Tamir Chen
Visual artist and educator | Born in 1993, lives and works in Tel Aviv
tamiritzhakchen@gmail.com · www.tamirchen.com
Education
MFA in Fine Arts (with honors), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv (2025)
BFA in Fine Arts (with honors), Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2020)
Student Exchange, HKU University of the Arts Utrecht, the Netherlands (2019)
Teaching Certificate, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2021)
Solo Exhibition
Weights / Dimension No. 8, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, guided by Yehudit Sasportas, Tel Aviv (2025)
Sons of Sun, Koresh 14 Gallery, Jerusalem, curator: Dveer Shaked (2024)
Mound, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Abraham Kritzman (2022)
Alouette, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios, curator: Eitan Buganim (2021)
Group Exhibitions
Escapes 2026, Azza 13, Jaffa, curator: Yehezkel Lazarov (2026)
The 9th National Biennale for Drawing, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, curators: Tali Ben-Nun and Tamar Gispan Greenberg (2025)
Negative–Positive, Frezia Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Yuval Zimmerman (2025)
From the Vastness of the Ocean to the Enclave of the Desert, Artspace Tel Aviv, curator: Dana Haras (2025)
Hinterland, Clore Arts and Design Gallery, Jerusalem, curators: Prof. Adi Stern, Ilanit Konopny (2025)
A Picture of Triumph, Studio Ankori, Azza 13, Jaffa Tel Aviv, curator: Yehezkel Lazarov (2025)
The Nerve Cell, Beta gallery, Jerusalem, curator: Avi Sabbah and Lital Marcus Morin (2024)
The Poison Path, Shechter Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Bar Yerushalmi (2024)
The Center Can Not Hold Itself, Hakubia, Jerusalem, curator: Ron Kuner (2024)
The Nature Gave The museum, I Gave My Body, The contemporary art space, Ein Hod, curator: Zeela Kotler Hadari (2023)
Fresh- Paint art fair, Jaffa Tel Aviv, curators: Ifat Gurion and Raz Shapira (2023)
Physical, Studio Ankori, Azza 13, Jaffa Tel Aviv, curator: Yehezkel Lazarov (2023)
Dreamy Night, The Drawing Biennale, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, curators: Abraham Kritzman and Reut Yeshayahu (2022)
The Stomach Of The Divine, Ancient Jaffa Museum, curator: Tami Kats Friedman and the House of Israeli Art Academy (2022)
Have You Ever Seen The Sea Fight The Wind Of Night, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, curator: Faina Feigin (2021)
Salon Hakubia- Portraits, Jerusalem, curator: Dan Ormian and Ella Cohen Vanshover (2020)
Starting Point, Koresh 14 Gallery, Jerusalem, curator: Dvir Shaked (2020)
A Tribute Exhibition for the artist Pesach Slabosky, Koresh 14, Jerusalem, curator: Neomi Tenhauser and Oree Holban (2020)
Graduation Show, Bezalel Academy Of Art And Design, Jerusalem, curators: Piter Meltz and Irena Gordon (2020)
Sequence, Bush Collective, The Pride Center, Tel Aviv, curators: Noga Or Yam and Faina Faigin (2019)
Alliance House, Jerusalem, group exhibition, curators: Yasmin Caspin and Noga Farhi (2016)
Akeda, Gudman- Acting Academy, Beer Sheva, collaboration around a play of Hanoch Levin (2016)
Curatorial Work
Heights, solo exhibition by Abraham Kritzman, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv
Playground, a series of multidisciplinary art events at HaMeretz 2 and Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv; co-produced and co-curated with Maayan Danon and Uri Turkenich
Artist Residencies
Ras de Terra Artist Residency, Extremadura, Spain (2026)
Frezia Gallery Residency, Tel Aviv (2025)
Young Artist Residency, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios (2021-2023)
Barbur BNB Residency, Jerusalem (2021)
Awards, Grants and Scholarships
Michael and Pauline Lukman Memorial Scholarship for contemporary practices engaging with Jewish and Israeli culture (2025)
Academic Excellence Award, MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2025)
