Izabella
Volovnik

biography

Born in Israel, 1995
Lives and works in Tel Aviv Website Instagram Artsy

Volovnik (b. 1995), graduated from Hamidrasha Beit Berl School of Art with a B.e.d.F.a A winner of the Dean’s Award and Raffi Lavie Award in 2017 and 2018. A winner of Israel Museum’s award for chosen graduate exhibitions (2015). Participated in Zoom 2019 – Young Israeli Artists, at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv (in collaboration with Israel Museum, Jerusalem), and in the exhibition “Shop It!” at The Haifa Museum of Art (2018). Had a one-person exhibition “Bitchcraft” at The Haifa Museum of Art. In 2018 Volovnik had her one-person show “Long Fingers” in our project space (Rosy) in conjunction with her two person show with Zamir Shatz “Lies and Washing Powder” in the main space.

selected works

  • Not Today, 2021, oil on canvas, 100x140 cm

  • Emotional Support Tabs, 2023, oil on linen, 150x120 cm, Photo by Maya Zehavi

  • Untitled (confide in me), 2023, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Hannale in her Sabbath Dress, 2023, oil on linen, 150x120 cm, Photo by Maya Zehavi

  • Conscience Calls, 2022, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Baltusian Tendencies, 2023, oil on linen, 120x150 cm

  • Bad Bitches Link Up, 2021, oil on canvas, 135x90 cm

  • Its ok just give it back, 2023, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Hungry Tired Longing Gargoyle, 2024, Aluminum air dry clay acrylic paint

  • Reverse Cowgirl (No More Tricks in My Hat), 2023, Aluminum, air dry clay, acrylic paint

  • Still life with a dirty mind, 2023, oil on cotton, 90x120 cm

  • Clifford could have never, 2023, oil on linen, 50x70 cm

  • Mood babylonia, 2023, oil on linen, 60x100 cm

  • Untitled (mole), 2023, oil on cotton, 100x60 cm

  • Untitled, 2023, oil on linen, 100x70 cm

  • Hope This Email Finds You Well, 2022, oil on canvas, 100x140 cm

  • Night talk with a smoking moon, 2032, oil on linen, 100x140 cm

  • HaEynaim Shel Hamedina eyes of the state, 2022, oil on linen, 60x80 cm

  • Fire Walk With Me, 2022, oil on linen, 50x70 cm

  • Gorilla Girl a teacher, 2022, oil on linen, 50x70 cm

  • Barbie Dog, 2023, 3D printed polyurethane and hand painted with acrylic

  • If I Had A Tail gazing lone enough into the abyss, 2021, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Nas ne Dagonyat, 2021, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Not today demon I have plans, 2021, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Hannale in her Sabbath Dress, 2021, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Incognito Mode, 2021, charcoal on paper, 30x40 cm

  • Untitled 2021 oil on canvas 90×90 cm

  • Armed to the Teeth temporary name, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 47x31 cm

  • Pretty in Pink, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 28x28 cm

  • Little Miss Furious, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 29x29 cm

  • BIG SMILE, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 39x26 cm

  • Smile bitch, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 27x36 cm

  • Slow Heavy Metal, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper 28×29 cm

  • Still A Better Love Story Than Twilight, 2021, acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 33x23 cm

  • This Could Be Us But Youre Playin, 2020, oil on canvas, 100x120 cm

  • After Gericaults Buttocks, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60x40 cm

  • Childhood Memory, 2019, oil on canvas, 50x35 cm

  • Conans Unit, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60x90 cm

  • The National Hero, 2019, Oil on canvas, 90×60 cm

  • K9 Unit, 2019, Oil on canvas, 40x50 cm

  • Fight the Power, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60x90 cm

  • Jockey, 2019, Oil on canvas, 50x40 cm

  • Neomi and Simcha RIP, 2019, Oil on canvas, 90×60 cm

  • Old Lady with a Rottweiler, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120x80 cm

  • Protect Me from What I Want, 2019, Oil on canvas, 40x30 cm

  • Pureberd, 2019, Oil on canvas, 55x45 cm

  • Quartet, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120x90 cm

  • The Gang, 2019, Oil on canvas, 60x40 cm

  • Cerberus, 2019, Oil on canvas, 70x50 cm

  • Compensating, 2019, Oil on canvas, 35x50 cm

  • Damaged Goods, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120x80 cm

  • Every Me and Every You, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120x80 cm

  • Ferfection, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120x80 cm

  • Good Girl, 2019, Oil on canvas, 40x50 cm

  • Israeli Girls, 2019, Oil on canvas, 40x50 cm

  • Longface, 2019, Oil on canvas, 50x35 cm

  • Metalhead Uses Pupper to Get Laid, 2019, Oil on canvas, 100x120 cm

  • Officer Arent Dogs Allowed on a Leash, 2019, Oil on canvas, 40x50 cm

  • Streetfood, 2019, Oil on canvas, 50x35 cm

  • The Antichrist, 2019, Oil on canvas, 120×100 cm

  • The Jewish Princess, 2019, Oil on canvas, 30×40 cm

  • The Painted Wolf, 2019, Oil on canvas, 90×60 cm

  • Untitled, 2019, oil on canvas, 90x60 cm

  • Izabella Volovnik, Boazs Kima, 2020, gouache on paper, 21x15 cm

  • Izabella Volovnik, Kima and Michal Arad, 2020, gouache on paper, 21x15 cm

  • Expensive Brother, 2020, oil on canvas, 40x30 cm

  • Hold Me, 2020, Gouache acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 27x26 cm

