Michal Chelbin

*1974 / Israel

Works

Contacts for the work of Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin

Tel Aviv
www.michalchelbin.com

Solo exhibitions

See Me

Zemack Contemporary Art (ZCA), Tel Aviv (IL)
6 Mar 2025 – 30 Apr 2025
Daydreamers

Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL)
11 May 2023 – 17 Jun 2023
Sailboats and Swans

CLAMP, New York (US)
9 Mar 2023 – 6 May 2023
Make/Believe

Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL)
2 Dec 2021 – 25 Feb 2022
How to Dance the Waltz

CLAMP, New York (US)
15 Apr 2021 – 29 May 2021
SAILBOATS AND SWANS

Athens Photo Festival 2013

Technopolis Athens, Athina (GR)
2 Nov 2013 – 20 Nov 2013
Sailboats and Swans

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
18 Oct 2012 – 19 Jan 2013
The Black Eye

Casa MB., Los Angeles (US)
23 Oct 2010 – 4 Dec 2010
The Black Eye

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
28 Sep 2010 – 6 Nov 2010
Strangely Familiar

Portraits of performers and athletes in Russia, Ukraine, and England.

Photographic Resource Center, Boston (US)
7 Sep 2010 – 31 Oct 2010
The Constantiner Photography Award for an Israeli Artist

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
20 Dec 2008 – 7 Feb 2009
Strangely Familiar

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
4 Sep 2008 – 18 Oct 2008
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Blue Sky Gallery, Portland (US)
4 Jan 2007 – 27 Jan 2007
Lazarova

Yossi Milo Gallery, New York (US)
19 Oct 2002 – 27 Nov 2002

Group

Prix PX3 de la Photographie 2025

24b, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2025 – 14 Nov 2025

with Abdelrahman Alkahlout, Jan Banning, Jabin Botsford, Svetlana Fadeeva, Dina Goldstein, Martina Holmberg, Sandra Hoyn, Hakbong Kwon, Selene Magnolia, Peter Muller, Veronika Trubnikova
Summer Seeds

Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL)
12 Jul 2024 – 1 Sep 2024

with Ira Eduardovna , Uri Gershuni, Michal Shamir
All That Man Is - Fashion and Masculinity Now

Photo VOGUE Festival 2018

BASE Milano, Milano (IT)
15 Nov 2018 – 18 Nov 2018

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Anuschka Blommers & Niels Schumm, Sarah Bahbah, Elinor Carucci, Scarlett Coten, Bex Day, Brian Finke, Estelle Hanania, Andras Ladocsi, Thomas Lohr, Greg Miller, Kristin-Lee Moolman …
OPERART

Noga Gallery of Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv (IL)
2 Nov 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with David Adika, Adi Brande, Ori Gersht, Naomi Leshem, Gilad Ophir, Pavel Wolberg
Decadal Variations

Celebrating 10 Years of Exhibitions

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
14 Oct 2014 – 17 Jan 2015

with Ilit Azoulay, Daniel Bauer, Rina Castelnuovo, Andy Freeberg, Barry Frydlender, Vardi Kahana, Naomi Leshem, Tal Shochat, Angela Strassheim, Pavel Wolberg
September 2014

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
5 Sep 2014 – 11 Oct 2014

with Ilit Azoulay, Rina Castelnuovo, Barry Frydlender, Vardi Kahana, Tal Shochat, Pavel Wolberg, Sharon Ya'ari
A Prayer is a Prayer is a Prayer

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
6 Sep 2012 – 13 Oct 2012

with Lili Almog, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Rina Castelnuovo, Barry Frydlender, Noel Jabbour, Leora Laor, Naomi Leshem, Loretta Lux, Jackie Nickerson, Sebastiao Salgado, Pentti Sammallahti, Mark Steinmetz …
Second City Psychasthenia

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
12 Jan 2012 – 18 Feb 2012

with Lili Almog, Micha Bar Am, Daniel Bauer, Alina & Jeff Bliumis, Rina Castelnuovo, Ofri Cnaani, Barry Frydlender, Vardi Kahana, Leora Laor, Naomi Leshem, Michal Ronnen Safdie, Tal Shochat …
Recent Acquisitions: Photography

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
1 Oct 2011 – 1 Jan 2012

with David Goldes, Jenny Holzer, Naomi Leshem, Ryan McGinley, J. D. 'Okhai Ojeikere, Tokihiro Sato
Small Adults

shay arye gallery, Tel Aviv (IL)
24 Jun 2010 – 30 Jul 2010

with Susan Anderson, Reli Avrahami, Tierney Gearon, Achim Lippoth, Tracey Moffatt, Ruud van Empel
THE NEW YORK PHOTO FESTIVAL

New York Photo Festival, New York (US)
12 May 2010 – 16 May 2010

with Eleanor Antin, Christoph Bangert, Christoph Bangert, Jeff Bark, Morton Bartlett, Adam Bartos, Linus Bill, Lucas Blalock, Marcus Bleasdale, Sergey Bratkov, Harry Callahan, Marco Citron …
Now We Are Six

Meislin Projects, New York (US)
17 Feb 2010 – 20 Mar 2010

with Lili Almog, Micha Bar Am, Alina & Jeff Bliumis, Jean-Christian Bourcart, Ofri Cnaani, Barry Frydlender, Leora Laor, Yuval Yairi
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009

