Lena Zaidel Born in 1962, St. Petersburg, Russia (FSU) Immigrated to Israel Jan. 1976 with her parents Olga and Felix Rabinovich Married to artist Oded Zaidel 1989 Daughter Neta born 1992 Lives and works in Jerusalem since 1990 Education 1988 - Continuing education at Bezalel Academy of Art and             Design Jerusalem 1987 - Graduate of the Department of Graphic Design,              Bezalel Academy of Art and Desigh Jerusalem  Courses and Programs 2000-2003 - The MOFET Institute for Educators, Tel Aviv 2000-2004 - Arcane School of Universal Spirituality, Geneva 1997-2003 - Meditation, Teacher  Training in Psychic Reading,                      Hechal - Jerusalem Center for Universal Spirituality  1980-1981 - Kabbalah and Jewish Mysticism, Center for                      Kabbalah Research, Tel Aviv Work 1989 - 2001 - Founded and managed a studio for visual communications   Teaching (Drawing, Illustration, Basic Design) 1999 - Musrara School of Photography, Jerusalem Since 1997 - Private drawing lessons 1994 - Bezalel Academy for Art and Design Jerusalem 1993-1995 - Ort College, Jerusalem  1993-1994 - Hadassah College, Jerusalem 1991-2007 - Emunah College, Jerusalem  1989-1990 - Meimad School, Tel Aviv  Instruction (Meditation, Psychic Reading) 2007-2008 - Feng Shui Academy, "East-West" School, Tel Aviv  2001-2009 - Feng-Shui Academy, Schuster Center, Ramat Aviv Collections The Janco Dada Museum, 2019 The Israel Museum Jerusalem, Drawing &  Prints Department, 2015 Gideon Ofrat Collection, The Levin Foundation for Israeli Art, 2013 Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, 2007 _____________________________________   Lena Keshman, 2018 Ronen and Jasmin Siman Tov, 2017 Boris Yuhvetz, 2017 Ola Preminger, 2016 Irina and Alex Vernik, 2014 Lena and Leonid Zeiger, 2013 Peter Kriksunov,  2013 Dima Noff, 2013 Ira and Michael Grobman, 2013 Lena and Asaf Pasternak, 2012 Yosef David, 2010 Lena and Alon Goldman, 2010 Elena Gendelev-Kurilov, 2008 Michail Gendelev, 2008 Rutty and Yuval Weitzman, 2003 Nurit and Ofer Levy, 2003  Yael and Zohar Moskovich, 2003 Vered and Amir Bitan, 2003 Dafna and Zeev Goldberg, 2003 Elena Tolstoy and Michael Weisskopf, 2000 Yoram Halevy, 2000 Mikhal and Tristan Troudart, 1999 Dasha Mitina, 1999 Naama and Efraim Zaidel,1998 Neta Peleg, Haifa, 1990 Farideh and Said Golbahar, 1987 Igor Gurevich, 1984 Exhibition Curated 2021 - Neopostism? Neosent?, Group Exhibition, Agripas 12 Gallery,            Jerusalem; Curators: Lena Zaidel, Sasha Okun          - The Artists of Agripas 12 Gallery´s: Homage to Moshe Castel,            Group Exhibition, The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, Jerusalem,            Ma´ale Adumim; Curators: Lena Zaidel, Osnat Shapira,           - Natasha Kuznetsova, Everyone is at Home,            Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem  2018 - The Artist´s Family, Group Exhibition, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Lena Zaidel, Yossi Waxman 2017 - Mikhael Yakhilevich, The Wanderer, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem 2016 - Ruth Schreiber, Beyond Rubies, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem 2015 - Nadia Adina Roze, The Earthy Sky-2, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem  2014 - Oded Zaidel, The Factory Yard, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem          - Sasha Okun and Ronen Siman Tov, Shoshana and Mordechai             Ish-Shalom Awards, CREDO, The artist as a Private Detective,             Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem 2013 - Nadia Adina Rose, The Earthy Sky, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem          - Michael Yakhilevich, An Air Siren, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem 2012 - Natasha Kuznetzova, For Whom the Music is Playing,            Ha´Bait Ha´Adom Gallery, Tel Aviv 2010 - Michael Yakhilevich, Bon Voyage, The Artist´s House Jerusalem          - Natasha Kuznetsova, A Different Reality,              The Artist´s House Jerusalem          - Four Walls, Group Exhibition, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem 2008 - Oded Zaidel, Romema-Talpiot, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem 2007 - New Members, Group Exhibition, with Oded Zaidel,            The Artist´s House, Jerusalem 2005 - Oded Zaidel, Ziurnoff (Landscape Painting),             Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem Spesial Projects 2016 - Publication of Michail Gendelev´s poems "In the Gardens of Allah",             Keshev Publishing House, Tel-Aviv; Translated to Hebrew             by Lena Zaidel 2014 - Publication of Michail Grobman´s poems; Literaly Review GAG (N32); Translated to Hebrew by Lena Zaidel   2013 - Publication of M.Grobman´s poems              "Liberty Arrives Naked"; Translated to Hebrew by             Lena Zaidel; "Keshev" Publishing House, Tel Aviv 2012 - Animation film for M.Gendelev´s poem 2010-2021 - Producing and montage of documentary videos 2011-2012 - Publication of M.Gendelev´s and M.Grobman´s poems                      in Literary Review "Ktovet 4" & "Ktovet 5" 2010-2011 - Translation of Grobman´s & M.Gendelev´s Poetry                       (from Russian to Hebrew) by Lena Zaidel             2008-2013 - Chief of the Exhibition Board at The Jerusalem Artists´ House

