Born: 1975, Jerusalem, Israel
Sharon Etgar lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Educated at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem 1997 – 2001, and then at the Jerusalem Studio School for Painting and Drawing (JSS) 2003 – 2007,Etgar also spent three summers studying with JSS in Italy at the International School of Painting and Drawing at Montecastello di Vibio, Umbria.
Teaching:
2013-2017 The Bezalel Academy of Arst and Design
2007 –2013 The Jerusalem Studio School for painting and drawing
2010-2011 The Jerusalem Studio School, summer program, Tuscany, Italy
Solo Exhibitions:
2015 Recent works, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2013 ‘Thread Drawings’, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2012 Recent works, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2011 Sharon Etgar: Collage, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2010 Oils and Papers, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Group Exhibitions:
2017 ‘Since the Breath of Primeval Time’, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2017 ‘Lacuna’, Taylor Galleries, Dublin
2016 ‘Recent works’, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2016 ‘A gallery selection: Recent Acquisitions’, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2015 ‘Summer Exhibition’, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2015 ‘In Line’, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia
2015 ‘Summer exhibition’, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2014 ‘Veiling and Unveiling’, Inga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2013 ‘Everyone carries a room inside’, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
2013 ‘Moby Dick’, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
2012 ‘5 Artists on paper’, Davis & Langdale Gallery, New York
2012 ‘Veronique Doisneau’, Sommer Gallery, Tel Aviv
2010 The Unbelievable is Right Here, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2009 Opening Exhibition, Rothschild Fine Art, Tel Aviv
2008 Antithesis, Gallery of the Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem
2006 Transcriptions, Gallery 33, Tel Aviv
2005 Objects and Compassion, Gallery 33, Tel Aviv
2005 Deadend, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem
Galleries:
Davis & Langdale Company, New York www.davisandlangdale.com
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia www.galleryjoe.com
Collections:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Werner and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky
25 Private collections
Links:
www.tilted-arc.com/2013/11/19/backstory-sharon-etgar/