Education:

Spr. 2010- MFA Program at the University of Minnesota.

2001-2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel,

        Majored in Visual Communication. Specialty in Graphic Design and subspecialty in Animation.

Spr. 2005  Student exchange program in Illustration, University of the Arts (Universität der Künste), Berlin.

Teaching and Committees Experience:

2010-2011 Graduate assistant position of Graduate Instructor of Drawing 1101 in the Art Department at the U of M.

2010-2011 Sheehy Internship at the Weisman Art Museum.

2010 “NAGAS” committee member of the North American Graduate Art Survey.

         Teaching Assistant. Assisted in the following three courses at the University of Minnesota:

         Concepts in Visual Art (Margaret R. Pezalla-Granlund), Drawing (Alexis Kuhr)

         and Concepts in Visual Art (Rolf H Belgum).

Exhibitions:

2011  "ERFINDEN" - KAHLA Kreativ, Porzellanikon Selb – Die Museen, Germany.

          Wilson Library,  “RESOURCE • RETURN • RECYCLE”, Minneapolis, MN.

          Katherine E. Nash Gallery, “Drawing the Human Figure”, Minneapolis, MN.

          Quarter Gallery, “UM(2)” University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.

    Tychman Shapiro Gallery, “Uncommon Visions: Jewish Textile Artists”, Minneapolis, MN.

          Larson Art Galleries, Minneapolis, MN.

2010 “10 Artists in 30 Days project” tychman shapiro gallery, Minneapolis, MN.

        “Tendence” Erbgut at Grassi Museum, Leipzig Germany.

         Warren Robbins Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

     INSIDE/OUTSIDE Borderlines of Exclusion and Inclusion, Rovaniemi, Finland.

     The Beijing Film Academy 60th anniversary show, Beijing, China.

     “Tendence” Erbgut at Messe Frankfurt Exhibition GmbH-Frankfurt, Germany.

         “THE NEW ANTIQUARIANS” Stevens Square Center For The Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

         “Fresh Works” Quarter Gallery, Regis Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

     “F.R.E.S.H.” Altered Esthetics, Minneapolis, MN.

         “The Arts of Community” Intermedia Art Center, Minneapolis, MN.

         “Women and Water Rights: Rivers of Regeneration” Boynton Health Center Galleries, Minneapolis, MN.

         “Common Sense” opening event installation at the Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN.

         “Go LIVE Go RED” group show at the FIVETWOSIX gallery, Saint Paul, MN.

         "Foot in the Door 4" group show at the MIA-Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN.

2009 “Erbgut” exhibition at the Rundgang-09, University of the Arts, Berlin.

2008 "The Mirror Stage," NeMe, The Independent Museum of Contemporary Art (IMCA), Cyprus.

2007 “unSPOKEN DIALOGUES,” Ewing Gallery, Knoxville, TN.

         Artists on Location in Market Square event, Knoxville Museum of Art.

2006 Thesis Project Exhibition, Bezalel Academy 100th anniversary, Terminal One, Tel Aviv.

         “ZooTiles,” Bezalel Academy 100th anniversary, Terminal One, Tel Aviv.

2005 “Berlin-ABC” Exhibition University of the Arts, Berlin.

Fellowships and Awards:

2011 Josephine Lutz Rollins Fellowship.

2010 “Young Artist Academy Awards of International New Media Art Triennial” BFA, Beijing, China.

         Graduate Conference Travel award, Beijing, China.

         College of Liberal Arts Graduate Scholar Fellowship.

         Graduate Conference Travel award, Philadelphia.

2009 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Graduate Fellowship (to study art in Berlin).

2007 Innovative Design Award, Smoky Mountain Quilters Twenty-Seventh Annual Quilt Show.

2004 Honorable Mention, Design Boom Kitchen Design Competition, Cologne, Germany.