Rabinovich Foundation support for the production of The Poison Path (2024)
The Jerusalem Open House support for the production of the solo exhibition Sons of Sun (2024)
ARTIQ Scholarship for an Israeli LGBTQ artist (2021)
Outstanding Art Teacher Award, Leonard and Pamela Marks (SAEF), Seymour Fox School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2021)
Study Scholarship, America–Israel Cultural Foundation (2020)
Academic Excellence Award, BFA, Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2020)
The Committee for the Encouragement of Creativity in the Negev Scholarship (2016)
Publications
A5 Magazine, Issue 17, Heart. (2023)
Gufa Magazine, Issue 4, published by Habait Theatre. (2023)
Poetry Halls Magazine, Issue 3, Faith. (2023)
Time Space Journal, Issue 3, The Bush Collective. (2023)
Mound, Maya Gallery — Printed exhibition catalog accompanying solo show. (2023)
Thoughts on Food – A Visual Chapter, Bezalel Academy, Department of Visual and Material Culture. (2021)
Public Collections
Sapir College Academic; artwork acquired through the emergency art acquisition project for public institutions, the Association of Visual Artists and the Plumas Foundation (2025)
Selected Publications and Catalogues
Saf Magazine, Issue 004: View:Screen, July 2026 (2026)
Reshamim IX – slough, catalogue of the 9th National Biennale for Drawing (2025)
A5 Magazine, Issue 17, Heart, Keren and Golan Studio, reproductions (2025)
The Poison Path, printed fanzine accompanying the exhibition, Schechter Gallery, Tel Aviv (2024)
Gufa Magazine, Issue 4, published by Habait Theatre, editors: Jason Danino-Holt and Zohar Almokias, Reproductions alongside poetry (2023)
Heichalot Poetry Magazine, Issue 3, Faith, editor: Michael Kazganov, Reproductions alongside poetry (2023)
Time Space Journal, Issue 3, Bush Collective, Hand Axe, an interactive online work based on scans of drawings (2022)
Reshamim VIII – More Than One, printed catalogue of the 8th National Biennale for Drawing; includes an accompanying text (2022)
Mound, printed catalogue for the solo exhibition, Maya Gallery; includes a conversation with Abraham Kritzman (2022)
The Stomach of the Sublime: Undermining the Boundaries of Body, Time and Place, exhibition catalogue, the House of Israeli Art (2022)
Thoughts on Food – A Visual Chapter, Department of Visual and Material Culture, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Dr. Reuven Zahavi, reproduction (2021)
Press, Interviews and Media
Graduates 2025 // MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Portfolio, Yuval Saar (2025)
Tali Ben-Nun on the 9th National Biennale for Drawing, Portfolio (2025)
“The Sound of the Pencil,” Siporini × Tamir Chen, Frezia Gallery (2025)
Reincarnation of Souls and Materials: Tamir Chen at Koresh Gallery, Portfolio, Ori Druckman (2024)
Tsala Kotler Hadari, “The Museum of Nature and Man,” Erev Rav (2023)
“Dreamy Night”: A New Exhibition in Jerusalem Presents Works on the Theme of Dreams, Maariv, Ruti Kadosh (2022)
Tamir Chen Wins the ARTIQ Scholarship for Israeli LGBTQ Art: Erev Rav, Portfolio, WDG (2022)
Tamir Chen | Emerging Impact Creator, Impact Collections (2022)
What’s Up? // Tamir Chen, Portfolio, Yuval Saar (2021)
The Exhibition Whose Works Were Created Collaboratively by Its Participants, Haaretz, Avi Pitchon (2021)
Graduates 2020 // Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Portfolio, Hagit Peleg Rotem (2020)
Bezalel Academy Graduates Try to Shine in Final Exhibition, The Jerusalem Post, Joy Bernard (2020)
Teaching Experience
Member of the management team and coordinator of the multidisciplinary art studies at Studio Ankori High School, Jaffa. Teaches art and mentors students through independent research processes, conceptual development, and the production of final projects.
Independent teaching: lectures and courses in botanical drawing, encaustic painting, and contemporary approaches to drawing.