Moran Kliger

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Moran Kliger
מורן קליגר
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Born1981 (age 42–43)
in Israel
NationalityIsraeli
EducationBezalel Academy of Arts
Known forVisual art, painting
Websitewww.morankliger.com

Moran Kliger, born in 1981 and based in Tel Aviv[1], a visual artist with a Bachelor's Degree. Kliger's recent works explore figurative drawing and evolving narrative environments, showcasing a transition from digital to free drawing techniques, including engraving, screen-print, and pyrography.[2]

Biography

Kliger, born in 1981, spent her childhood in Israel and went on to study visual arts at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, Ramat Gan, Israel (2003-2007) and completed her Bachelor's degree with honors. Later on, she pursued Postgraduate Fine Arts Program at Ha’Midrasha Faculty of the Arts, Beit Berl Academic College, Israel (2011-2013).[3] Kliger specializes in figurative, narrative drawings exploring the interplay between domesticity and the primal aspects of the human psyche.[3]

The artist incorporates motifs inspired by natural elements and fantasy in their works, exploring the contrast of various elements within the human experience. This exploration encompasses an examination of the dynamic interplay between tamed and untamed aspects of existence.[4] Kliger is known for her extensive portfolio, which includes figurative and narrative drawings. Employing diverse series and techniques such as freehand drawing, engraving, and digital techniques. across expansive working areas such as screen printing, and pyrography. Her artistic approach demonstrates a range of techniques and creative expression.[1]

Career

Kliger is an artist whose works have been showcased internationally and whose solo and group exhibitions have been showcased in museums and galleries spanning across Israel, Japan, Sweden, and the United States.[1] She has received various awards and fellowships, including Artist-in-residence in the years 2015 and 2018, and has undertaken artist residencies in locations such as Miami, Florida, and Paris. Kliger's artworks are included in the collection of Tel Aviv Museum of Art and private collections globally.[5]

Kliger is an artist known for her detailed exploration of the interplay between human civilization and primal origins in her drawings. Her artwork features human-animal hybrids intended to explore perceptions. The "Primates" series and the 2018 exhibition "Seven Primates"[6] Explores The blurring of boundaries between familiar creatures, encouraging a reevaluation of cultural and social norms. Kliger's work explores the dichotomy within the human psyche.[7]

Kliger's exhibition, titled "Cain," explores nuanced interpretations of the biblical Cain and Abel narrative, Hosted at Noga Gallery in Tel Aviv, the artwork through allegorical drawings, examines tensions within human nature, such as the interplay between morals and urges, and logic and emotions.[8]

Exhibitions

Participation Exhibition name
2004
  • 2004 Winners of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Tel-Aviv Museum
  • 2004 How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare, Rachel and Israel Pollak Gallery (Kalisher), Tel Aviv, curator: Naomi Aviv.[9]
2005
  • 2005 Power, Reading Center, Tel Aviv, curator: Doron Rabina
  • 2005 Hunger, Rachel and Israel Pollak Gallery (Kalisher), Tel Aviv, curator: Naomi Aviv
  • 2005 May, MFA Graduated exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design[9]
2006
  • 2006 Incorrigible Young and Restless Romantics, Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, curator: Jossef Krispel
  • 2006 Lego, The Heder art gallery, Tel-Aviv[9]
2007
  • 2007 In the Time Tunnel, Braverman ByArtProjects, Tel-Aviv[9]
2008
  • 2008 D.I.Y* Israeli Post Minimalism in the Seventies and the Contemporary Art, Herzelia Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzelia, curator: Adi Engelman
  • 2008 Open Plan Living, TLV Project, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv Museum, curator: Dr. Andrew Renton[9]
2010
  • 2010 Gabriel Orozco Was Here, Bezalel Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curator: Ruti Direktor[9]
2011
  • 2011 Making the Cut, Young Artist Award 2003-2010, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv, curator: Diana Dallal[9]
  • 2011 Body without body, body images in contemporary Israeli sculpture, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany, Curator: Liav Mizrahi[9]
  • 2011 One, Two, and Three, Selected Israeli artists from the three, Herzliya Biennial exhibitions Mani Hous, Tel-Aviv, curator: Dalia Levin | associate curator: Tal Bechler[9]
2012
  • 2012 RE: visiting Rockefeller, Israeli Contemporary Art at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, Jerusalem Rockefeller Museum, Jerusalem, curator: Saly Haftels neve & Yanai Segal
  • 2012 Holy Shit!, 94 Allenby St. Passage, Tel Aviv[9]
2013
  • 2013 Royal Bitch, Ha’yarkon 19 – Arts, Culture and Education Venue, Tel Aviv, Curators: Maayan Amir and Ruti Sela[9]
2014
  • 2014 Fresh Paint 7 – Contemporary Art Fair, Tel Aviv.[9]
2015
  • 2015 Fountainhead Spring, Miami, FL, USA. Curator: Kathryn Quinlivan Mikesell
  • 2015 The 30th Annual Tallahassee International Exhibition, The Museum of Fine Art – FSU MoFA, Tallahassee, FL, USA[9]

Awards

  • 2015 Artist-in-residence, Fountainhead Residency, Miami, Florida, USA.
  • 2017 Award, The Council of Art and Culture at the National Lottery.
  • 2018 Artist-in-residence, The Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Artsource (2024). "Moran Kliger". Artsource.
  2. Fountainhead (2024). "Moran Kliger". Fountainhead.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Noga Gallery. "Biography".
  4. The South African Jewish Museum (2024). "Mimesis ,Moran Kliger, Solo Exhibition". South African Jewish museum.
  5. Harama (2017). "hands". Harama Magazine.
  6. Shlomit broier. "second nature". basis.
  7. Shachaf Dekel (2017). "MORAN KLIGER ON FIGURATIVE DRAWING THAT SPEAKS TO THE ANIMAL WITHIN". culturetreasures.
  8. Asylum Arts (2020). "Cain by Moran Kliger". Asylum Arts.
  9. 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 Israel Museum Information. "Exhibitions".
  10. The Information Center for Israeli Art (2024). "MORAN KLIGER". Israel Museum, Jerusalem.

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