Ma’ayan

About the Artist

Ma'ayan is an Israeli contemporary artist whose paintings explore the emotional and spiritual landscapes that exist beyond ordinary perception. Working through abstraction, texture, and expressive gesture, she creates compositions that invite viewers to move beyond the visible world into a realm of memory, intuition, and inner experience. Her work does not seek to describe reality, but rather to evoke the unseen forces that shape our lives.

Solo Exhibitions

2021Jerusalem Biennale, Beit Alliance

2019 - 20Alon Gallery, Ramat HaSharon, IL

2018-19The Mamilla Gallery, Mamilla Hotel Jerusalem, IL

2018Yahalom Gallery, Ramat Gan, IL

2016Artists Refuge, Jerusalem, IL

2013-14Marrache Fine Art, Jerusalem, IL

2010JKlaynberg Gallery, New York, NY

2001Santarella Museum and Gardens, Tyringham, MA

Awards

2019Artist's Nest, Jerusalem, IL

2017Artist's Nest, Jerusalem, IL

2015Fellowship, Art Kibbutz, NY, NY

2013Israeli Government Grant

2007Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2007Artist Grant, Stephen Sprouse Foundation, NY

2006Fellowship, Ragdale Foundation, Lake Forest, IL

2006First Place Award, Lorraine Grace Prize, National Academy of Design

2002Artist Grant, Edward G. MacDowell Travel Grant

2002Artist Grant, Marchutz School Study Grant, France

2001Fellowship, Santarella Museum and Gardens, MA

2000Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2000Juror’s Award, The Artist Magazine’s Annual National Art Competition, Portrait Category

Group Exhibitions

2023Interfaith Church, NYC, Genesis

2022Beit Alliance, Jerusalem, Israel, Journeys

2017Jerusalem Biennale, Museum of Underground Prisoners

2015Jerusalem Biennale, Hechel Shlomo Museum, Jerusalem, IL

2014Marrache Fine Art, Jerusalem, IL

2012Miami International Biennale, Miami, FL

2011-12Marrache Fine Art, Jerusalem, Israel

2012Arts.Kruh, Miami Beach, FL

2011-12ArtWorks Austin, Austin, TX

2010Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna, PA

2009Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna, PA

2009Pen & Brush, Fall Brush Exhibition

2008Invited to participate in the Florence Biennale

2007Maryland Federation of Art, 30th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition

2007Allen Sheppard Gallery, NY

2006National Academy of Design, Juried Show, NY

2004Art Student’s League, NY, 2 person show

2003 - 04Baisden Gallery, Tampa, FL

Teaching Experience

Owner and Instructor, Atelier Pnimi, Jerusalem, Israel

Instructor, Montclair Museum of Art, Yard School of Art, Montclair, NJ

Intensive Expressionism Workshops 2007 - 2009

Expressionism, 2006 - 2008

Move Brush Move! workshop 2007

Education

BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY

Art Students League, New York, NY

National Academy, School of Fine Art, New York, NY

Marchutz School, Aix en Provence, France