Dror Ben Ami

Dror Ben Ami
b. 1956, Israel.

Education
Following art studies at the Rijksakademie Van BeeldendeKunsteen-The Royal Academy of Arts, Amsterdam, Ben Ami earned a B.A. in Art Education, Oranim College, KiryatTivon, and an M.A. in Art from the University of Leeds. He currently teaches painting and drawing at the Wizo College of Design, Haifa, at the EmekYizreel Academic College, Goren Campus, and works in his Tel Aviv studio.

Solo Exhibitions
1985 Aula Gallery-Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
1989 Catacombe Gallery, Amsterdam
1992 The New Gallery, Beit Abba Hushi, Haifa
1993 “Snake,” Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv
1995 “In the rose thicket,” New Artists Community Gallery, KiryatTivon
1995 Artists’ exhibition wall, Workshop in the Woods, Amuka
1997 “Changing situation,” Kibbutz Cabri Gallery
2001 “Endless,” New Artists Community Gallery, KiryatTivon
2011 “Sketches of Time” (with Ruth Norman). Wilfrid Israel Museum, Hazorea. Curator: ShirMeller-Yamaguchi. (Catalog).
2011 “Butterflies (Memento Mori),” Zadik Gallery, Tel Aviv-Jaffa.
2012 “Vanitas,” (with Daniel Zak). The Edge Gallery, Nahariya. Curator: Lee Rimon. (Catalog).
2015 “Black is a color”. Contemporary by Golconda gallery.
Tel aviv. Curator: Ronald Fuhrer and Laura Schwatz.

Group Exhibitions
1986 Aula Gallery-Rijksakademie, Amsterdam
1991 New Artists Community Gallery, KiryatTivon
1992 New Artists Community Gallery, KiryatTivon
1997 Beit Rami and Uri Nechushtan, AshdotYaacov
Meuchad
2001 “Boomerang,” Goren Gallery, EmekYizreel College
2004 “Impressions 2,” Jerusalem Artists House,
Jerusalem. Curator: Dror Burstein. (Catalog).
2005 “Hole,” The Art Workshop, Ramat Eliyahu
2007 “Boomerang 2,” Goren Gallery, Emek Yizreel College
2008 “The North,” The Edge Gallery, Nahariya
2009 “Midnight,” Gallery Studio-Salon 22, Tel Aviv
2009 “Paper story,” Haifa Museum of Art. Curator: AdiShelach.
2009 “Warp and Woof,” Corinne Maman Ashdod Museum. (Catalog).
2014 “Two Moons on the Shore, Wind-Up Bird in Norwegian Wood: Haruki Murakami and Contemporary Art,” Contemporary by Golconda, Tel Aviv
2014 “Mythological Encounters,” Binyamin Gallery. Curator: NavahSevilla-Sadeh
2015 “Lines,” Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Curator: Sara Reiman.
2016 “the 6th Biennale for drawing”. Artist House Jerusalem
Curator:Edna Mosenzon and Sally Haftel Nave.
2017 “Inspired by Absence”. Art center Maalot.
Curator: Ronia Harari.
2018 “A bad black gorilla” Art Space TelAviv.
2018Curator: NirHarmat.
“9x artistswalls”. Art Space Tel Aviv.
Curator: Nir Harmat.