Michael Liani

Michael Liani is a multidisciplinary artist who mostly works in photography, video and cinema. He was born in 1987 in Migdal Haemek to parents of Jewish Moroccan descent. His work deals with the central and the peripheral, and with the gender and aesthetics of media. He creates from an intimate place; his eye is deeply personal and strives in his photographs and installations to bring forth the humanity of his subjects. Liani has received acclaim for his work both in Israel and abroad. He is the recipient of the Yitzhak Navon Prize for the Cultivation of Israeli Cultures Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Culture and Sport, The America-Israel Cultural Foundation honors award, the NEXT! Docaviv Award, among others. His work has been exhibited at the UCLA Biennial and the Moscow International Biennale for Young Art. He participated in a group exhibition at the Hansen House supported by The Israel Museum, and has held a solo exhibition at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, the Fresh Paint Art Fair, and more.

2016 –MFA, Bezalel academy of art and design, Jerusalem
2015 - Graduated with Dean's honors, BA in Humanities and Social Sciences, The Open University, Tel Aviv
2014 - Graduated with honors, Art and Photography, Minshar school of Arts, Tel-Aviv

SOLO Exhibitions
2021 - All Inclusive, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya. Curator: Meital Aviram.
2019 - S' emek, Afula municipal art gallery , Afula. Curator: Oz Zloof.
2018 - “Fantasia” Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Adi Goldner.
2018 - BUSTAN AL HUB, Michael Liani & Yuval Atzili, IDRIS gallery, Tel Aviv. Curators: Barak Rubin, Livia Tagliacozzo.
2015 - “HA'CK” Kav 16 Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Ravit Harari.

BIENNALE
2018 - MOSCOW International Biennale for young art, national center for contemporary art, Moscow. Curator: Lucrezia Calabrò Visconti.
2016 - "EYE SPY"- THE NEW WIGHT BIENNIAL 2016, UCLA- department of art, LA. Curators: Sara Malik, Nasim Hantehzadeh.