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LITTWITZ ELLA, 1982 Israel

 

EDUCATION

2014 - 2015   HISK Laureate, Gent, Belgium

2005 - 2009   BFA – Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

​Ontology of the Void, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

For Chaos They Yearn, curated by Dr. Kobi Ben Meir, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
The Day The Sky Hung Low, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium

2023

Axis Mundi, curated by Giulia Monroy, Una Boccata d’Arte, Pollina, Sicily, IT 

Red Mercury, curated by Christin Müller and Felix Ruhöfer, Basis, Frankfurt. Germany

2022

Correnti I - Animalia, Duo with Elena Mazzi, curated by Giulia Bortoluzzi, RITA URSO artopiagallery, Milan, Italy

If Everything That Exists Has A Place, Place Too Will Have A Place, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK

2021

If Everything That Exists Has A Place, curated by Agata Ciastoń, SIC! BWA, Wrocław, Poland

​Pillar of Salt, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

​A High Degree of Certainty, curated by Sergio Edelsztein, CCA Tel Aviv, Israel
2019

Facts on the Ground, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

The Promise, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, curated by Maren Brauner, Switzerland

The Elephant in the Room, curated by Oriol Fontdevila, La Panera Art Center, Lleida, Spain

2018

And Waters Became Wormwood, curated by Agata Ciastoń, MWW Muzeum Współczesne Wrocław, Poland

“And a third of the waters became wormwood”, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium

2017

Kwisatz Haderach, Curated by Drorit Gur Arie and Or Tshuva, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel

No Vestige of a Beginning, No Prospect of an End, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK

Migration - Itchy Sharkia, curated by Irit Tal, The Tel Aviv  University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Everybody Knows That the Boat is Leaking, Galeria Silvestre, Madrid, Spain

2016

Divisi, Duo with Benjamin Verhoeven, De Bijloke, Gent, Belgium

Tomograma, Salzburger Kunstverein, Curated by Seamus Kealy, Salzburg, Austria

Dionysius' Ear, Duo with Klaas Vanhee, Galeria Silvestre, Tarragona, Spain

2015

Hedgehogs see everything in yellow, Galeria Silvestre, Madrid, Spain

MONOLITH, Galeria Silvestre, Tarragona, Spain

2014

The Promising Artist Award Exhibition, Fresh Paint 7, Tel Aviv, Israel, curated by Matan Daube

2012

SIRIUS, Tivon Gallery, Israel, curated by Taly Cohen-Garbuz
 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 

Children Of The Dust, curated by Dr. Penny Dan Xu, MAYAO Gallery, Hong Kong

A Botanical Conversation, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium

ASÍ QUE PASEN DIEZ AÑOS, Galeria Silvestre, Madrid, Spain

Believe, Curated by Rinat Edelstein, Manofim Festival, Jerusalem

Botanique des imaginaires​, curated by Jonathan Pouthier and Inès Vásquez Messano, Exposition co-organisée par la Ville d'Auxerre et le Centre Pompidou, Abbaye Saint-Germain, Auxerre

​The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose, curated by Hila Cohen-Schneiderman, The School of Visual Theater Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
On a Silver Platter: Artists to Benefit CCA, CCA Tel Aviv, Israel

What Are You Facing? Curated by Avital Barak, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel

Sounds Like a Whisper (Poetically Political), co-curated by Galina Dimitrova and Ariel Reichman, Sofia City Art Gallery, Bulgaria

Heavy Water | of Coordinates, Containers and Containment, curated by Jessica Edwards, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2023

To Sing from the Broken Branch, curated by Shira Friedman, Zuzu Gallery, Israel

WADI, curated by Dan Handel, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel

Substrate, curated by Tamar Margalit, CCA Tel Aviv, Israel

Rewilding, curated by graduators of Yona Fisher program for contemporary curation studies and museology, Jaffa Museum, Israel

Who by Fire, Liav Mizrahi (Tel Aviv) in dialogue with Dr. Marc Wellmann, Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin, Germany

In This Earth, In This Soil, Curated by Savvanah Gorton, Artport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Rooms of Resonance, Curated by Benedicte Goesaert and Chantal Pattyn, Cloud Seven, Brussels, Belgium

What’s new? The collection is expanding: a selection of acquisitions of 2019 to 2022, Curated by Mirjam Varadinis, Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland

METANOIA, Galeria Silvestre, Madrid, Spain

The Unexpected Universe: Traces of the AnthropoceneAlexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2022

Statecraft, curated by Katerina Gregos, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, GR 

Soil to Soil, curated by Irene Grillo, Altefabrik, Rapperswil, Switzerland

Politics in Art, Curated by Maria Anna Potocka, Agnieszka Sachar and Martyna Sobczyk, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland

A Place for the Affections: Dwelling in Anguish (Torment) and Love, co-curated with DJ Hellerman, Harlan Levey Projects 1080, Brussels, BE

Locus Solus, curated by Selen Ansen, Arter, Istanbul, Turkey 
Material Imagination: Israeli Art from the Museum’s Collection, curated by Dalit Matatyahu. Assistant Curators: Tal Broitman, Adi Gross, Adi Dahan, Amit Shemma, Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Israel

