Credit: Nimrod Stiebel
Tal Simon (b. 1994) is an Israeli artist based in Jerusalem. With a recent shift in oeuvre, Simon’s work has gone from visceral, heavily gestured and richly saturated compositions, towards a meditative, enigmatic and carefully composed paintings. In a return to the ‘essentials’ of the medium, Simon works with ink and charcoal, at times mixed with turpentine or gesso on canvas and paper. His practice explores transformation, hybridity, and repetition as sites of change, potential, and beauty.
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
2025 NEGATIVE POSITIVE, Frezia Gallery, Tel Aviv, curated by Yuval Zimmerman
2025 GAZES ON HAVA MEHUTAN, Art Cube Artists’ Studios, Jerusalem, curated by Lee He Shulov
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:
2025 Talking Art - Art recommendations: ‘Darkness and Light’
2025 @israeliart_ Podcast by Deborah Beigel - Episode 4: Spotify / Apple Podcasts
2025 Kan11 - Interview with Goel Pinto upon the opening of “BOATMAN” at (14:07-23:16): https://www.kan.org.il/content/kan/podcasts/p-8262/941071/
2021 gggaaallleeerrryyy on-view: https://www.gggaaallleeerrryyy.com/on-view/tal-simon
2021 Portfolio Magazine: https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/156565
Publications:
2025 BOATMAN, artist's book, Be’eri Gallery, Tel Aviv
2023 WITHOUT FORM AND VOID, Write-Haus Magazine for writing and art, issue 03, Tel Aviv