Lena Zaidel
Born in 1962, St. Petersburg, Russia (FSU)
Immigrated to Israel Jan. 1976
with her parents Olga and Felix Rabinovich
Married to artist Oded Zaidel 1989
Daughter Neta born 1992
Lives and works in Jerusalem since 1990
Education
1988 – Continuing education at Bezalel Academy of Art and
Design Jerusalem
1987 – Graduate of the Department of Graphic Design, Bezalel Academy of Art and Desigh Jerusalem
Courses and Programs
2000-2003 – The MOFET Institute for Educators, Tel Aviv
2000-2004 – Arcane School of Universal Spirituality, Geneva
1997-2003 – Meditation, Teacher Training in Psychic Reading,Hechal – Jerusalem Center for Universal Spirituality
1980-1981 – Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism,
Center for Kabbalah Research, Tel Aviv
Work
1989 – 2001 – Founded and managed a studio for visual communications
Teaching (Drawing, Illustration, Basic Design)
1999 – Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem
Since 1997 – Private drawing lessons
1994 – Bezalel Academy for Art and Design Jerusalem
1993-1995 – Ort College, Jerusalem
1993-1994 – Hadassah College, Jerusalem
1991-2007 – Emunah College, Jerusalem
1989-1990 – Meimad School, Tel Aviv
Instruction (Meditation, Psychic Reading)
2007-2008 – Feng Shui Academy, “East-West” School, Tel Aviv
2001-2009 – Feng-Shui Academy, Schuster Center, Ramat Aviv
Collections
The Janco Dada Museum, 2019
The Israel Museum Jerusalem, Drawing & Prints Department, 2015
Gideon Ofrat Collection, The Levin Foundation for Israeli Art, 2013
Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, 2007
Tzipi Weitzman, 2023
Lena Keshman, 2018
Ronen and Jasmin Siman Tov, 2017
Boris Yuhvetz, 2017
Mirit Chervinski, 2016
Ola Preminger, 2016
Irina and Alex Vernik, 2014
Lena and Leonid Zeiger, 2013
Peter Kriksunov, 2013
Dima Noff, 2013
Ira and Michael Grobman, 2013
Lena and Asaf Pasternak, 2012
Yosef David, 2010
Lena and Alon Goldman, 2010
Elena Gendelev-Kurilov, 2008
Michail Gendelev, 2008
Rutty and Yuval Weitzman, 2003
Nurit and Ofer Levy, 2003
Yael and Zohar Moskovich, 2003
Vered and Amir Bitan, 2003
Dafna and Zeev Goldberg, 2003
Elena Tolstoy and Michael Weisskopf, 2000
Yoram Halevy, 2000
Mikhal and Tristan Troudart, 1999
Dasha Mitina, 1999
Naama and Efraim Zaidel,1998
Neta Peleg, Haifa, 1990
Farideh and Said Golbahar, 1987
Igor Gurevich, 1984
Exhibition Curated
2021 – Neopostism? Neosent?, Group Exhibition, Agripas 12 Gallery,
Jerusalem; Curators: Lena Zaidel, Sasha Okun
2021 – The Artists of Agripas 12 Gallery´s: Homage to Moshe Castel, Group Exhibition, The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Ma´ale Adumim; Curators: Lena Zaidel, Osnat Shapira,
2021 – Natasha Kuznetsova, Everyone is at Home, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2018 – The Artist´s Family, Group Exhibition, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators: Lena Zaidel, Yossi Waxman
2017 – Mikhael Yakhilevich, The Wanderer, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2016 – Ruth Schreiber, Beyond Rubies, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2015 – Nadia Adina Roze, The Earthy Sky-2, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2014 – Oded Zaidel, The Factory Yard, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2014 – Sasha Okun and Ronen Siman Tov, Shoshana and Mordechai Ish-Shalom Awards, CREDO, The artist as a Private Detective, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2013 – Nadia Adina Rose, The Earthy Sky, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2013 – Michael Yakhilevich, An Air Siren, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2012 – Natasha Kuznetzova, For Whom the Music is Playing,
Ha´Bait Ha´Adom Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 – Michael Yakhilevich, Bon Voyage, The Artist´s House Jerusalem
2010 – Natasha Kuznetsova, A Different Reality, The Artist´s House Jerusalem
2010 – Four Walls, Group Exhibition, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2008 – Oded Zaidel, Romema-Talpiot, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
2007 – New Members, Group Exhibition, with Oded Zaidel,
The Artist´s House, Jerusalem
2005 – Oded Zaidel, Ziurnoff (Landscape Painting),
Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem
Spesial Projects
2016 – Publication of Michail Gendelev´s poems “In the Gardens of Allah”,
Keshev Publishing House, Tel-Aviv; Translated to Hebrew by Lena Zaidel
2014 – Publication of Michail Grobman´s poems; Literaly Review GAG (N32); Translated to Hebrew by Lena Zaidel
