Lena Gomon
Born 1978 in Ukraine. Lives and works in Ashdod
Education
2009–11
MFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Tel Aviv
2005–09
BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Solo exhibition
2016
“Foxes Hills”, Bezalel Photography Prize #2, Jerusalem; Curator: Dor Gez
2016
“Enantiodromia”, Ashdod Art Museum; Curators: Yuval Beaton, Roni Cohen-Binyamini
Couple exhibition
2022
"Final Cut", Lena Gomon / Kobi Amiel, Indie Collaborative Photography, Tel Aviv
Group exhibitions
2025
"Victory Pictures", Studio Ankori, Aza 13, Jaffa; Curator: Yehezkel Lazarov
"Urgent Matters", Tarbut Gallery, Mavo Sam Spiegel 4, Jerusalem; Curators: Oz Zaluf, Rotem Amitai
2024
"On High & Steep Cliffs", Al ha Tzuk Gallery, Natanya, Curator: Revital Silverman Grun
2022
"Art Aid Israel Ukraine", Sotheby's Tel Aviv; Curators: Meital Manor, Larry Abramson
2021
"Crossroads", Beit Michal, Rehovot; Curator: Michal BarOr
"Introduce Yourself", Kliger - Fine Art Photography & Friends, Sweden; Curator: Asaf Kliger
2019
"Violence from home", Afula Gallery; Curator: Oz Zloof
"Barbur 54", Tel-Aviv
Efrat Galnoor’s Project, “The Road to Ein Harod”, Tapuah Pais, Taybeh
2018
Basis for Art & Culture; Curator: Shlomit Breuer
2017
“Anthology: New in Museum's collection”, Ashdod Art Museum
“Landscape carpets”, The Diaghilev, Tel Aviv; Curators: Binimov Esh Timna & Moshe
2016
Permanent exhibition at Jerusalem’s Magistrate Court
“Anonymous: Urban Life in Contemporary Photography,” Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Curator: Pauline Martin
"Demonstration", Aza 13, Tel-Aviv; Curator: Yehezkel Lazarov
"International Photography Festival", Jaffa Port; Vacuum, Rea Ben-David, Etty Schwartz
"Center of gravity", The Djanogly Visual Arts Center, Jerusalem; Curator: Galia Eini
2015
“The Hinder Sea: Israeli Art and the Sea,” Ashdod Art Museum; Curator: Roni Cohen-Binyamini
2014
“Plans for the Future,” Blackbox, outdoors exhibition, Jerusalem; Curators: Assaf Cohen, Yitzhak Mizrahi, Tal Gilad
“Art Lesson: Works from the Museum Collection,” Ashdod Art Museum
2013
“Concrete Abstract,” BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv; Curator: Jonathan Touitou
“First Date,” Indie Gallery, Tel Aviv; Curator: Ronit Porat
“Traces 5: The 5th Biennale for Drawing,” Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators: Masha Zusman, Avi Sabah
2012
“Fresh Paint 5,” Tel Aviv; Curators: Yifat Gurion, Matan Dauba
“Salon d'Automne Israel 2012,” Hangar 1, Jaffa Port
2011
“Israeli Fabric,” The Knesset, Jerusalem; Curators: Timna Seligman, Nirith Nelson, Levia Stern
“Yafo-Tel Aviv 2011: MFA graduates,” Hangar 2, Jaffa Port; Raphael Zagury-Orly, Gil Marco-Shani, Yossi Berger
“Bezalel in Ashdod,” Commercial Center Aleph, Ashdod; Curators: Noa Zait, Nir Evron, Noa Sadka
2010
“reGeneration2: Tomorrow’s Photographers Today,” Musée de l'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Curators: William A. Ewing, Nathalie Herschdorfer
“Family Romance,” Bezalel Gallery, Tel Aviv; Curator: Ruti Director
2009
“Photography and Desire,” Open Museum of Photography, Tel-Hai Industrial Park; Curator from Bezalel: Miki Kratsman
“100 years of Bezalel,” Orangerie du Sénat – Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris; Universität der Künste, Berlin; Curator: Yona Fischer
“Dreary Structures, Dreamy Structures,” Ashdod Art Museum; Curator: Yona Fischer
“Maror,” The Photography Department Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem; Curator: Asaf Kliger
Awards and Scholarships
2016
Bezalel Photography Prize #2
Mifal HaPais grant for Art exhibition in Israel
2013
Ashdod Award in the Field of Visual Arts
2010
The Presser Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
MFA Program Encouragement Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
TA Scholarship, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2009
Schneidinger Award, Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2008
Academic Excellence Award, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
2007
Friends of Bezalel Prize
2006
Revital Seri Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
