NELLY AGASSI
nellyagassi@gmail.com
1973, Born in Israel
Lives and works in Tel aviv, Israel & Chicago, USA
   
    EDUCATION
2OOO-2OO1   M.F.A., Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
1999-2OOO   Courses at Camera Obscura, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1995-1998   B.F.A Sculpture, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
1994-1995   Foundation course, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
   
    SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2O12   The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2O11   Keitelman Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2OO9   Contiuous Devotion, Kunstverein Friedberg, Germany
2OO8   Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
Harbes+Partner Gallery, Vienna, Austria
2OO7   Algarden Gallery, Sweden
2OO4   Borrowed Scenery, Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Art Prize 2OO3, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2OO3   IB Cube Gallery, Danemark
Je t’embrasse, Performance on the Pont Neuf, Paris, France
Je t’embrasse, Performance at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
IB Cube Gallery, Japan
2OO2   Palace of Tears, Ein Harod Museum of Art, Israel
Embroidering Light, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1999   No Stepping Outside the Lines and No Touching the Floor, Borochov Gallery & Camera Obscura, Tel-Aviv, Israel
1997   Knitting 2 (Performance), Windows Gallery, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
   
    SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2O13   Theatrical Gestures - Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel
2O12   Parcour Saint Germain, Paris
Pluriel, group exhibition, Paris
Kupferman's House, Kibbutz Lohamei Ha'ghetaot, Israel 
2O11   Homage to Bas Jan Ader, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2O1O   Red Pieta, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Mutt 2O1O, 39 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
No Soul For Sale – A Festival of Independents, Tate Modern, London, UK
Graphotec, Beit Ariela, Tel Aviv, Israel
Nelly Agassi and Rita Alima, Kibbutz Be'eri Gallery, Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel
2OO9   Units, Bat Yam Museum, Israel
Dritto Rovescio, Milan Triennial, Design Museum, Italy
"Rings of Saturn", Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
2OO8   Real Time – Art in Israel, 1998-2OO8, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Layla, Young Israeli Art", New York, USA
2OO7   Wanderings in the Print Space, Djanogly Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel
Perhaps exist two Loch Ness, Studio Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Dangerous Beauty, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, USA
2OO6   [AFTER], Petach Tikvah Museum of Art [curator: Hadas Maor]
Seduction, BAIT BANAMAL, Tel Aviv [curator: Maayan Shelef], Israel
2OO5   Dreaming Art/Dreaming Reality, Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Art Prize: the First Decade, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Group Show, Kabri Gallery for Israeli Art
KEJSERENS NYE LKAEDER, KUSNTHALLEN BRAENDERIGÅNRDEN, Denmark
WASSERWÜNSCHE, collaboration with Claudia Hill [Germany, fashion designer], and Ori Drummer [Israel, multimedia artist]
2OO4   Embroidered Action, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
A Point of View, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2OO3   Affirmative Action, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
2OO2   Body Case, University Gallery, Haifa University (Curator: Ruti Director), Israel
The 2nd Women’s Performance Art Festival, Osaka, Japan
2OO1   Bridge Dress, A Visit to the Tate Modern (Performance), Tate Modern, London, UK
Bridge Dress – The 52O Hotel (Performance), Barcelona, Spain
Degree Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
Urban Nomads, South London Gallery, London, UK
Hands, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Making Hell, Avni Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
2OOO   Video Library in the Office, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
ZIMZUM (Aktuelle Kunst aus Israel), Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (Organized by Danni Karavan)
1998   Degree show, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
1997   Workshop & exhibition at Camden Art Center, London, UK
Workshop in Poland, Central Saint Martins, London Academy of Fine Art, Poznan, Poland
1995   Workshop & exhibition at Camden Art Center, London, UK
   
    RESIDENCY
2OO6   Art Omi International Arts Center, New York
2OO3   La Cité des Arts, Paris
2OO2   Mino Paper Art Village Project, Japan
   
    AWARDS
2O11   Ministry of Culture and Sport Prize
2OO8   Award for artistic encouragement, Israel ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2OO3   Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation for Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2OOO-2OO1   America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
2OOO   Young Artist Prize
1999   America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
   
    COLLECTIONS
  Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
  Israel Museum, Jerusalem
  Private collections in Israel and abroad
   
    LINKS
  Assaf Evron
  Paul Philipp Heinze
  Magda Tothova
  Claudia Hill
   
    Thanks to pph