Born in 1939 in Tel-Aviv, Israel
Married to Mira Reuveni. father to Era Maya and Eitan
Lives and works in Ramat Hasharon, Israel
Education
1965 Studied at the Central School for Arts and Crafts, London
1953-1957 Agricultural high-school, Hakfar Hayarok (The Green Village)
1960 – 1964 Studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Teaching
Since 1996 Member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1991 – 2005 Professor for sculpture at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart
1979 – 1989 Lecturer at the Fine Arts Section, Haifa University, 1989- Professor
1979 – 1985 Lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion, Haifa
1976 Guest Teacher at the Hochshule für Bildenden Künste, Düsseldorf (Summer Semester)
1970 – 1978 Lecturer at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Awards
2010 Gerhard Altenbourg Preis 2010, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
2009 Israel prize
Moses Mendelssohn Preiz, Des Landes Berlin, Zur Förderung Der Toleranz Gegenüber Andersdenken und Zwichen Den Völkern und Religionen
2005 Hans-Thoma, Prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg
2004 Honorary Doctorate, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem
2000 The Haim Gamzu Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1998 Janet and George Jarin Prize, America Israel Cultural Foundation
1997 The Jordan Association for Culture and International Peace Prize, Amman, Jordan
1996 Susmann Prize Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
1995 Käthe-Kollwitz Preis, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
1989 DAAD Stipendium, Berlin
1985 Mendel and Eva Pundik Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1980 Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1971 Beatrice S. Kolliner Prize, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1963 Sonborn Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
Collections
Nationalgalerie Berlin
Kunstsammlung der Bankgesellschaft Berlin
Judisches Museum, Berlin
Albright-knox Art Gallery,Buffalo, USA
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Municipal Museum, Haifa
Phoenix insurance company Collection
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Neue Galerie, Staatliche Museen Kassel
Stadtisches Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen
British Museum, Graphic Cabinet, London
The Tate Modern Gallery, London
Walker Museum, Bowdoin College, Maine, USA
Sammlung Allianz Versicherung, München
The Public Library, New York
Brooklyn Museum, New York
Johnson Museum, Cornell University, New York
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Graphische Sammlung, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Sammlung Kunstakademie Stuttgart
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Museum des 20.Jahrhunderts, Wien
Museum Wiesbaden
Kunstpallast Düsseldorf
Museum Inselhombroich, Düsseldorf
Kupferstich Kbinett, Berlin
Doron Sabag Collection, Israel
Gabi and Ami Braun Collection, Israel
Igal Ahouvi Art Collection
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Connected Vessels, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Micha Ullman. Steps, St. Matthew’s Church, Kulturforum, Berlin, Germany
GLÄSER | GLASSES, ALEXANDER OCHS
GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING, Berlin, Germany
2011 Micha Ullman: Unten. Jüdisches Museum Berlin
Sands of Time: The Work of Micha Ullman. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Micha Ullman: Bergwerk. Gerhard-Altenbourg-Preis 2010. Lindenau-Museum Altenburg
Micha Ullman: Sandwerk. Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden
2010 Micha Ullman: Sand. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
2009 Micha Ullman: Unten. Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin/Beijing, Berlin
Micha Ullman: Sandtag. Guardini Galerie, Berlin
2006 Micha Ullman: Sandblätter. Galerie dsArt, Frankfurt am Main
Micha Ullman: The Masters. Oranim Academic College of Education, Art Institute Galleries, Kiryat Tivon
Micha Ullman: Baum. Vorstellung der Skulptur im öffentlichen Raum. Galerie der Stadt Fellbach
2005 Micha Ullman: Teil I, Modelle, Teil II Skulpturen. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
921 m über dem Meeresspiegel, Hans-Thoma-Preis des Landes Baden-Württemberg. Hans-Thoma-Kunstmuseum, Bernau
Ausgestellt – Vorgestellt VIII: Micha Ullman für Daniel Sigloch. Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl
Micha Ullman: Ins Wasser geschrieben. Galerie im Petrushof, Obermarchtal
2004 Micha Ullman: Echo. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg
2003 Micha Ullman, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
2002 Micha Ullman: Skulpturen. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
Micha Ullman: Map. Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Micha Ullman: Vortrag, Sandschüttungen. Kunsthalle Göppingen
2001 Micha Ullman:Viertakt 2001. Sehen und Denken 13. Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Micha Ullman: Sand Days. Galerie achshav.now contemporary art, Berlin
2000 Micha Ullman: Conversation. Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, Paris
1999 Passage. International Art Encounters, Project No. 4. Michelangelo Pistoletto and Micha Ullman. Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
Table for Two. Avraham Ofek and Micha Ullman. The Israel Museum, Ticho House, Jerusalem
1998 Micha Ullman: Drawings. Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv
Micha Ullman: Skulptur. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
1997 Sand Day, Installation, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios Gallery, Israel
1996 Micha Ullman: Library. Drawings 1994–1995. Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Micha Ullman: Month. 29 Drawings. Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1995 Ausstellung der Entwurfszeichnungen zur Skulptur „Bibliothek“. Alte Bibliothek am Bebelplatz, Berlin
Micha Ullman: Käthe-Kollwitz-Preisträger 1995. Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Micha Ullman: Monat, 29 Mondzeichnungen. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
1994 Neumond, Skulptur / Monat, Zeichnungen. Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
1993 Het Apollohuis, Eindhoven
Kibbutz Machanaim Art Gallery, Israel
1992 Micha Ullman: Zeichnungen und Skulpturen. Europäisches Kulturzentrum in Thüringen, Galerie im Haus Dacheröden, Erfurt
Micha Ullman: Iron and Sand. Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Micha Ullman: Asphalt Tables. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
1990 Micha Ullman: Berliner Arbeiten, Künstlerprogramm des DAAD, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Micha Ullman: Waage. Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen
Micha Ullman. NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
1988 Micha Ullman: 1980–1988. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1987 Micha Ullman: Arbeiten auf Papier. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
1986 Micha Ullman – Works 1981 – 1986, Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York, USA
1985 Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1982 Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Galerie Art in Progress, Düsseldorf
1981 Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
The University of Akron, Art Galleries, Akron, Ohio
1980 Micha Ullman: The Surface, Drawings 1970–1980 / Earth Work. Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Third Watch. 39. Biennale die Venezia, Israel Pavilion (with Moshe Gershuni)
1977 Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Galerie Art in Progress, Düsseldorf
1975 Micha Ullman: Drawings. Rina Gallery, New York
Tzavta Gallery, Tel Aviv
1972 Sara Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem
Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv
1971 Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
1969 Dugit Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Public Space Sculptures
2016 Hause Mendelssohn, Berlin
2012 Steps. St. Matthäus Berlin
2009 Equinox: Sculpter Garden, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2007 Grund: Skulpturen Museum Glaskasten Marl, Scupture park
Pillar , Domplatz Bamberg
2006 Compass. Sculpture Bienalle, Pusan, South Korea
Baum, Besinnungsweg Fellbach, Oeffingen
Nightday, Morningevening, floor sculpters, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden
2004 Dish (Schüssel). Stuttgart University, Germany
Wall. Embassy of Israel, Paris
Seconda casa. Rome Piazza Montedi Savello, Italy
Passage. Artist museum, Lodz
Netzer Aharon monument , Mount Herzl, Jerusalem
2003 Echo. Heidelberg University, Germany
2002/03 Stage (Bühne) (with Jacob and Amnon Rechter). New Kameri Theater, Tel Aviv
2002 Earth Room. Nishinomiya City, Hyogo, Japan
2000 Mahlzeit. Prag Friedhof, Stuttgart
Wind Table. Ziv Towers Ramat Ha’Chayal, Tel Aviv
Conversation. Musée d’Art et d’Histoire du Judaïsme, Paris
1999 Window. Sculpture Garden, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Shadow. Ben Hinom Valley, Jerusalem
Flood, Hochwasser. Hannoversch Münden
1998 Stone Gate. Fukui Prefectural High school, Sabae, Japan
The Bridge – Observation Towards Jerusalem. Westgate Bridge Park, Melbourne, Australia
Le Risque Archéologique. Musée Archéologique Cloistre des Jésuites, Nimes
1997 Spoon (Löffel). Bad Oeynhausen
Fish (Fisch). Rechberghausen
Page (Blatt) (coop. Zvi Hecker, Micha Ullman, Eyal Weizmann). Exel Springer Str., Berlin
1996/97 Water. Zion square West Jerusalem and Freres st. East-Jerusalem
1996 North. Turku, Finland
Evening Star (Abendstern). Stauffenbergstrasse, Suttgart
1995 Library (Bibliothek). Bebelplatz, Berlin. Memorial for the burning of the books.
Saflulin (with Ezra Orion). Sculpture Park, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
Observation (Peace Sculpture). Atlantik Wall, Jutland, Dänemark
Gate. Golda Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv
Havdala. The Open Museum Industrial Park, Tefen, Israel
Library (Bibliothek). Bebelplatz, Berlin. Memorial for the burning of the books.
Saflulin (with Ezra Orion). Sculpture Park, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel
Observation (Peace Sculpture). Atlantik Wall, Jutland, Dänemark
Gate. Golda Performing Arts Center, Tel Aviv
Havdala. The Open Museum Industrial Park, Tefen, Israel
1994 New Moon (Neumond). Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart
1992 Sea Level. Allenby Street, Tel Aviv
No One (Niemand). Linden st. Oppoite Jewich Museum, Berlin
1991 Wschodina (Osten/East). Lodz
1990 Waage. Neuenkirchen
1989 Jesod (Foundation). Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv
1988 Sitting. Goldapark, Ramle, Israel
1986 Earth Level. Art Park Lewiston, Up state New York
Equation , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
1984 Lot’s Wife. Mount Sodom, Israel
Shadow, Ben Hynom Valley. Jerusalem
1983 Sky. Tel Chai, Israel
1980 Mirror. Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1972 Messer / Metzer, Menache District, Israel
Group Exhibitions
2018 Until the last grain of sand 2011, Akademie der Künste Pariser Pl. Berlin
2017 ‘the group show’, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 Uncertain States, Artistic strategies in states of emergency
Akademie Der Künste, Berlin
2012 Ends of the Earth, land Art to 1974. Museum of Contemporarz art, Los Angeles
Hause der Kunst Munich, Germany
2011 Update Your Reality: Artists from Israel. Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin/Beijing, Berlin
2010 The First Haifa Mediterranean Biennale of Contemporary Art, Haifa (exh. cat.)
2009 aus/gezeichnet/zeichnen: Eine Ausstellung der Sektion Bildende Kunst. Akademie der Künste, Berlin (exh. cat.)
2008 Die wahren Orte I. Alexander Ochs Galleries Berlin/Beijing, Berlin
Blind Spot. The Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petach Tikva (exh. cat.)
The 1970s in Israeli Art: My Own Body. Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (exh. cat.)
2007 Balance! Kunst in Heiligendamm. Internationales Kunstprojekt in Heiligendamm und Bad Doberan
2006 Art and Peace: The Shape of Peace Designed by Art. Kyoto International Conference 2006, Kyoto, Japan (exh. cat.)
Israele Arte e Vita 1906–2006 / Israel Art and Life 1906–2006. Palazzo Reale, Milano (exh. cat.)
Enjoyable House. Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan (exh. cat.)
Busan Biennale, Busan Sculpture Project “Homage to the Earth.” APEC Naru Park, Busan (exh. cat.)
Live Acts: Performing the Body, Videostoria Chapter 3. New Media Center, Haifa Museum of Art (exh. cat.)
2005 Die Neuen Hebräer: 100 Jahre Kunst in Israel. Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin (exh. cat.)
2004 After Images: Kunst als soziales Gedächtnis. Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen (exh. cat.)
Emergency Exit. New Media Center, Haifa Museum of Art
Lodz Biennale. International Artists Museum, Lodz (exh. cat.)
2003 Das Recht des Bildes: Jüdische Perspektiven in der modernen Kunst. Museum Bochum (exh. cat.)
Ruins Revisited: The Image of the Ruin in Israel 1803–2003. Time for Art – Israeli Art Center, Tel Aviv (exh. cat.)
Art Focus 4: International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Jerusalem
2002 Zur Kunst am Bau. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
New Acquisitions. Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Imagine: 300 Artists for Co-Existence. Um el-Fachem Art Gallery; Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
The Return to Zion: Beyond the Place Principle. Time for Art – Israeli Art Center, Tel Aviv (exh. cat.)
2001 Environmental Art Works in Turku: 14 Objects in the Cityscape 1994–2000. Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku (exh. cat.)
Israeli Art Today: Messages to the New Millennium. The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan (exh. cat.)
Das Gespinst. Galerie Cora Hölzl, Düsseldorf
2000 Auf Leben und Tod: Ein Ausstellungs- und Dialogprojekt der Diözese Rottenburg-Stuttgart. Pragfriedhof, Stuttgart (exh. cat.)
Le Repubbliche dell’Arte: Art and Artists from Israel and Palestina. Palazzo delle Papesse, Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena (exh. cat.)
Zimzum: Aktuelle Kunst aus Israel. Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (exh. cat.)
1999 Hiriya in the Museum: Artists and Architects Proposals for Rehabilitation of the Site. Tel Aviv Museum of Art (exh. cat.)
3 Räume – 3 Flüsse: Ihr wart ins Wasser eingeschrieben. Ausstellungsprojekt Hann. Münden 1998–2000. Hann. Münden (exh. cat.)
Allianz und Kunst: Eine Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst. Bayerische Versicherungsbank, Munich (exh. cat.)
Standpunkt Plastik: Aspekte künstlerischen Denkens heute. Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten Marl (exh. cat.)
1998 The Eyes of the Nation: Perspectives on Israeli Art of the Seventies, Visual Art in a Country without Boundaries. Tel Aviv Museum of Art (exh. cat.)
To the East: Orientalism in the Arts in Israel. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
After Rabin: New Art from Israel. The Jewish Museum, New York (exh. cat.)
Skulptur und Zeichnung im 20. Jahrhundert. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (exh. cat.)
1997 Areopagitica: 28 freie Seiten. G.A.M.E.S. of Art, Mönchengladbach
Stad(t)t-Art: Kunst in 56 homöopathischen Dosen. Ausstellung in 56 Städten und Gemeinden in Nordrhein-Westfalen (Micha Ullman in Bad Oeynhausen) (exh. cat.)
Maße der Zeit: Kunstinstallation mit Dokumentation zum jüdischen Kalender. Jüdisches Museum Vienna
King of Peace Exhibition. The Jordan Association for Culture and International Peace, Amman
1996 Long Memory, Short Memory: Ten Artists from Israel. The City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Raleigh, North Carolina (exh. cat.)
Immerzeit: 10 Jahre Galerie ACP. ACP Viviane Ehrli Galerie, Zurich (exh. cat.)
Visions of a New Morning: Eine Ausstellung mit zwölf israelischen und zwölf deutschen Künstlern. Hambacher Schloß, Neustadt an der Weinstraße (exh. cat.)
Marks: Artists Work Throughout Jerusalem. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
Linien und Zeichen. Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (exh. cat.)
1995 Gdzie jest brat twój, Abel? / Where is Abel, thy Brother? Zacheta National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw (exh. cat.)
Fredsskulptur 1995 / Peace Sculpture 1995. Atlantic Wall, Jutland, Denmark (exh. Cat.)
Bunkers, Art Museum Riva, Denmark
4th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul (exh. cat.)
Intervenciones en el Espacio / Interventions in Space. Museo de las Bellas Artes, Caracas (exh. cat.)
Construction in Process V: Co-Existence. Mitzpe Ramon, Israel (exh. cat.)
1994 Along New Lines: Israeli Drawing Today. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
Emphasis: Art Focus, Contemporary Israeli Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
Pro Nature Anti Nature: The Third Sculpture Biennale Ein Hod 1994. Ein Hod, Israel (exh. cat.)
1993 Makom: Zeitgenössische Kunst aus Israel. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (exh. cat.)
1992 documenta IX, Kassel (exh. cat.)
Skulpturenprojekt Gotha: Konzepte und Entwürfe. Schloß Friedenstein, Gotha;
The Israeli Artists of documenta IX. University of Haifa, Gallery of Art (exh. cat.)
1991 Museum und Kirche: Religiöse Aspekte moderner Kunst. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (exh. cat.)
Steine und Orte: Altmexikanische Steinskulpturen und Plastiken der Gegenwart. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (exh. cat.)
The Presence of the Absent: The Empty Chair in Israeli Art. Tel Aviv University, Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (exh. cat.)
Sculptures. Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Israelische Kunst um 1990 / Israeli Art around 1990. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Zentrales Künstlerhaus Moskau; The Israel Museum, Weisbord-Pavillon, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
Works on Paper. Artists Workshops, Tel Aviv
Routes of Wandering: Nomadism, Voyages an Transitions in Contemporary Israeli Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
Israel contemporary sculpture, Hara Museum,ARC, Gunma,Japan
1991/1992 Place and Mainstream: Israel Contemporary Sculpture. Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan (exh. cat.); National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (exh. cat.)
1990 Europäische Skulptur der Zweiten Moderne. Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg (exh. cat.)
Construction in Process III: Back in Lodz. Lodz
Chagall to Kitaj: Jewish Experience in 20th Century Art. Barbican Art Gallery, London (exh. cat.)
1989 In the Shadow of Conflict: Israeli Art 1980–1989. The Jewish Museum, New York (exh. cat.)
XX Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, São Paulo (exh. cat.)
1987 documenta 8, Kassel (exh. cat.)
1986 The Disciplined Spirit. Exit Art Gallery, New York (exh. cat.)
The Want of Matter: A Quality in Israeli Art. Tel Aviv Museum of Art (exh. cat.)
SkulpturSein. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (exh. cat.)
1985 Israel Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
De la Bible à nos Jours: 3000 Ans d’Art. Grand Palais, Salon des Indépendants, Paris (exh. cat.)
1984 80 Years of Sculpture in Israel. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
1983 Triennale of Israeli Graphic Art. Haifa Museum of Modern Art (exh. cat.)
1982 Six Sculptures. The Kibbutz Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (exh. cat.)
1981 Trends in Israeli Art 1970–1980. International Art Fair, Basel (exh. cat.)
Lis’81 International Exhibition of Drawings. Galeria Nacional de Arte Moderna, Lisboa (exh. cat.)
Ung Kunst fra Israel. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Høvikodden (exh. cat.)
1980 Borders. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
Land and Urban Spaces. ISWP Town Art Centre, London
1978 Artist and Society in Israeli Art 1948–1978. Tel Aviv Museum of Art (exh. cat.)
1975 Open Studio. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1973 XII Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (exh. cat.)
1972 From Landscape to Abstraction – From Abstraction to Nature. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (exh. cat.)
1971 VIIe Grand Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Monte Carlo, Monaco (exh. cat.)
1970 Seconda Biennale Internazionale della Grafica. Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze (exh. cat.)
1969 Sixième Biennale de Paris. Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (exh. cat.)
1967 The First Exhibition of Israeli Graphic Art. Haifa Museum of Modern Art; Memorial and Museum Yad Labanim, Petah Tikva (exh. cat.)
1965 Salon d’Automne. Salon des Refusés, London
Contemporary Prints. Ben Uri Gallery, London
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