About | Michal Baratz Koren

About

Bio & Resume

Michal Baratz Koren (1978) is a photographer based in Jaffa, Israel. Her body of work consists of staged and documentary photography drawn from real life stories, addressing the complex clash of identities between motherhood, art history and socio-political events.

She holds a B.DES with honors from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, from which she continued to the Accademia di Belle Arti Di Brera in Milan, to study photography.

Baratz's work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Israel and abroad including Zemack Contemporary Art (New york, San Francisco and Tel-Aviv), Corridor Contemporary (London and Miami), 1335 Mabini (Manila) and The New Ars Italica gallery (Milan).

She won the Israeli and Italian ministries of foreign affairs scholarship for excellency (2007), and the Sansberg award (2004) for unique achievements in design.

Her works are found at the Eileen S.Kaminsky family foundation, alongside other private collections in Israel and abroad.

Solo Exhibitions

2019 Art Objects, Kortrijk, Belgium

2018 Miriam’s Well, Kandinoff House, curator: Naama Klainıman. Tel Aviv, Israel.

2017 Cumulus Blimp, A Transnational Platform of Discourse (Duet Exhibition), 1335 Mabini, Manila, Philippines

2016 Mayne Tayere, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2014 Miriam’s Well, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2008 Wonderful Scratch, The New Ars Italica Gallery, Milan

Selected Group Shows

2023 New Gallery Opening, Bruno Gallety Amsterdam, Netherlands.

2023 El ele, Fundraising for Turkish earthquake victims, Kuli Alma, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2022 Israeli Street. Supreme Court Museum, curator: Orna Yair. Jerusalem, Israel.

2020 91-Divoc, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2020 SHOWROOM, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2020 J20, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2019 French Salon 2, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2019 Group show, Mixture gallery, Elli Sahar, Tel Aviv, Israel.

2018 Summer Show 18, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2018 Women in Art. Supreme Court Museum, curator: Orna Yair. Jerusalem, Israel.

2018 Art Brassels, Meijler Art, Brussels, Belgium

2018 Art Toronto, Meijler Art, Toronto, Kanada.

2018 SCOPE Miami 2018, Meijler Art, Miami, US

2018 French Salon, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2018 Covered. Group Show, Tivon Gallery, Tivon, Israel. curator: Michal Shachnai.

2017 Fresh Paint, Zemack Gallery, Tel Aviv,Israel.

2017 Summer Show 17, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2017 March 2017, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2017 Homecoming, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2016 Springbrake, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2016 Art NewYork, Zemack Gallery, New York,US

2016 Art Market San Francisco, Zemack Gallery, San Francisco, US

2016 Topography, Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2016 Art New York, Zemack Contemporary Art, New York, US

2016 Art Market San Francisco, Zemack Contemporary, San Francisco, US

2015 Art15 London, Corridor Contemporary, London, England

2014 SCOPE Miami 2014, Corridor Contemporary, Miami, US

2012 Hidden Treasures not in the Clouds, Diaghilev, Tel Aviv, Israel

2007 Streetwise Art, Detroit, US

2007 Who Arted, Detroit, US

2006 Rosh Pina Film Festival, selected graduate projects, Bezalel Academy, Istael

Prizes & Awards

2007 Govermental Scholarship by the Israeli & Italian ministries of Foreign Affairs

2004 Sansberg Award, Unique Achievements in Design.

2000 First Place Award, “Fun Project” Annual Competition, Shenkar.

Publications