Thicket with a Green Leaf, 2024

Naomi Mendel (b. 1981, Jerusalem) is an Israeli artist based in Jerusalem. She holds an MFA from the University of Haifa (2021) and a BFA from the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem (2006), and also studied at Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht in the Netherlands. Mendel has presented solo and collaborative exhibitions in Israel and abroad, including at Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv; Keren Bar-Gil Gallery, Ramat Hasharon; and Art Ventures Gallery, California. Her work has been featured in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Haifa Museum of Art, Eretz Israel Museum, and international exhibitions in London and Zurich. Recipient of grants and awards from the Rabinovitch Foundation, the Ministry of Culture and Sport, and Kunststiftung Schues Art Foundation (Hamburg), Mendel's work is held in public and private collections, including the Haifa Museum of Art, Bank Leumi Collection, Bank Hapoalim Collection, and the Kunststiftung Schues Art Foundation.