Nelly Agassi

Nelly Agassi was born in 1973 in Tel Aviv. She is a multidisciplinary artist working in sculpture, drawing, video and installation. Her prints feature imagery which is a metamorphosis of activity in the space, through which she examines the fragility of the concepts of home, attire and body. Her works can be found among the collections of the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and others.

Education
1994-1995 Foundation course, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
1995-1998 B.F.A Sculpture, Central Saint Martins, London, UK
1999-2000 Courses at Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2000-2001 M.F.A., Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK

Awards And Prizes
1999 America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship
2000 Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation for Israeli Art Prize, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2008 Award for artistic encouragement, Israel ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2011 Ministry of Culture and Sport Prize

Solo exhibitions (selection)
2002 Palace of Tears, Ein Harod Museum of Art, Israel
2002 Embroidering Light, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2003 Je t’embrasse, Performance on the Pont Neuf, Paris, France
2003 Je t’embrasse, Performance at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2004 Borrowed Scenery, Nathan Gottesdiener Foundation, The Israeli Art Prize 2OO4 Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2011 Keitelman Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013 The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2014 Down Where the Little Fishes Grow, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2019 Homeseek, Artist’s House, Jerusalem