding of the power adjacent colors impart upon one another, her figures pop from the canvas,
with vivid dimensional depth.
In Her Painting, she deals with issues that arise from the daily life of the Beta Israel Community in contemporary Israel reality,
as well as her private memory, and finds inspiration in the folklore of the Ethiopian culture.
Nirit Takele's works have been a source of inspiration and discussion in many academic studies and publications on
issues of representation, gender, and identity in Israeli society.