  • Knife Party, 2020, gouache acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 15x20 cm

  • PROM QUEEN, 2020, gouache on paper, 20x15 cm

  • Whenever Someone Dares to Call Me Cute, 2020, gouache acrylic and colored oil pencils on paper, 27.5 x 21.5 cm

  • K.O Tribute to Jenny Saville, 2020, gouache and acrylic on paper, 20x28 cm

  • ARGH 2019 oil on canvas 50×30 cm

  • Tongue on Shoulder, 2019, oil on canvas, 50x35 cm

  • Trunk, 2017, Pigment print on archival paper, 100x70 cm

  • Mansplain, 2017, Pigment print on archival paper, 21x30 cm

  • Push and Pull, 2017, Pigment print on archival paper, H 160 cm

  • Scrolling, 2016, Video, Detail

  • Shooting Lesson 2, 2017, Oil on canvas, 100x150 cm

  • Aluvera Baby, 2017, Oil On canvas, 200x133cm

  • Give in the Nose, 2017, Oil on canvas, 200x133 cm

  • Eddies Night, 2017, Oil on canvas, 71x100 cm

  • Painting a Friend, 2017, Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm

  • Shoot Habibti, 2017, Oil on canvas, 150x100 cm

  • Shooting Training, 2017, Oil on canvas, 200x85 cm

  • The Dark Web, 2017, Oil on canvas, 80x120 cm

selected exhibitions

05.07.2024 ― 31.08.2024
Main space

Good Morning Sunshine

group exhibition

05.01.2024 ― 24.02.2024
Main space

On Hold

group exhibition

26.08.2023 ― 16.09.2023
Offsite projects

Dancing With The Devil

group exhibition

24.02.2022 ― 05.03.2022
Main space

POP-UP Exhibition

group exhibition

14.05.2021 ― 03.07.2021
Main space

PROJECT ROOTS

group exhibition

17.07.2020 ― 29.08.2020
Main space

Ground Control

group exhibition

27.02.2020 ― 16.05.2020
Main space

Memorandum of Understanding

group exhibition

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Education
2015—2018: BFA, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College
2013: Thelma-Yellin school of arts, Givatayim

Awards and Scholarships
2021: Rappaport Acquisitions, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2021: Corona Diaries, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2018: AICF — America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2018: Dean award of excellence, Hamidrasha School of Art
2017: Dean award of excellence, Hamidrasha School of Art
2015: Youth Department, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2013: Thelma-Yellin School of Arts, Givatayim

Solo Exhibitions
2022: If I Had a Tail, Art Cube Artists’ Studios R.A., Jerusalem
2021: Wild Pets, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2020: Bitches, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2020: Bitchcraft, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
2018: Lies and Washing Powder, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2018: Long Fingers, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2016: Neo Violent, Hadassa Academic college, Jerusalem

Group Exhibitions
2023: Unpredictable Freedom, Galleria 51 – The Municipal Gallery of Modiin
2023: Composed Humanity, Beit Kandinof, Tel Aviv
2022: Days Beyond Time – Artists Meet Testimony, Emek HaMaayanot Regional Council
2022: Mouth-to-Mouth, Trumpeldor Gallery
2022: Days Beyond Time – Artist Meets Testimony, “Herzliya” Hebrew Gymnasium, Tel Aviv
2022: Days Beyond Time – Artist Meets Testimony, Beit Theresienstadt (Beit Terezin), Kibbutz Givat Haim Ichud
2021: Skein, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
2021: Bread and Roses (13), Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2021: Skein (New Acquisitions by the Rappaport Foundation), Tel-Aviv Museum of Art
2021: Project Roots, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2021: Wild Pets, triple show with Noa Ironic and Elad Rosen, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2020: Bread and Roses (12), Bread and Roses Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2020: The Bathers, Library of Haifa’s University, Haifa
2020: Ground Control, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2020: Here are all the Flowers, Koresh 14
2020: Epos — International Art Film Festival, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2020: Memorandum of Understanding, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv
2019: Lighthouse x Hotel Utopia x Fresh Paint, Brown Hotel, Tel Aviv
2019: Zoom 2019 — Young Israeli Artists, Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv
2018: Shop it!, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
2018: Hanky & Powder Puff, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv
2017: Six Days Se7en Sins, Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015: On the Verge, Youth Department, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Press

  • Portfolio
    Author: Hagit Peleg Rotem

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  • Haaretz
    Author: Uzi Zur

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  • Calcalist
    Author: Reut Barnea

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  • Mako
    Author: Sharon Golan Meiri

    “Bitch” is not a bad word

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  • Portfolio
    Author: Reut Barnea

    A scratch is a type of drawing on the body

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  • Calcalist
    Author: Reut Barnea

    An interview with Izabella Volovnik

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  • TimeOut
    Author: Meital Raz

    Izabella Volovnik

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  • Artsin Square

    Selected Artist – Izabella Volovnik

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  • Haaretz
    Author: Ofir Hovav

    The exhibition “Three Scratch Marks and a Love Letter” brings the viewer together with female monsters

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  • Haaretz
    Author: Avi Pitchon

    Women Make History

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