Ilona Balaga
Information
Current
Solo- 17.5-21.8.21 Conventional Signs, Bar David Museum, Kibbutz Baram. Curator: Avi Ifargen
Group- 8.5-25.5.21 #ReclaimCulturalSurplus, OnCurating Project Space, Zurich
Born Israel 1990
Lives and works in Tel Aviv and London
Balaga's work derives from everyday stimulations, be it politics, aesthetics or personal life experiences.
Through her practice she explores and questions common knowledge, by subverting and re-examining representations, ideas and symbols, using different media ranging from video, drawing, photography, installation and sculpture.
Founder and manager of Balcont - independent non-profit art space on 53 Yehuda Halevi Street, Tel-Aviv
Education
2020-2022 MFA Slade school of the arts, UCL, London
2013-2016 BAFA Chelsea College of Art and Design, London
2011-2012 Hamidrasha College of Art, Israel
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Eye Of The Storm, Balcont, Tel Aviv. Curator: Yair Barak
2015 Titulus, Linea De Costa, Cadiz
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Colour/Collage/Poetry, Slade School of Fine Art, London (online exhibition)
2020 The Israeli Uncanny, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
Liquid Logic, Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
2019 The Refrigerator #3, The Refrigerator, Tel Aviv
2018 Shop it!, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
2017 Life Live, Cuckoo's Nest, Tel Aviv
Prime Time, Central Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016 Whatever Comes in Hand, Alliance House, Jerusalem
Liminal States, Gallery On the Corner, London
Breaking Borders, New River Studios, London
2015 Cells, The Old Police Station, London
INFINITY , Brixton Railway Arches, London
2014 In Between, A side B side Gallery, London
Slippers, Hoxton Basement , London
In Between, TIL The invisible line Gallery, London
Random Rules, La Culture, Tel Aviv
Awards & Residencies
2020 The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
2017-2018 Gabirol Project - subsidised studio from the Tel-Aviv Municipality
2015 Linea De Costa, Cadiz
Press & Publications
2021 Banditka Magazine - https://bit.ly/3vsKrVe
2020 Jerusalem Post - https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/culture/haifa-museum-presents-space-in-turmoil-in-response-to-coronavirus-644202
2019 Harama Magazine - http://manofim.org/harama/watch-the-future/#.XRPe3G8zbOQ
2018 Portfolio Magazine - https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/109553
Shop it! Haifa Museums, exhibition catalogue
2014 44 Degrees Magazine - https://issuu.com/44degrees/docs/44degrees5-2014/22
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