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

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

19.03.2021 ― 08.05.2021
Main space
Wild Pets
09.01.2020 ― 22.02.2020
Main space
Bitches
18.01.2018 ― 03.03.2018
Rosy project room
Long Fingers
18.01.2018 ― 03.03.2018
Main space
Lies and Washing Powder

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