Mati Elmaliach
Born in Haifa 1979
Lives and works in Tel-Aviv-Yaffo

Academic Education
2017-19
* M.F.A. Bezalel Academy Of Art, Tel Aviv / Jerusalem
2005-09
* B.Ed.Des. Wizo Academy of Art, Design & Education, Haifa, (Department of Photography)   

        

Solo Exhibition


2022
* “Sometimes the heart asks strange things for itself” - KAV-16 Community Gallery For Contemporary Art
Tel-Aviv. (Crator by: Karni Barzilay)
2019
* And the sounds (sounded) far, far away - CACR. (Curated by Dr. Smadar Sheffi)
2018
* Blindfolded Landscapes - a duo exhibition with Dafna Shalom, P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv.
(Curated by Or Teshova)
2017
* looking back . gazing at the present - The Morel Derfler Gallery, Wizo Academy Haifa
2016  
* Machu Picchu - P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv. (Curated by ruth oppenheim)

Group Exhibitions


2023
* May Things Be? - The New Gallery – Artists' Studios Teddy, Jerusalem. Curated by Etty Schwartz
* Nerium oleander - Hanina Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Yoav Efrati

2022
* “Longing Be-longing:” On Post-Orientalist Influences in Contemporary Israeli Art.
Ras Al Khaimah Fine Arts Festival, United Arab Emirates. Curated by Sharom Toval

2021
* Bloodline: The Artist's Family - Litvak Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Hadas Glazer
* Fabrications - Azrieli Gallery, Jerusalem. Curated by Tali Kayam

2020
* kitchen knife cut - ZUZU Gallery, Emek-Hefer. Curated by Ruty Chinsky-amitay
* Weaves - Artspace Tel-Aviv. Curated by Dalia Danon

2019
* Hshuma חְשוּמָה حشومة - Mact/Cact, Bellinzona , Switzerland. Curated by Sharom Toval
* Surface / Volume / Place - galil gallery, Acre. Curated by Hagar Bril
* G/host - Petach Tikva Museum of Art. Curated by The MA program in the policy and theory of the arts at
Bezalel
* Breaker - Beit Ha-be'er, Jaffa- Tel-Aviv. Curated by Adiya Porat
* Compass - Beit Kandinof, Jaffa. Curated by Ruven Kuperman
* Jerusalem - Self Portrait - On The Seam - Contemporary Art Museum, Jerusalem. Curated by Raphie Etgar
* Photography, in Fact - Sklar Levy Gallery, Modi'in. Curated by Yair Barak

2018
* Placeless: following Jacqueline Kahanoff - The new Gallery in Musrara, Jerusalem.
Curated by Irena Gordon
* Hshuma חְשוּמָה حشومة - The Artists’ House, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Sharom Toval
* There is no other place - Fresh Paint 10, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Raz Shapira
* Mai Nafka Minnah? - MFA Gallery of Bezalel, Tel-Aviv
* 70.70.70 - Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara. CA. USA. Curated by Sagi Refael
* Re:Formation of the Jewish Body - American Jewish University, Bel Air, CA. USA. Curated by Sagi Refael

2017
* Art Market Budapest - Represented by P8 Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
* Beit Yad LeBanim- Indie Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Liav Mizrahi
* Talking paper - Fresh Paint 9 - Represented by Art Market Budapest, Tel-Aviv
* One of A kind - Fresh Paint 9 - Represented by the print hose, Tel-Aviv
* Aiming for touch (down) - P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Sagi Refael
* A Milion Traces - Indie Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Maya Zehavi

2016
* Clearing - Florentine Quartet - art space, Tel-Aviv
* Zaher Lulu زهر لولو זׇאהֶר לוּלוּ - Gate 3 Gallery, Haifa. Curated by Poli Blum
* Ego – Trip - P8 Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Tamar Lev-On

2014
* Fresh Paint 7 - The Annual Contemporary Art Fair. Tel-Aviv

2013
* Missing Hadar, Modern Architecture in Hader Ha-Carmel - Haifa Museum of Art. Curated by Inbar Dror Lax

2011
* Jaffa Salon of Photography - hangar 2 Gallery, Jaffa

2009
* Secret Art 4 - Manni hose – Leumi , Tel-Aviv
* Excellent Graduates Exhibition - Wizo Academy, hangar 2 Gallery, Jaffa
* Home - Apart. Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv. Curated by Rotem Ritov
* Photography Department Graduates Exhibition - Wizo Academy Gallery, Haifa

2008
* Bat-Galim - Documentary Photo Exhibition - Wizo Academy Gallery, Haifa. Curated by Yaakov Israel



Awards, Grants and Residencies
2018 The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation | Bezalel Academy Residency Program
2008-10 America – Israel creative excellence grants (sharett)

Collections
* The knesset Art Collection
* Amos Schocken Art Collection
* Private collections