Credit: Nimrod Stiebel
Tal Simon (b. 1994) is an Israeli artist based in Jerusalem. Working mainly with ink and charcoal mixed with turpentine on canvas and paper, his practice explores transformation, hybridity, and repetition as sites of change.
Simon holds a BFA with honors from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem and is currently an artist-in-residence at Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem.
Eucation:
2021 BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
Selected Shows:
2025 BOATMAN, Beeri Gallery, curated by Sofie Berzon MacKie
2024 TURN AT GAN HATZAV, “Hamamagda” Residency Program, Ein Hashofet, curated by Orly Luria
2024 YOMAN MASSA, Ines Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by Gali Rosner
2023 FRESHPAINT ART FAIR, Jaffa Port, curated by Yifat Gurion and Raz Shapira
2023 WITHOUT FORM AND VOID, Teder, Tel Aviv, organized and curated by WRITE-HAUS
2022 TEMPORAL PLACEMENTS, Art Cube Artists’ Studios Jerusalem, curated by Gili Zeidman
2022 HARUGEY HATAMUZIM, Poriya 1, curated by Shlomit Altman
2021 A BLUE MARBLE, Beeri Gallery, curated by Dr. Ziva Jelin
2021 I LOOK AWAY WHEN I HAVE TO, Bezalel Academy graduation show, curated by Jossef Krispel
2019 METAMORPHOSIS, Beit Navon, curated by Alona Friedberg
Awards:
2024 Art at Dawn and Plumas Art Foundation Grant for Israeli Artists of the Negev
2021 America Israel Cultural Fund (AICF) Excellence Grant
2021 Bezalel Academy award for excellence
Residencies and Projects:
2025 The Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem and HBKSaar University “Rikma” Residency Program #2, Budapest, Hungary
2024 Long-term artist residency in the Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem
2024 The Willy Brandt Center Jerusalem and HBKSaar University “Rikma” Residency Program #1, Saarbrucken, Germany
2024 “Hamamagda” Residency program, Magda Cultural Center, Megido
2023 Works featured in Write-Haus Magazine for Arts And Poetry, 3rd edition
2019 Art director for Israeli filmmaker Zion Abraham Hazan’s short film “Saluki”
Press:
gggaaallleeerrryyy on-view: https://www.gggaaallleeerrryyy.com/on-view/tal-simon
Portfolio Magazine: https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/156565