LITTWITZ ELLA, 1982 Israel
EDUCATION
2014 - 2015 HISK Laureate, Gent, Belgium
2005 - 2009 BFA – Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, Israel
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
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
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 Anthropocene, Alexander 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