Personal:
Date of birth: 1948
Place of birth: Hadera, Israel
Raised and educated on Kibbutz Ein Hachoresh
Married + 2 sons
Education:
1972-1975 - New York Studio School with Philip Guston, Jack Tworkow
and Mercedes Matte
Professional Highlights:
Selected One-Man Exhibitions
1975 “Paintings from New-York” Artists House, Jerusalem
1978 “Landscape Drawings: A Bird’s Eye View”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1979 “Desert”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1981 “Houses in Gaza”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1983 “Images”: Paintings according to “Lego”, Gordon Gallery,
Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1985 “Meet an Israeli Artist”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
“Portraits”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1988 “Landscapes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1990 “Jerusalem Scenes”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1992 “A Girl in a Room”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv
1995 “End of 1995”, Bineth Gallery, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1996 “Eretz”, N.A.F.I. Gallery, New York
1997 “Eretz”, Yale University, New Haven
1998 “Eretz – Landscapes of Israel”, Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery,
Washington, DC, co-sponsored by the Embassy of Israel for the
50th anniversary of the State of Israel
1998 “Port”, Haifa Museum, Ashdod Museum (catalogue)
2000 “Orchards”, Artspace, Jerusalem
“Haystacks”, Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 “The Human Side” David Yellin college of Education, Jerusalem
2002 “Landscapes 1978-2002”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan (book)
2002 “Seascapes”, Gallery on the Cliff, Netanya
2005 “New York Landscapes”, Bineth Gallery Tel Aviv
2006 May 4 "The Mountain and the Sea", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
2007 January "GilboaTabor", Museum of Art, Ein Harod
2007 May "Wadi Tabor", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
2007 "New York Paintings", George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
2008 "In the Presence of a Cliff". Ben Gurion University of the Negev (catalogue)
2010 "New York painting" ", Bineth Gallery, Tel Aviv
Book - " New York Painting" 2001-2010
2010 "Observation" - 30 years of observing and painting landscape, Artist's House, Jerusalem
2011 "The Landscapes: Jerusalem and Beit Shean", Roe Green Gallery, Cleveland
2012 "Little Format" Bineth gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 "Exteriors: Michael Kovner", 2011-2012, JCC Manhatten
"Ezekiel's World" Stage Premiere, Thursday, February 7, 8:00 p.m., JCC Manhattan Auditorium
Written and illustrated by Michael Kovner. Adapted for the stage
2015 February 26 - The Abba Kovner's museum opened at Givat Haviva.
March 19 - Theatre play "Ezekiel" based on Michael Kovner's graphic novel, at the Khan Theatre .
March - graphic novel "Ezekiel's World" published by "Cohel publishing house"
2019 June - Bochum, Germany - Part of FAMILY STORY - 6 Israeli and Palestinian-Israeli artists on family stories.
Michael is given an entire floor for display. The exhibition is mainly about the book "The World of Ezekiel".
2020 June - Ein Harod Art Museum - "Michael Kovner - Gazing at Parallel Streams”
2022 February - Gordon Gallery Jerusalem - IMAGES II
Selected Group Exhibitions
1981 “Israeli Prints from the Burston Graphic Center”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem (catalogue)
1981 “A Turning Point”, Twelve Israeli Artists, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art,
Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1983 “The Negev in Israeli Art”, Ben Gurion University of the Negev (catalogue)
1987 “Towards a New Realism”, The Ashdot-Ya’acov Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot -
Ya’acov (catalogue)
1988 “Fresh Paint”, the Younger Generation in Israeli Art, Tel-Aviv Museum
of Art, Tel-Aviv (catalogue)
1991 “Mountains Round About”, Jerusalem in Israeli Printmaking from the Seventies and the
Eighties, exhibition sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of
Education and Culture (catalogue)
1992 “Tribute to Ayala Zacks”, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994 “The Printer’s Imprint”, Twenty Years of the Jerusalem Print Workshop,
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (catalogue)
1995 “Autumn Gallery”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
1996-7 “The Jewish Continuity”, Jewish Museum, New York
1997 “Landscapes”, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat-Gan
1998 “50/50” - Fifty Israeli Artists for Israel’s Fiftieth Anniversary, Jewish Museum, San Francisco
2001 “Collection +”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 “Marked Landscapes” Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheba
2004 “Our Landscapes”, University of Haifa, Haifa
2005 March 10 “The continuous Mark: "40 years of the New York Studio School
Part 2, 1972-1978”, New York
2009 "Matter of the Heart": A selection from David Azrieli Collection. Tel Aviv
Museum. (book)
2009 "A Selection of Israeli Art: from the Gaby and Ami Brown Collection".
Museum of Art, Ein Harod (book)
Galleries in USA
2003-2010 George Krevsky Gallery, San Francisco
Public Works
Mural - Electricity Company, Jerusalem, Painting on ceramic tiles, 6X4 m., 1997
Mural - Beit-Ha’Oved, Haifa painting on ceramic tiles, 2.5X20 m., 1998
Mural - “Denmark” High School, Jerusalem, oil on wood, 3.4X5 m., 1979
Selected Collections
Jewish Museum, New York
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Haifa Museum
The Open Museum, Tefen
The President’s Residence, Jerusalem
Fellowships
1984 Awarded fellowship to study in New York by the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation.
