Yaeli Ohana

My paintings are about the atmosphere of place. I try to capture what lies beneath the surface of the seen world, by exploring external and inner worlds.

My current work is inspired by the ocean, the horizon line between sky and sea, and all the possibility that lies between them...

A professional artist for over 20 years, Yaeli Ohana has exhibited in commercial galleries in Sydney, Melbourne and New York. She has held over 12 solo exhibitions, and been represented in New York by Monique Goldstrom, in Melbourne by Axia Modern Art, and in Sydney by Michael Nagy Fine Art and NG Art.

Master of Fine Art in Painting from the Pratt Institute, New York City (2000-2002).

Postgraduate studies in Painting and Drawing at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (1997-1998).

Studied at Julian Ashton Art School (1995-1997).

B. Design (Visual Communication), University of Technology, Sydney (1992-1995).

Painting Elective, College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales (1993).

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2010 ‘Games We Play’ NG Art, Sydney
2008 ‘Love Letters’ NG Art, Sydney
2007 ‘In Bosch’s Garden and Other Imagined Places’, Span Galleries, Melbourne
2005 ‘Booderee’, Sheffer Gallery, Sydney
2004 ‘Places’, Broken Hill Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2002 ‘Vital Forces’, Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
2002 ‘Vital Forces’ (MFA Thesis Exhibition), Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York City
1998 ‘High Places, Jerusalem’, Mount Zion Hotel, Jerusalem
1997 ‘Seascapes’, Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2010 ‘Solitary Pursuits in Red’, Four Person Curated Exhibition, Maitland Regional Art Gallery, Maitland
2009 NG Art, Sydney
2008 Art Sydney, Fox Studios, Sydney
2007 Cowra Regional Gallery, Cowra
2007 Waverley Woollahra Art Prize, Sydney
2006 Art on The Rocks, Sydney
2005 Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney
2004 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2003 Axia Modern Art, Melbourne
2003 Monique Goldstrom, New York City
2003 William Whipple Art Gallery, Minnesota State University, Minnesota
2003 Blake Prize, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney
2003 Michael Nagy Fine Art, Sydney
2002 Art in General, New York City
2002 Williamsburg Art ...