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Toony Navok
Biographical Notes
Born in Tel Aviv, 1974
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
1995-99 - Department of Visual Communications, The Neri Bloomfield Academy of Design and Education (WIZO), Haifa
2004-05 - The Fifth Year Program for Young Artists, The College of Technology, Kalisher Campus, Tel Aviv
2005 - Master class: Anne Bray (USA), "Public Art in the City," MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv
2007-09 - MFA (magna cum laude), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv
2008 - Master class: Ernesto Pujol (USA-Cuba), as part of the seminar "(off) white city summer seminar," MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv (including participation in Pujol's performance Tzofia in Tel Aviv)
2009 - A4 Seminar, student exchange program, Glasgow School of Art
One-Person Exhibitions
2009 - "Tuxedo," as part of "Industry," graduate show of the Bezalel MFA Program, Hatachana (The Station), Tel Aviv (curator: Sarit Shapira)
2006 - "Frisbee," as part of the "SAF: Project for Young Artists," The Artists House, Tel Aviv (curator: Orly Hoffman)
Group Exhibitions
2009 - "From Laboratory to Project," Neues Museum, Weimar
- "Universal Circus Ltd.: City Performances," ArtTLV_09: the 2nd Tel Aviv-Yafo Biennial, Neve Tzedek Tower Complex, Tel Aviv (curators: Edna Moshenson and Maayan Sheleff)
- "Rainbows & Sandstorms," Sara Asperger Gallery, Berlin
- "Snakes and Ladders," Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv (curator: Sari Golan)
- "There Must be More to It Than This," Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv (curator: Ma'ayan Sheleff)
- "A4," The Art Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art
2008 - "Flock," as part of the MFA Program, Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv (curator: Helen de Main)
- "Educated," The Classroom Gallery, Ironi Hey High School, Tel Aviv (curators: Noa Gross and Inbal Timor)
2007 - "The Rear: The 1st Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art," Herzliya, Israel (curator: Joshua Simon)
- "High Command," office building on Lilienblum Street, Tel Aviv (curator: Hadas Keidar)
- "The Hidden Viewer of Israeli Art," The Art Gallery, Tmu-Na Theater, Tel Aviv (curator: Ma'ayan Amir)
- "RockArt," Mishkenaot Sha'ananim Center, Jerusalem (curator: Sari Golan)
2005 - "Blurrr 5: The 5th Biennial of Performance Art," The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (curator: Sergio Edelsztein)
- "Conspiracy," as part of the Fifth Year Program for Young Artists, The Gallery of the College of Technology, Kalisher Campus, Tel Aviv (curator: Gilad Ophir)
2003 - "Blurrr 4: The 4th Biennial of Performance Art," The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (curator: Sergio Edelsztein)
- "Art Factory," Chelouche House, Tel Aviv (curator: Aya Zaidel)
2001 - "Artik 3: America-Israel Cultural Foundation Awards," The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University (curator: Sorin Heller)
2000 - "Artik 2: America-Israel Cultural Foundation Awards," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
Scholarships and Awards
2009 - "Excellence grant," MFA Graduate Show, MFA Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv
2006 - Grant for a one-person exhibition, Joshua Rabinowitz Foundation, Tel Aviv
2001 - The Dan Zakhem Prize for the Advancement of
Interdisciplinary Arts in Israel, Ensemble 209, Shelter 209, Tel Aviv
- The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
2000 - The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
Editing and Curatorship
2009 - Co-curator, "Herzliya 2009: The 2nd Herzliya Biennial," Herzliya
Since 2007 - Co-editor of Picnic Art Magazine, Tel Aviv (with Adi Englman and Meir Kordevani)
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