Rakefet Viner Omer

Rakefet Viner Omer was born in 1965 in Rishon LeZion. Her expressive works deal with issues of identity and feminism, while undermining social and artistic orders alike. She lives and works in Tel Aviv. Her works can be found among the collections of the Ein Harod Museum, Bat Yam Museum, Leumi Bank, and others.

Education
1986-1990 B.A., Psychology and Cinema, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo
1990 -1993 Therapy through Art, Hamidrasha – School of Art, Beit Berl College
1996 -2000 Art, Hamidrasha – School of Art, Beit Berl College
2001 History and Philosophy of Ideas, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2005 -2007 M.F.A., Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Awards And Prizes
2008 Prize for the Encouragement of Creative Art, Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport
2010 Miron Sima Prize, The Artists House, Jerusalem

Solo Exhibitions
2009 Imaginary Friends, Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2010 The Mouth of Mrs. N, Ha’ Kibbutz, Israeli Art Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2011 Winners of the Miron Sima Prize for the Year 2011, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
2014 Feinberg Projects – Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2017 Nulobaz, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2018 Buses in the Sea, New Gallery – The Artist’s Studios, Teddy Stadium, Jerusalem

Group Exhibitions (selection in the field of printmaking)
2012 Crimson Peels, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2014 Workshop Myth: Four Decades. Body, Place, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2016 Body of Work, Art Space TLV, Tel Aviv-Yafo
2018 Contemporary Local Print, Jerusalem
2020 As She Transform, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem