Biennale, Italian for "biennial" or "every other year", is any event that happens every two years. It is most commonly used within the art world to describe large-scale international contemporary art exhibitions. As such the term was popularised by Venice Biennale, which was first held in 1895. The phrase has since been used for other artistic events, such as the "Biennale de Paris", "Kochi-Muziris Biennale", or even as a portmanteau as with Berlinale and Viennale. "Biennale" is therefore used as a general term for other recurrent international events.
Menashe Kadishman was an Israeli sculptor and painter.
The Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art was an art biennial event held in the city of Herzliya, Israel.
Nachlaot is a grouping of 23 courtyard neighborhoods in central Jerusalem but outside the walls of the Old City, known for its narrow, winding lanes, old-style housing, hidden courtyards and many small synagogues. Neighborhoods in Nachlaot include Nahalat Shiv'a Batei Broide, Batei Munkacs, Batei Rand, Knesset Yisrael, Mazkeret Moshe, Mishkenot Yisrael, Nahalat Ahim, Neve Betzalel, Neve Shalom), Ohel Moshe, Shevet Ahim, Sukkat Shalom, Zikhron Tuvya, and Zikhron Yosef.
Judith Margolis is an Israel-based American artist working visually in paintings, drawings, artist’s books and multi-media collages. In her art and writing she "explores tensions between consciousness, feminism, and religious ritual tradition."
Mordechai (Motti) Mizrachi is an Israeli multimedia artist who creates politically engaged conceptual works that combine sculpture, video, photography, public art and performance. Dough, Via Dolorosa (1973) and Healing (1980) marked the emergence of avant-garde Israeli performance and video art. Since the 1980s, he has created numerous site specific public sculptures.
Yael Bartana is an Israeli artist, filmmaker and photographer, whose past works have encompassed multiple mediums, including photography, film, video, sound, and installation. Many of her pieces feature political or feminist themes.
Sigalit Ethel Landau is an Israeli sculptor, video and installation artist.
The Jerusalem Biennale is a Biennale, an art event taking place every second year. The Jerusalem Biennale occurs in different locations around the city center of Jerusalem. It is dedicated to exploring the places in which the contemporary art world and the Jewish world of content meet. It is a stage for professional artists, who create and refer in their work to Jewish thought, spirit, tradition or experience, to exhibit their work in Jerusalem. In 2014, the Jerusalem Biennale became a member of the Biennial Foundation, together with more than a 100 Biennales from around the world.
Sharon Yaari is an Israeli photographer.
Beni Gassenbauer is a French-born Israeli watercolor artist.
Nira Pereg is an Israeli artist. She spent the 90s in New-York, where she received her BFA from Cooper Union at NYC. On her return to Israel, she graduated from the Bezalel MFA studio program in Jerusalem, and has been teaching internationally ever since.
Einat Arif-Galanti is an Israeli visual artist, mainly known for her photographic and video works.
Servet Kocyigit is a visual artist based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Arab Museum of Contemporary Art and Heritage is a Contemporary Art Museum in Arab city Sakhnin in Israel.
Beverly Barkat is an Israeli visual artist.
The Jerusalem Biennale, as stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
The Jerusalem Biennale, as stated on the Biennial Foundation's website, "is a platform for professional curators and artists to present contemporary works that relate, in one way or another, to the Jewish world of content. Every two years, a growing community of artists, art lovers, collectors, writers, researchers, and social activists gather in Jerusalem to celebrate Contemporary Jewish Art and to enjoy a variety of exhibitions, projects, site-specific installations and events under this conceptual framework."
Dr. Ido Noy is a curator and historian of Jewish art. Noy is currently the Deputy Director and Director of Content for the Jerusalem Biennale.
Ram (Rami) Ozeri is the Founder and Director of the Jerusalem Biennale. He was born in Jerusalem.