2013 – Publication of M.Grobman´s poems “Liberty Arrives Naked”; Translated to Hebrew by Lena Zaidel; “Keshev” Publishing House, Tel Aviv
2012 – Animation film for M.Gendelev´s poem
2010-2021 – Producing and montage of documentary videos
2011-2012 – Publication of M.Gendelev´s and M.Grobman´s poems in Literary Review “Ktovet 4” & “Ktovet 5”; Translated to Hebrew by Lena Zaidel
2010-2011 – Translation of Grobman´s & M.Gendelev´s Poetry (from Russian to Hebrew) by Lena Zaidel
2008-2013 – Chief of the Exhibition Board at The Jerusalem Artists´ House
Awards
2016 – Shoshana Ish-Shalom Award for Artwork
1987 – Design Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem for designing the Poster for Israel´s 39th Anniversary
1983 – Young Artists Scholarship, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
(Keren Sharet Foundation)
Solo Exhibitions
2025 – The Wolves´ Song, Artists´ House Tel-Aviv; Curator: Anat Gorel-Rorberger (Catalog)
2023 – Upside-Down Objects, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Oded Zaidel
2020 – Homage, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Batsheva Dori
2015 – Almost Paradise, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Oded Zaidel
2013 – Wolves of the Gospel, The Gallery Kibbutz Be´eri; Curator: Ziva Jelin
2013 – Street Wolves, The Jerusalem Artists´ House; Curator: Albert Suisa, additional text: Gideon Ofrat (Catalog)
2007 – All the Places Are Holy – II, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curator: Oded Zaidel (Catalog)
2006 – All the Places Are Holy, Al Ha-Tzuk Gallery, Netanya;
Curator: Monica Lavy (Catalog)
2003 – Wolves, The Jerusalem Artists´ House; Curator: Tami Bezalely (Booklet)
2000 – Demeter, Antea Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Rita Mendes-Flohr
1999 – Painted Friends, Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem;
Curator: Oded Zaidel
Duo Exhibitions (with Oded Zaidel)
2019 – I Had a Dream…Janco, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod; Curator: Rina Genussov
2016 – Lena and Other Animals, Panoramas, Tova Ossman Gallery,Tel-Aviv;
Curator: Lena Zaidel
2012 – The Monastery, The Surface, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curator: Yonatan Amir
2012 – Jerusalem Panorama, The Migdal David Gallery, Tel-Aviv; Curator: David Sharir
2009 – Nina Gallery, Gilo, Jerusalem; Curator: Boris Lekar
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 – Young and Old Masters. Miriam Gamburd Hosts Drawing Artists. The Artists House, Tel-Aviv; Curator: Arie Berkovitz, Curator Assistant: Adi Rose (Catalog)
2024 – Who´s (still) Afraid of a Bad Wolf, The Artists´ House Tel-Aviv;
Curator: Anat Gorel-Rorberger
2024 – A Valuable Papers, Arthura Gallery, Rupin Academic Center, Emek Hafer; Curator: Mirit Chervinski
2024 – Through & Beyond Paper, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curator: Loti Gombosh (Catalog)
2023 – Tell Me More, One Thousand Shoshkes, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art; Curators: Shua Ben Ari, Yuval Saar (Catalog)
2023 – Running with the Wolves – Version 2023, Re´ut Artist´s House, Re´ut;
Curator: Tal Gelfer (Catalog)
2022 – My Childhood Album, Gordon College of Education, Haifa;
Curator: Rina Genussov
2022 – Spatial Action, Agripas 12 & Marie Galleries, Jerusalem;
Curator: Dr. Nava T. Barazani (Catalog)
2022 – Lena, Oded & Neta Zaidel: My Family and Other Animals,The Gallery for Israeli Art at the Tivon Memorial Curator: Michal Shacnai-Yakobi (Booklet)
2021 – Neopostism? Neosent?, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curators: Lena Zaidel, Sasha Okun (Catalog)
2022 – A House on the Bridge, Museum Kaiserswerth, Dusseldorf, Germany; Curators: Dr. Barbara Grotcomp-Shepes, Elena Wohlreich, Dina Blich (Catalog)
2022 – The Artists of Agripas 12 Gallery´s: Homage to Moshe Castel, The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Ma´ale Adumim; Curators: Lena Zaidel, Osnat Shapira
2020 – A House in Ein Hod, Ein Hod Gallery; Curator: Yossi Waxman (Catalog)
2022 – Vienna 1900, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curators: Rina Peled, Max Epstein (Catalog)
2019 – L.H.O.O.Q., The Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod;
Curators: Raya Zomer-Tal, Rachel Toren
2022 – “Reshumon”, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem, Curators: Bitya Rosenak, Gabi Yair
2022 – Fresh Paint 11, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas 12 Gallery, Tel-Aviv;
Curator: Hagai Segev