2021

Inaspettatamente, Co curated by Gregory Lang and Frédéric de Goldschmid, Cloud Seven, Brussles, Belgium

Digging Down; Art Of The Pre-Future, curated by Shira Friedman, Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Talking To The Wall, curated by Dan Orimian, The Cube, Jerusalem, Israel

Water Affairs, curated by Udi Edelman and Avital Barak, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel

Frequently The Woods Are Pink, Be-Part, Waregem, Belgium

How Long Is Now, curated by Orly Rabi, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

K60, with Alexander Levy, Wilhelm Hallen, Berlin, Germany

Tree Analysis, curated by Cornelia Saalfrank, Spiegelarche, Roldisleben, Thüringen, Germany

Groundwater,  curated by Ravit Harari, Ramat Hasharon Gallery, Israel

DACH – Uit de Collectie van S.M.A.K., Kunstencentrum Ten Bogaerde, Koksijde, BE

2020

6 Degrees, Liebaert Projects, with Harlan Levey Projects, Kortrijk, Belgium

Bluets, co-curated by Stephanie Cristello and Ruslana Lichtzier, Exhibition Weekend by Expo Chicago

"The Effects of Crossing & Self-Aggrandization in the Human Kingdom" curated by Scrum (Séamus Kealy & Tilo Schulz) Mario Mauroner contemporary art Vienna, Austria

Back to nature, curated by Hadas Maor, The Botanical Gardens, Jerusalem, Israel

Nonfinito, curated by Vardit Gross, Artport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Accrochage, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

Presence in the Absence, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2019

Futur, curated by Michael Hiltbrunner, Casa d’Angel, Lumbrein, Switzerland

Ax Bear Crow, curated by Vardit Gross, Artport, Tel Aviv, Israel

Anecdotes on Origin, A plus A Gallery, Venice, Italy

Buffer Zones, curated by Nat Pitt, Paradise Works, Manchester, UK

Real Beauty, curated by Oriol Fontdevila, ADN Platform, Barcelona, Spain

Colectiva V años, Galería Silvestre, Madrid

The Lid, curated by Netta Laufer, Almacén Gallery, Yafo, Israel

The Production Of Space, II, curated by Felix Fasolt and Guy Slabbnick, Gent, Belgium

Photo Album, curated by David Adika, Yael Efrati and Rami Maymon, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

Non Non Fiction, curated by Moran Sulmirski Noam and Dvir Shaked, Emuna College, Jerusalem, Israel

Seeds of the Land, curated by Tami Manor Friedman, Ticho House - The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

Flowers of Our Land, curated by Udi Edelman, The Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon, Israel

2018

The Dangerous Professors, curated by Ruslana Lichtzier, Flatland Gallery, Houston, Texas

Je me demande pourquoi plus de fleurs n’ont pas d’épines, Une proposition curatoriale de Roman Moriceau, V2VINGT, Brussels

Mystic Properties, curated by Elena Sorokina, Art Brussels, Brussels

"The State is not a Work of Art", curated by Katerina Gregos, Tallinn Art Hall, Estonia

2017

What Goes Around Comes Around, curated by Shira Friedman, Neve Schechter Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

10th edition of LA BIENNAL D'ART LEANDRE CRISTÒFOL, curated by Cèlia del Diego, Oriol Fontdevila, and Javier Hontoria, Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain

ARCANA IMPERII. Art Research on Bureaucracy, curated by Oriol Fontdevila, Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporània. València, Spain

Lives Between, curated by  Sergio Edelsztein and Joseph del Pesco, CCA Tel Aviv, Israel

"Lenta venganza de lo inmóvil", La gran gallery, Valladolid, Spain

WE HAVE THE WEIGHTS, WE HAVE THE MEASURES, Copperfield Gallery, London, UK

Euphoria project: 1967 Turns 50: Wartime Art, Curated by Dana Arieli, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, Israel

Antwerp Art Weekend with Harlan Levey projects, Antwerp, Belgium

Mementos, curated by Jens Hoffmann and  Piper Marshall, Art Brussels flag show  2017, Belgium

SAMPLE, curated by  Humberto Moro, Zona Maco with Harlan Levey projects, Mexico City, Mexico 

2016

"Mother, I have reached the land of my dreams", curated by Alona Harpaz and Sharon Horodi, ID Festival Berlin 2016 With CIRCLE1, Berlin, Germany

Fragmented Time, curated by Rachel Monosov, Catinca Tabacaru Gallery, NYC, NY

Regard partagés. d'Ensor à Tuymans: coup d'oeil sur une collection privée, curated by Hans Martens, Marthe Donas Museum, Ittre, Belgium

Do You Speak Synergy? curated by Denis Maksimov, Harlan Levey Projects, Brussels, Belgium

2015

It takes two to make an accident, Curated by Selen Ansen, HISK laureates 2015, Gent, Belgium

Freitag, der 13. // יום שישי ה -13, Curated by Hannah Beck-Mannagetta, Circle 1, Berlin, Germany

