Michael Gitlin

Michael Gitlin was born in 1943 in South Africa. In the 1970s he created minimalist prints, using relief print of metal plates. Lives and works in the United States. His works can be found among the collections of the Israel Museum, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum (New York), Ludwig Museum (Cologne), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), and others.

Education
1963-1967 Bezalel Academy of Art, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
1964-1967 BA, Art History and English Literature, Hebrew University, Jerusalem
1970-1972 M.F.A. Pratt Institute, NYC, NY, USA

Awards And Prizes
1984-1985 Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts, USA
1987–1988 Fellowship, The Dr. Georg and Josi Guggenheim Foundation, USA
1988 August St. Gaudens Memorial Fellowship
1989 Sandberg Prize for Israeli Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1991 Grant, The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, USA
2000 George and Janet Jaffin Prize for Excellence in Plastic Arts, America-Israel Cultural Foundation
2005 Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYC, NY, USA

Solo Exhibitions (selection)
1975 Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA
1976 Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA
1977 Michael Gitlin: Works 1974-1977, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1978 Bertha Urdang Gallery, NY, USA
2009 N&N Aman Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2012 N&N Aman Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2016 16 Works, Petach Tikvah Museum of Art, Petach Tikva

Group Exhibitions (selection in the field of printmaking)
1979 The Israeli Grafotec, Shaar Zion Library, Beit Ariella, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1983 Triennial of Israeli Graphic Art, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa
1983 Etchings by Sculptures, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
1993 Homage to the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Shaar Zion Library, Beit Ariella, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1994 The Printer’s Imprint: Twenty Years with the Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2003 Retrospective View, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem