Karam Natour
Born in Nazareth, 1992
Lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
2015-2017 M.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Tel Aviv, IL
2011-2015 B.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, IL
2013 Fall Semester at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, US
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 “Karam Natour: Vidéos”, ‎Montpellier Danse, Montpellier, FR
2021 “Night Vision”, CCA Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv, IL
2021 “Blessing in Disguise”, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Zurich, CH
2021 “Blurred Lines”, Oncurating Project Space, Zurich, CH
2021 “Family Pictures”, duo show with Guy Ben Ner, Oranim College Gallery, Tivon, IL
2020 “Blurred Lines”, HULU SPLIT, Split, HR
2018 “Body Following Spirit”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2018 “Repeat After Me”, Umm El Fahem Gallery, Umm El Fahem, IL
2016 “Following No Mythologies”, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 (Upcoming, Dec 2024) “Lucid Dreams”, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2024 “War and Peace”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2024 “The Block”, Minus1 Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2024 “A Very Narrow Bridge”, The ‘24 Jerusalem Biennale, Jerusalem, IL
2023 “Spectrum of Lights”, Nassima Landau, Tel Aviv, IL
2023 “Fabbrica del Vapore”, Viafarini Gallery, Milan, IT
2022 “Global Positioning”, Public Art Fund, New York, US
2022 “Someone Else”, Museum für Neue Kunst Freiburg, Freiburg, DE
2022 “SIXTH TONE”, Philomena+, Vienna, AT
2022 “A very narrow bridge”, Museo Ebraico, Lecce, IT
2022 “Through the Mirror”, Wilfrid Museum, Kibbutz Hazora, IL
2022 “Alpha”, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IL
2022 “False Awakening”, The GH Art Gallery, Givat Haviva, IL
2022 “Meshalya”, Hansen House, Jerusalem, IL
2022 “That Obscure Object of Desire”, Beit Kandinof, Tel Aviv, IL
2021 “Mythologies contemporaines”, Images Passages, Annecy, FR
2021 “Speech Act”, Fosdick-Nelson Gallery, Alfred University, New York, US
2021 “That Those Beings Be Not Being”, W139 Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
2021 “Glocal Emotions”, Motorenhalle Gallery, Dresden, DE
2021 “The Way We Survive”, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Petah Tikva, IL
2021 “Love in the Time of Social Media”, Rote Fabrik, Zurich, CH
2021 “NonFinito 2021”, Artport,Tel Aviv, IL
2021 “My Name Is Red”, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, IL
2021 “LIVING TOGETHER”, The 4th Mediterranean Biennale, Haifa, IL
2020 “Bodyscapes”, ‎The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2020 “Best Interest”, Koresh14 Gallery, Jerusalem, IL
2019 “Family Stories”, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, DE
2019 “Drop Dead Funny”, The Brno House of Arts, Brno, CZ
2019 “Illuminations”, Yeltsin Center Yekaterinburg, Yekaterinburg, RU
2019 “Spiritualism”, ‎Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2019 “Fake News – Fake Truth”, ‎Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
2019 “Nurse, Nurse”, Manofim Festival Main Exhibition, Jeursalem, IL
2019 “Drywall”, ‎Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2019 “Illuminations”, ‎Smena Gallery, Kazan, RU
2019 “Personal Expressions”, ‎Mormon University, Jerusalem, IL
2019 “Love in the Time of Social Media”, ‎Kunstraum Walcheturm, Zürich, CH
2018 “Illuminations”, ‎Triumph Gallery, Moscow, RU
2018 “Seven Rituals to Change the Mood”, ‎Yarkon 19 Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2018 “Looper”, ‎Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
2018 “Shop it!”, ‎Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, IL
2018 “I to Eye”, ‎The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IL
2018 “ART in Oost”, ‎QRU Amsterdam, NL
2018 “Pyramid Platform”. Pyramida Center for Contemporary Art, Haifa, IL
2018 “Into The Bush”, ‎Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv, IL
2018 “ShowReal”, The Photography Gallery of Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem, IL
2018 “P=0.5”, The Social Gallery, Musrara Mix #18, Jerusalem, IL
2018 “70/70/70”, The Santa Barbara Center for Art, California, US
2018 “Hide & Seek”, The Israel Museum, Youth Wing, Jerusalem, IL
2018 “Mixed Chromosome”, MOM ART SPACE, Hamburg, DE
2017 “Current Affairs”, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, IL
Selected Film Festivals Screenings
2021 Jerusalem Film Festival 2021, Jerusalem, IL
2018 Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival BIEFF 2018, Bucharest, RO
2017 15th Tabor Film Festival, Dvor Veliki Tabor, HR
2017  63rd International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, DE
Selected Academic Positions
2024-Today Lecturer, The University of Haifa, Haifa, IL
2018-2022 Lecturer, Bezalel Academy of Art & Design, Jerusalem, IL
2021-2022 Lecturer, Hamidrasha Art School, Beit Berl, IL
Selected Scholarships, Awards and Residencies
2024 Universität der Künste Berlin, Residency Program, Berlin
2023 VIR Viafarini-in-residence, Residency Program Grant, Milan
2020 The Anselm Kiefer Prize, Wolf Foundation
2020 Young Video Artist Award, Ministry of Science Culture and Sport, Jerusalem
2020 Artis Grant for Exceptional Work in Uncertain Times
2020 Artport Residency Program Grant, Tel Aviv
2020 The Pais Council for Culture and Art, Exhibition Grant
2020 The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
2019 La Maison Residency, Burgundy
2019 Artis Grant Program, Residency Grant
2019 Ostrovsky Family Fund, Video Grant
2018 The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts
2018 The Pais Council for Culture and Art, Exhibition Catalogue Grant
2018 Special Mention of the Jury Award, Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival
2017 The Pais Council for Culture and Art, Exhibition Grant
2017 Academic Excellence Award, MFA program, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2015 10X10 Prize for Academic Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
2012 Revital Serri Z.L. Award, Excellence Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design
Public Collections
Burger Collection, Hong Kong
KADIST, Paris—San Francisco
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod
Soho House Collection, Tel Aviv
Haaretz Collection, Tel Aviv
The Luna Art Fund, New York—Tel Aviv