And no matter that the phone is ringing, curated by Oleg Matrokhin, co-curator Elena Kuprina-Lyakhovich, CCI Fabrika, 6th Moscow Biennale, Special Program, Russia

Solid, Tivon gallery, Israel, curated by Taly Cohen-Garbuz

Gatherer / Nonfunctional Display, Jerusalem Artists’ house, Israel, curated by Tali Ben-Nun

2014

Back to Berlin, Re-view, curated by Dr. Aya Lurie, Tal Bechler, Ghila Limon, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel

ITINERARIOS, XX Becas de Artes Plásticas, Santander, Spain

The International Photography Festival, curated by Assaf Shaham, Israel

2012

NO OK, Stadtbad Oderberger, Berlin, Germany

Cabinets of Wonder in Contemporary Art – From Astonishment to Disenchantment, curated by D. Levin, G. Limon, D. Kaufmann, Herzliya museum of contemporary art, Israel,

Der Zweite Blick, curated by Susanne Hinrichs, Berlin Jüdisches Gemeindehaus Gallery, Germany

2011

12th ISTANBUL BIENNIAL, curated by Adriano Pedrosa & Jens Hoffmann, Turkey

Beauty, curated by Roi Kuper, Florentin 45 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

METAKOM … yet the sea is not full…, a Schir project: Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh/ Raumordnung, Gesellschaft für urbane Kunst und Gestaltung, Krefeld/ Kunstverein Kreis Soest,  Soest, Germany

Terror: Artists Respond, curated by C. Evans & Y. Verwer, Industry City Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2010 

Selected Graduated from fine arts Academies, Tel Hai Museum, Israel

HomeBase V, Berlin, Germany

100 JAHRE JUNG,  UDK, Berlin, Germany

2009

100 Years of Dialogue through Art, curated by Yona Fischer, Orangerie du Senate, Luxembourg Gardens, Paris, France

David and the Girls, curated by David Adika, POV: The Israeli Photography Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2023

Plumas Foundation 

2022    

The Ministry Of Culture - Creative Encouragement Award 
Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts Support
2021

Artis exhibition grant 

2020

Artis Grant for Exceptional Work in Uncertain Times

2019

Artport Tel Aviv

Guggenheim Stiftung exhibition support

Artis exhibition grant 

2018

The Lottery Grant, Israel

BINZ39 residency, Zurich, Switzerland

Dr. Georg and Josi Guggenheim foundation prize, Zurich, Switzerland

Outset Studiomakers, Israel

2017

The Lottery Grant, Israel

2013

The Igal Ahouvi Art Collection Promising Artist Award, Israel

2012

The Botín Foundation grant, Santander, Spain. 

Arbeitsstipendium Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany

2009

Excellence scholarship granted by Rea Ben David Photography Workshop, Tel Aviv, Israel

Mitchell Presser Excellence award granted by Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel

2008

Sharett Scholarship Program, America – Israel Cultural Foundation, Israel

BOOKS & CATALOGUES

Statecraft and beyond, Exhibition catalogue, Emst Athens, 2022

A High Degree of Certainty, Mouse Publishings, CCA Tel Aviv in collaboration with S.M.A.K. Ghent, curated by Sergio Edelsztein, edited by Nicola trezzi, 2021
Child emigration from Frankfurt am Main, the city of Frankfurt, 2021
How Long Is Now, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 2021
Frequently the woods are pink, exhibition catalogue, Hannibal Books in collaboration with Be Part – Platform voor actuele kunst, 2021
Ella Litwitz, Pillar of Salt, exhibition catalogue, Alexander Levy, Berlin, 2021
The Elephant in the Room, exhibition catalogue, La Panera Art Center, Lleida, curated by Oriol Fontdevila 2019
Seeds of the Land, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019
Katerina Gregos, The State is not a Work of Art, exhibition catalogue, 2018
10th edition of LA BIENNAL D'ART LEANDRE CRISTÒFOL, curated by Cèlia del Diego, Oriol Fontdevila and Javier Hontoria, Centre d'Art La Panera, Lleida, Spain, 2017
Shira Friedman, What Goes Around Comes Around, exhibition catalogue, Neve Schechter gallery, 2017
Irit Tal, Migration, Exhibition catalogue, the Tel Aviv University Gallery, 2017
Harlan Levey and Denis Maksimov, Do you speak Synergy, Exhibition catalogue, Harlan Levey Projects, 2016
Frieda Decapmaker and Rudy Joseph, Regards Partagés. D'Ensor à Tuymans,
Exhibition catalogue, Marthe Donas Museum, 2016
The Institute, HISK, Gent, Belgium 2015
Tali Ben Nun, Gatherer / Nonfunctional Display, exhibition catalogue, Jerusalem
artists’ house, 2015
Itinerarios: 20th Botín Foundation Visual Arts Grants, exhibition catalogue, 2014
Taly Cohen Garbuz, Masmerim #13, 2012
12th Istanbul Biennial, exhibition catalogue, 2011
METAKOM... yet the sea is not full..., exhibition catalogue, 2011

 

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