2022 – “…A Sex Life or the Kingdom of Heaven?”, Works from the collection of Michail Grobman, The Lobby Art Space, Tel-Aviv; Curators: Chana Kofler, Orit Mor
2022 – Her Dress, Her Symbol, Antea Revisited, Agripas 12 Gallery, Marie Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators: Nomi Tannhauser, Rita Mendes-Flor
2018 – Manofim Festival, The Artist´s book of Agripas 12, Jerusalem;
Curator: Shoshi Averbuch
2018 – The Artist´s Family, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curators: Lena Zaidel, Yossi Waxman
2018 – The Artist´s book of Agripas 12, TLV, Tel Aviv; Curator: Shoshi Averbuch
2018 – Fantasy, Sadnaot Gallery Yavne;
Curators: Lilach Abramsky-Arazi, Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar
2017 – Manofim, Salon Hacubia, Jerusalem;
Curators: Ela Cohen Vansover, Dan Orimian
2018 – Between Covered and Discovered, Skeeze Gallery, Beyt Ot Ha-Mutzar, Jerusalem; Curators: Bitya Rosenak, Gabi Yair
2018 – Like a Whisper, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curators: Alejandra Okret, Doron Adar
2018 – Night Sailing, “Makom le Omanut” Gallery, TLV, Tel-Aviv;
Curator: Shoshi Averbuch
2018 – Between sacred and profane, Skeeze Gallery, Beyt Ot Ha-Mutzar, Jerusalem; Curators: Bitya Rosenak, Gabi Yair
2016 – Bestiary, Skeeze Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators: Marina Genkina, Marina Shelest
2015 – Ghosts and Demons, The New Gallery, Jerusalem; Curator: Max Epstein
2015 – Beuys, Beuys, Beuys, Meshuna Gallery, Tel-Aviv; Curator: Liav Mizrahi
2012 – The Dark Side, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curators: Sara-Nina Meridor, Oded Zaidel
2012 – Mother Tonge – National Language, Beyt Yad-Le´Banim Gallery, Rishon Le´Zion; Curator: Keren Wisshouse, (Catalog)
2012 – Fresh Paint-5, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas12 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 – Footsteps in the Desert, Beery Gallery (The artists of Agripas12 Gallery & the artists from Phoenix, Arizona); Curator: Ziva Jelin
2012 – Jerusalem – Sacred and profane, Stern Gallery, Tel Aviv;
Curator: Debby Luzia
2011 – Fresh Paint-4, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas 12 Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 – The lie of the land, The Diaghilev Hotel, Tel Aviv; Curator: Tamar Tadmor
2010 – Wolf, Wolf!, Beit Kener, Rishon LeZion; Curator: Efi Gen (Catalog)
2010 – Fresh Paint-3, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv
2010 – Four Walls, Agripas 12 Gallery (Boris Yuhvetz, Tenno Pent Sooster, Lena & Oded Zaidel) Jerusalem; Curator: Lena Zaidel
2010 – Traces IV, The 4th Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The Jerusalem Artists´ House;
Chief Curator: Tamar Manor Fridman (Catalog)
2009 – Soul-Searching, High Touch Gallery, Herzliya; Curator: Dafna Naor
2008 – Antea Darom, Kaye Academic College of Education, Beersheva;
Curators: Rita Mendes-Flohr, Nomi Tannhauser
2008 – Manofim Project, Broken Phone, The Artists Workshops, Jerusalem
2008 – Manofim Project, Edges ,The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem,
Curator : Yosi Davara, (Catalog)
2008 – Jerusalem – Surface Fractures, The Jerusalem Artists ´House;
Curators : Israel Hadany, Zvi Tolkovsky, Hedva Shemesh (Catalog)
2007 – The Desert Generation, The Jerusalem Artists´ House, The Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv; Organizers: Larry Abramson, David Tartakover , Saliman Mantzur, David Reev
2007 – Traces III, The 3rd Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The Jerusalem Artists´ House; Chief Curator: Dalia Manor, (Catalog)
2007 – The Alchemists, The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem;
Curator: Shoshi Averbukh (Catalog)
2006 – Ebb and Flow, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;
Curators: Doron Livne, Oded Zaidel
2005 – Traces II, The 2nd Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The Jerusalem Artists´ House; Curator: Dror Burnstein (Catalog)
2004 – The 4th International Biennale of Drawing, Pilsen, Czech Republic, (Catalog)
2004 – Place for Contemporary Art, High Touch Gallery, Herzliya;
Curator: Daphna Naor
2002 – New Members Exhibition, The Jerusalem Artists´ House;
Curators: Yemima Ergas, Nomi Tannhauser
1995 – Poetic Images, The Jerusalem Artists´ House (Catalogue)
1987 – Leviathan Group, Performance and Installation: Messiah, Jerusalem;
Curator: Michail Grobman
1985 – Leviathan Group, Performance: Khlebnikov 100, Tel Aviv;
Curator: Michail Grobman
1982 – From Symbol to Technology, Leviathan Group, The Jerusalem Theatre,
Curator: Michael Grobman(Catalog)