Mor Afgin

Mor Afgin (Born 1990, Holon) is a contemporary artist based in Tel Aviv.

Mor Afgin
Born (1990-03-20) 20 March 1990 (age 34)
Holon, Israel
NationalityIsreali (Born), Portuguese (2023)
EducationBFA at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem (2015-2019), MFA at HFBK Hamburg(2023-)
WebsiteHttps://MorAfgin.com

Solo Exhibitions

2022, Equinox, Hamidrasha Gallery Hayarkon 19, Curated by Avi Lubin.

2021, U X U I, Gerem Gallery Jerusalem.

2020, Rabbits out of Hats, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, the fine art department gallery.

2019, 5 grams of Iron in the human body, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, BFA Graduation Exhibition.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023, Arza Givon gallery, curated by Lior Tamim.

2023, Substrate Center of Contemporary Art Tel Aviv,  curated by Tamar Margalit.

2023, In relation to space Dvir gallery,  curated by Moshe Glanshpiegel and Illy Peeri.

2022, Hoshen Museum of Bat-Yam,  curated by Hila Cohen Sniderman and Michal Helfman.

2021, Purge, pray, play as part of the Wrong biennale curated by Roni Karfiol and Lital Bar Noy.

2021, Figure of Speech The Senate gallery, Ben Gurion University of the Negev Curated by Ishai Shapira Kalter as ventilator

2021, Pavement chasers as part of “loving ar making art” curated by Omer Sheizaf and Yoav Wienfeld

2019, 12 hours at the 30th century, (Behalf Nimrod Gershoni Installation) CCA Tel Aviv, event.

2019, The unseen Part of PrintScreen festival by Dr. Lior Zalmason at The Israeli Center of digital art.

2019, In the golem’s garden, Haifa Museum.

2019, Low tech nation, HaMidrasha Gallery.

2018, Where is my life 5, Hamifal Jerusalem.

2018, Printscreen festival, Holon Design Museum, site-specific performance.

2017, Nude, naked, Cuckoo's nest gallery.

2017, Jerusalem: Working Title, 34th JFF, Experimental Film Festival, Site-Specific Installation.

2017, Distillation, Group Exhibition.

2016, What Comes to Hand, Beit Alliance, Group Exhibition.

2016, Everet Zimmer, 7 days residency and project @ Bezalel academy.

Education

2017, Student exchange program at UDK Berlin.

2015-2019, BFA, Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem, Israel.

2023-,MFA, Time Based Media Arts, HFBK, Hamburg, Germany.

Prizes and Scholarships

2023, Rabinowitz Foundation grant for new artwork

2022, Pais grants  2022 pais grant for new exhibition  

2019, The Pecker Prize for Excellence 2018 - 2019, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.

2019, AICF Scholarship for Excellence in Art Studies 2019

2017, The Aileen S. Cooper Prize 2016-2017 for Excellence in Creativity, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design.