LIHIE GENDLER TALMOR

Born in 1944 in Tel-Aviv, Israel. Receives a B.Sc..in Architecture and Urban Planning In 1969, from the Technion, Haifa, Israel.  In 1971, Completes her B.A. in Poetics and Comparative Literature at the University of Tel-Aviv where she teaches until 1974.  At the same time, studies painting at the studio of the Israeli painter Pinchas Abramovitch.  In 1980, moves to Caracas, Venezuela, and there enrolls at the Center of Studies for the Graphic Arts (CEGRA) from 1981 to 1983, and studies painting at Walter Margulis' studio.  Since 1984 she has worked on art projects, taught and participated in courses in cultural centers and workshops in Italy, Belgium, the United States, Israel, Colombia and Venezuela.  Has created two Artist’s Books: Aguariacuar, The Departure (1993) and The Creativity of Evil (1995) and Fe de errantes - an anthology of poetry (with the participation of the Mexican artist Juan Manuel de la Rosa), all three projects in collaboration with the Venezuelan poet Edda Armas.  Lives in Israel and Venezuela and works in the fields of printmaking, sculpture recently in photography and video.

CONTACT
lihie_talmor@cantv.net
lihietalmor@gmail.com.
Personal Website
 

ONE WOMAN SHOW (SELECTION)

(1993) Studio Tommaseo, Trieste, Italy; The Artists' House Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
(prints and sculptures).
(1994) Sextante Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia  (prints and Artist’ Book).
(1994) Sofía Imber Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela (Artist’ book).
(1996) Sofía Imber Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela
(sculptures and installation).
(2000) Museum of Contemporary Art, Ibiza, Spain  (prints).
(2001) Sala Mendoza, Caracas, Venezuela , with Israeli photographer Simcha Shirman (prints and sculptures).
(2004) Sephardic Museum at the Blasini Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela (prints, photographs and video).
(2005) Gallery Twenty Four, Tel Aviv, Israel (prints).
(2006) Pagés Espai D’Art, Barcelona, Spain, with Israeli-British photographer Dafna Talmor (prints and video).
(2006) Solar gallery, East Hampton, New York, USA (prints and video).
(2006) Kern Museum, Unión Israelita de Caracas, Venezuela (prints and sculpture).

INTERNATIONAL GROUP AND JURIED SHOWS (SELECTION)

(1993, 2000) The Sapporo International Printmaking Biennial, Sapporo, Japan.
(1994, 1997) The 5th  and 6th  Havana Biennial, Cuba.
(1997, 2000) The 5th  and 6th  International Triennial of Majdanek, State Museum of Majdanek, Lublin, Poland.
(1996 ,1999) The International Exhibition of Graphic Art, Frechen, Germany.
(2001, 2005, 2007) Trois-Rivieres  International Contemporary Print Biennial, Canada.
(2002)  Four Directions, One Encounter, Banco Industrial Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela; Fragmento y Universo, CorpGroup Center, Caracas, Venezuela.
(2004) Intimate Sculptures for the Public Space, Banco Provincial Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.
(2004 – 2005) Impressions II, Artist’ House Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel.
(2005, 2007) 6th  and 7th  National Biennial of Plastic Arts of Puerto La Cruz,
Gallery of Modern Art , Venezuela.
(2005) Ile de France 5th  International Print Biennial, Versailles,France.
(2005) The 3th  Exxon Mobil Salon, Fine Arts Museum, Caracas, Venezuela.
(2005) Caracas Flash, Video Spaces 2005 Edition, CorpGroup Tower, Caracas, Venezuela.
(2005 – 2006) White Coffee: Culture, Migration and Identity, Fine Arts Museum Caracas, Venezuela.
(2006) 6th  Art and Science Salon; Simón Bolivar University, Caracas, Venezuela.
(2007) 4th International print Biennial, Alijo, Portugal
(2007) International Print Exhibition Prints Tokyo 2007, Sakima Arts Museum, Okinawa, Japan.
(2008)13th International Print Exhibition R.O.C., Fine Arts Museum Taiwan. R.O.C.
(2008) 2008 Culturas, Exhibition of Intercultural Dialog of, Short films, Music, photography, Video Art and Net Art, State Society for Cultural Commemoration, Ministry of Culture, Spain.
(2008)  The Last Book, Travelling International Project, curated by Luis Camnitzer
(2008) Edmonton Print International 2008, Alberta, Canada.
(2009) 5th  Novosibirsk Contemporary Graphics Biennial, State Museun of Novosibirsk, Russia.
(2009) Yozo Hamguchi 100th Anniversary International Print Competition and Exhibition, Hamguchi Yozo Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS (SELECTION)

(1993) Special Prize of the Jury, at the International Award for Printmaking, Biella, Italy.
(1998) Honorary Mention, at the San Juan Biennial of Latin American and Caribbean Prints, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
(1998) First Prize, at the Ibizagrafik '98 Biennial, Ibiza, Spain.
(2000) First Prize, at the Caracas Printmaking Biennial, Caracas, Venezuela.
(2009) Second Prize, at the Yozo Hamguchi 100th Anniversary International Print Competition and Exhibition, Hamguchi Yozo Museum, Tokyo, Japan.

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)

Sofía Imber Museum of Contemporary Art, Caracas, Venezuela.
National Art Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela.
Cisneros Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.
Chacao Foundation, Caracas, Venezuela.
Institute of Culture, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Wifredo Lam Center, La Habana, Cuba.
The Americas House, La Habana, Cuba.
The Public Library, New York, The United States of America.
The National Library, Madrid, Spain.
National prints Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
Hamguchi Yozo Museum, Yamasa Collection, Tokyo, Japan.
Sakima Museum, Okinawa, Japan.