National Portrait Gallery, London (GB)
5 Nov 2009 – 14 Feb 2010

with Paul Floyd Blake, Mirjana Vrbaski, Vanessa Winship
Contemporary Portraits

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
6 Dec 2008 – 8 Feb 2009

with Faye Claridge, Emma Critchley, Sophie Lewis, Edith Maybin, Vanessa Winship
Not All of Man’s Best Friends are Dogs

Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
15 Jul 2006 – 2 Sep 2006

with Richard Avedon, Elliott Erwitt
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Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzeliyya (IL)
1 Apr 2006 – 29 Jul 2006

with Sharon Bareket, Vanessa Beecroft, Melanie Daniel, Shelly Federman, Yoshua Okon, Jenny Rogers, Ahlam Shibli, Artur Zmijewski
Portraits

Photographers' Gallery, London (GB)
5 May 2006 – 15 Jul 2006

with Lili Almog, Jessica Backhaus, Lee Miller, Vee Speers
the children's hour

Museum of New Art (mona), Pontiac (US)
21 May 2005 – 25 Jun 2005

with Doug Aitken, Pat Brassington, Sue de Beer, Rineke Dijkstra, Margi Geerlinks, Katy Grannan, Lauren Greenfield, Bill Henson, Ingar Krauss, Mona Kuhn, Dana Lixenberg, Loretta Lux …
Fotografia Contemporanea Israeliana

FotoGrafia. Festival Internazionale di Roma

Hendrik Christian Andersen Museum, Roma (IT)
5 May 2005 – 19 Jun 2005

with Micha Bar-Am, Yossi Breger, Elinor Carucci, Ori Gersht, Roi Kuper, Leora Laor, Ohad Matalon, Adi Nes, Gilad Ophir
Western Biennale of Art: Art Tomorrow

JOHN NATSOULAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Davis (US)
2 Feb 2005 – 27 Mar 2005

with Anthony Goicolea, Lynn Hershman, Viktor Koen, Zofia Kulik, Maslen & Mehra, Boris Mikhailov, Lars Siltberg, Marc Wayland
Spread in Prato 2004

Dryphoto Arte Contemporanea, Prato (IT)
16 Oct 2004 – 25 Nov 2004

with Donatella Di Cicco, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, YANG Fudong, Bethan Huws, Isaac Julien, Surasi Kusolwong, Mark Lewis, Armin Linke, Takuma Nakahira, Adi Nes, Carmelo Nicosia, ZHANG Peili …
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Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
15 Jul 2004 – 4 Sep 2004

with Danny Lyon
The rape of europe

Luke & A Gallery, London (GB)
20 Nov 2003 – 21 Dec 2003

with Sumer Erek, Viola Friedrich, Kevin Fulton, Nikos Giavropoulos, Tea Maekipaeae, Brent McTavish, Photini Papahatzi, Sam Schramm, Filippos Tsitsopoulos, Janine von Thüngen

Events

photo basel 2026

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

Galerie Alex Schlesinger, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Christian Scholz, Christoph Stepan, Patrick Tschudi
photo basel 2026

switzerland's first international art fair dedicated to photography

photo basel, Basel (CH)
16 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Oscar Abolafia, Marina Abramovic, Michael Ackerman, Albarran Cabrera, Sama Alshaibi, Roger Ballen, Bill Brandt, Rene Burri, Arvida Bystroem, Lisetta Carmi, Gilles Caron, José Chambel …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025

AIPAD, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Slim Aarons, Stanko Abadzic, Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Mariette Pathy Allen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Maria Antelman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus …
photo basel 2023

photo basel, Basel (CH)
13 Jun 2023 – 18 Jun 2023

with Annelies Strba, Roger Ballen, Lillian Bassman, Stefania Beretta, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Alvin Booth, Tomo Brejc, Elina Brotherus, Rene Burri, Brigitte Carnochan, f&d Cartier, Isabelle Chapuis …
PHOTO IS:RAEL 2022

10th International Photography Festival

PHOTO IS:RAEL, Tel Aviv (IL)
23 Nov 2022 – 3 Dec 2022

with Meredith Andrews, Dana Ariel, Kincső Bede, Carlo Bevilacqua, Colin Delfosse, Ismail Ferdous , Guido Gazzilli, Jan Richard Heinicke, Atalia Katz, Natalia Kepesz, Laima Kreivytė and Ineta Armanavičiūtė, Justyna Mielnikiewicz …
Festival Portrait(s) 2019

Vichy Festival, Vichy (FR)
14 Jun 2019 – 8 Sep 2019

with Olivier Culmann, Turkina Faso, Philippe Halsman, Tish Murtha, Bastiaan Woudt
PHOTO IS:RAEL 2018

6th International Photography Festival

PHOTO IS:RAEL, Tel Aviv (IL)
22 Nov 2018 – 1 Dec 2018

with Roger Ballen, Natan Dvir, Naomi Harris, Sigalit Landau, Dmitry Markov, Fabian Muir, Marc Ohrem-Leclef, Camillo Pasquarelli, Fausto Podavini, Michal Rovner, Jens Schwarz, Maria Svarbova