Candles, 2025

Ruthi Helbitz Cohen | Biographical Notes
b. 1969, Israel; lives and works in Ein Vered and Tel Aviv
1989–1991 1991–1992 - BA in Art and Psychology, University of Haifa
- Studied in the Department of Fine Art, Bezalel Academy of Arts and
- Design, Jerusalem
1992–1993 - Studied Art, HaMidrasha School of Art, Ramat Hasharon, Israel (now
- Beit Berl Academic College)
1997–1998 - Studied in the Department of Art, University of Haifa
2008–2010 - MFA, Oranim College of Education, Tivon, Israel
2025 - Associate Professor
Selected Solo Exhibitions
1994 - "Sweet Dreams," Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel;
- curator: Raya Zommer (cat.)
1995 2001 2002 -"New Works," Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Ilana Tenebaum (cat.)
- "New Works," Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat.)
- "I Must Put Up with This," Goren Art Gallery, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College
- (YVC), Israel
2004 - "New Works," Gallery on the Cliff, Netanya, Israel
- "Boomerang," Tal Esther Gallery, Tel Aviv
2006 - "New Works," Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "Mind the Gap," Umtrieb Gallery, Kiel, Germany
2007 2008 - "Distortion," Umtrieb Gallery, Kiel, Germany
- "Panoramas," Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel; curator: Dalia Levin
- "Mind the Gap," Evi Gougenheim Artplace, Paris
2009 - "The Damsels' House," as part of "5 Artists: Wonderous Worlds,"
- Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art;
- curator: Varda Steinlauf (cat.)
- "Free But Securely Held," Oranim College Art Gallery, Tivon, Israel;
- curator: Taly Cohen Garbuz; Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 2011 - "Sisyphus, Polylog," Mittelmeerbiennale, Köln, Germany
- "On the Edge" (with Joshua Sobol), Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv;
- curator: Monica Lavi
2012 - "The Spider’s Strategy," Beelden aan Zee Museum, The Hague;
- curator: Ronit Eden
2013 2014 - "Frameless," Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou; curator: Yaniv Shapira
- "Four Matriarchs and a Remainder," Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv;
- Galerie Helga Hofman, Alphen aan de Rijn, The Netherlands
2015 - "Whispers," Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "Veil of Tears," Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art; curator: Aya Lurie (cat.)
2017 - "Sunset," Haifa Museum of Art; curator: Svetlana Reingold
- "Inspire Project 2017: A Deed Without a Name," Macedonia Museum of
- Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki; curator: Thouli Misirloglou
- "Daphne," The Israel Culture Institute, Budapest
2018 - "Potsdam – Amsterdam – Tel Aviv" (with Joshua Rosenman), Kunstverein
- KunstHaus Potsdam; curators: Hubertus von de Goltz, Angelika Euchner
- "Passive-Aggressive: From Daphne to Judith," Whiteconcepts Gallery, Berlin
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- "Poem/Po-Eima: A Hair in the Crime Scene" (with Joshua Sobol), The Open
- University Gallery, Raanana, Israel ; curator: Carmit Blumensohn (cat.)
2019 2020 2021 - "Beloved," The Open Museum, Tefen Industrial Park; curator: Ruthi Ofek (cat.)
- "The Sky Fell On Me," The Art Gallery, Umm el Fahem; curator: Yael Guilat
- "Bombs will Fly over the Naked King, and a Heavy Heart will Plummet,"
- Hamidrasha Gallery, 19 Hayarkon, Tel Aviv; curator: Avi Lubin
2022 - "And Then the Silence," Contemporary Art Center, Ramla, Israel;
- curator: Dr. Smadar Sheffi
2023 - "Mother, I shall weave a chain of pearls for thy neck with my tears of sorrow,"
- Schechter Gallery, Neve Schechter, Tel Aviv; curator: Bar Yerushalmi
- "The Fragile Noise," Gordon Gallery, Jerusalem; Jerusalem Print Workshop;
- curator: Amon Yariv
- "Drawing the Waves" (with Diana Blok), Suzanne Biederberg Gallery, Amsterdam
- "The Sky Fell On Her," Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen, The Netherlands;
- curator: Marlise van der Jagt
- "The Book of Ruth," Moving Gallery, Utrecht
2023-24 - "Art in the Vide," Museum De Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands;
- curator: Beatrice von Bormann
2024 - "The Sky Fell On Her," Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen, The Netherlands;
- curator: Marlise van der Jagt
- "The Book of Ruth," Moving Gallery, Utrecht
2025 - "The Book of Ruth," Inselgalerie Berlin
- "Behind the Silent Darkness," Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz Hazoreah, Israel;
- curator: Shir Meller-Yamaguchi
- "Olympic Village," Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art; curator: Sari Golan (cat.)
2026 - "White Lily," Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv; curator: Edna Erde
- (forthcoming)
Selected Group Exhibitions
1994 - "HaMidrasha Graduates Exhibition," Nofar Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "Cry Wolf," Mary Fauzi Gallery, Jaffa; curator: Eitan Hillel
- "Painting, Above and Beyond," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel;
- curator: Aïm Deüelle Lüski (cat.)
- "A Set Table: Who Sat on My Chair," The Artists' House, Tel Aviv;
- curator: Naomi Shalev (cat.)
- "Painting Photography Painting: Immersion," The Art Workshop Gallery,
- Yavne, Israel
- "The Full Part of the Sign II," Ami Steinitz Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv;
- curator: Ilana Tanenbaum
1995 - Recipients of the Sharet Foundation Grants, The Genia Schreiber University Art
- Gallery, Tel Aviv University
1995-96 1996 - Traveling exhibition in the USA on behalf of American-Israel Cultural Foundation
- "Untitled," Nehama Café Gallery, Jaffa
- "Untitled," Neveh Tzedek Gallery, Tel Aviv
- Recipients of the Sharet Foundation Grants, The Museum of Israeli Art,
- Ramat Gan, Israel
- "Artists Against the Hard Hand Policy," Beit Haam Gallery, Tel Aviv;
- Umm al Fahem, Art Gallery; curator: Said Abu Shakra
2002 - "Imagine: 300 Artists for Co-Existence," The Art Gallery, Umm el-Fahem
- "Recipients of the Teacher Artists Award," The Israel Ministry of Science,
- Culture, and Sports," Oranim College Gallery, Tivon
2003 - "Dying to Sleep," Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024 ",The- "st Portrait," Lottery Council for Culture and Arts award winners exhition,
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art; curator: Varda Steinlauf (cat.)
- "Body Impressions," The Art Gallery, Memorial Center, Kiryat Tivon, Israel;
- curator: Anat Gatenio
- Gallery artists, Brantesburg Gallery, Copenhagen
- "Piece of Art – Peace of Art," traveling exhibition of works by Egyptian, Israeli,
- Palestinian, and German artists in Germany (cat.)
- "Intensive Care," Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "Raffi," Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "The First 20 Years," exhibition in homage to Esti Reshef," The Art Gallery,
- Memorial Hall Center, Kiryat Tivon, Israel; curator: Taly Cohen Garbuz
- "Bread and Roses," Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "In & Out," Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "Black," Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "The Winners: Recipients of the Ministry of Culture and Sports Prizes in Art and
- Design," Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel; curator: Galia Bar Or (cat.)
- "Lo-li-ta," Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Rachel sukman
- "Art Couture," Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Tessy Cohen Pfeffer
- "New Works," Kieler Museum, Kiel, Germany
- "Slough," Rothschild 121 Gallery, Tel Aviv; curator: Carmit Blumensohn
- "Black Mamba," Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
- Umtrieb Gallery Artists at Preview art fair, Berlin
- "2012," Gordon 2 Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat.)
- "Summer Exhibition," Gordon Gallery and Gordon 2 Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "The Chicago Triangle," Haifa Museum of Art; curator: Ruti Direktor
- "Summer Exhibition," Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
- "The Circle of Life: The Israeli Pavilion," NordArt 2016, Büdelsdorf, Germany;
- curator: Carmit Blumensohn
- "On the Edge: Israeli Paper, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv; curator: Anat Gatenio
- KunstRai art fair, Amsterdam
- "Naked Soul: Chaïm Soutine and Israeli Art – Chaim Atar," Mishkan Museum of
- Art, Ein Harod, Israel; curators: Yaniv Shapira, Suria Sadekova, Batsheva
- Goldman-Ida
- "Digging Down: Art of the Pre-Future," Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem;
- curator: Shira Fridman
- "Reflections on Space and Time: Art in the Station" (with Diana Blok),
- Hashalom Rail Station, Tel Aviv; Sderot Rail Station
- "The Naked King," Democracy Theater, demonstration, Tel Aviv
- "Hachora," Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv
- "Real Time," Beit Hankin, Kfar Yehusha, Israel; curator: Neta Haber
- "Mixed Emotions," as part of "Loving Art Making Art," Tel Aviv; curators:
- Tali Kayam, Hagar Raban
- "Fragilities," Dina Recanati Art Foundation, Herzliya Pituach, Israel;
- curator: Hagai Segev
- "50 Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop," Jerusalem Print Workshop;
- curator: Arik Kilemnik
- "Drawing the Waves" (with Diana Blok), SIC Gallery, Athens
Black Eye Of Midnight Echoes And Reflections On Else Lasker-Schüler״ -- Felicja: Musical Arts Center, Tel Aviv, curator: Dr. Smadar Sheffi
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Maintes formes que je n’avais pas isolées jusque-là de la réalité," Institut ״
- Français, Tel Aviv, curator: Dr. Smadar Sheffi
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,Zuzu Gallery, Hefer Valley Industrial Park ״,The Movement of Intelligence״
- curator: Rotem Ritov (cat.)
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Selected Grants and Awards
1994–95, 1996–97 - Sharet Grant, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2002 - Artist-Teacher Project Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture, and Sports
- First Portrait Award, Israel National Lottery Council for Culture and Art
2004 2008 2010 2013 - Artist-Teacher Project Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture, and Sports
- Creativity Encouragement Award, Israel Ministry of Science, Culture, and Sport
- Commendation, Kener Award, Kener House, Rishon LeZion, Israel
- Minister of Culture Award for the Visual Arts
Residencies
2006 2023 - "Peace of Art – Piece of Art," Heinrich Böll Foundation, Germany
- Schechter Gallery, Neve Schechter, Tel Aviv
2024, 2026 - ISCP, Brooklyn
Selected Collections
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel
Haifa Museum of Art
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel
Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
MOMus Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Bank Leumi Collection
Haaretz Art Collection
Public and private collections in Israel and abroad