lena Zaidel, 2011, Jerusalem, Photo: Dima Noff Awards  2016 - Shoshana Ish-Shalom Award for Artwork   1987 - Design Prize, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design            Jerusalem for designing the Poster for Israel´s 39th Anniversary 1983 - Young Artists Scholarship,              America-Israel Cultural Foundation (Keren Sharet Foundation) Solo Exhibitions 2025 - The Wolves´ Song, Artists´ House Tel-Aviv;            Curator: Anat Gorel-Rorberger (Catalog) 2023 - Upside-Down Objects, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curator: Oded Zaidel 2020 - Homage, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;             Curator: Batsheva Dori 2015 - Almost Paradise, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curator: Oded Zaidel 2013 - Wolves of the Gospel, The Gallery Kibbutz Be´eri;             Curator: Ziva Jelin          - Street Wolves, The Jerusalem Artists´ House;            Curator: Albert Suisa, additional text: Gideon Ofrat (Catalog) 2007 - All the Places Are Holy - II, Agripas 12 Gallery,            Jerusalem; Curator: Oded Zaidel (Catalog) 2006 - All the Places Are Holy,  Al Ha-Tzuk Gallery,                  Netanya; Curator: Monica Lavy (Catalog) 2003 - Wolves, The Jerusalem Artists´ House;            Curator: Tami Bezalely (Booklet) 2000 - Demeter, Antea Gallery,                         Jerusalem; Curator: Rita Mendes-Flohr  1999 - Painted Friends, Musrara School of Photography,             Jerusalem; Curator: Oded Zaidel Duo Exhibitions (with Oded Zaidel) 2019 - I Had a Dream...Janco, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod;             Curator: Rina Genussov  2016 - Lena and Other Animals, Panoramas, Tova Ossman Gallery,            Tel-Aviv; Curator: Lena Zaidel 2012 - The Monastery, The Surface, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curator: Yonatan Amir          - Jerusalem Panorama, The Migdal David Gallery,            Tel-Aviv; Curator: David Sharir  2009 - Nina Gallery, Gilo, Jerusalem;             Curator: Boris Lekar Selected Group Exhibitions 2025 - Young and Old Masters. Miriam Gamburd Hosts Drawing Artists.            The Artists House, Tel-Aviv;            Curator: Arie Berkovitz, Curator Assistant: Adi Rose (Catalog) 2024 - Who´s (still) Afraid of a Bad Wolf, The Artists´ House Tel-Aviv;            Curator: Anat Gorel-Rorberger          - A Valuable Papers, Arthura Gallery, Rupin Academic Center,                         Emek Hafer; Curator: Mirit Chervinski          - Through & Beyond Paper, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curator: Loti Gombosh (Catalog) 2023 - Tell Me More, One Thousand Shoshkes, Herzliya Museum            of Contemporary Art; Curators: Shua Ben Ari,            Yuval Saar (Catalog)          - Running with the Wolves - Version 2023, Re´ut Artist´s House,             Re´ut; Curator: Tal Gelfer (Catalog) 2022 - My Childhood Album, Gordon College of Education, Haifa;            Curator: Rina Genussov          - Spatial Action, Agripas 12 & Marie Galleries, Jerusalem;                Curator: Dr. Nava T. Barazani (Catalog)          - Lena, Oded & Neta Zaidel: My Family and Other Animals,            The Gallery for Israeli Art at the Tivon Memorial Center;            Curator: Michal Shacnai-Yakobi (Booklet) 2021 - Neopostism? Neosent?, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Lena Zaidel, Sasha Okun (Catalog)           - A House on the Bridge, Museum Kaiserswerth,            Dusseldorf, Germany; Curators: Dr. Barbara Grotcomp-Shepes,            Elena Wohlreich, Dina Blich (Catalog)                 - The Artists of Agripas 12 Gallery´s: Homage to Moshe Castel,             The Moshe Castel Museum of Art, Jerusalem, Ma´ale Adumim;            Curators: Lena Zaidel, Osnat Shapira 2020 - A House in Ein Hod, Ein Hod Gallery;             Curator: Yossi Waxman (Catalog)          - Vienna 1900, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Rina Peled, Max Epstein (Catalog) 2019 - L.H.O.O.Q., The Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod; Curators:             Raya Zomer-Tal, Rachel Toren          - "Reshumon", Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem,              Curators: Bitya Rosenak, Gabi Yair          - Fresh Paint 11, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas 12 Gallery, Tel-Aviv;            Curator: Hagai Segev          - "...A Sex Life or the Kingdom of Heaven?", Works from the            collection of Michail Grobman, The Lobby Art Space, Tel-Aviv;            Curators: Chana Kofler, Orit Mor          - Her Dress, Her Symbol, Antea Revisited, Agripas 12                       Gallery, Marie Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Nomi Tannhauser, Rita Mendes-Flor 2018 - Manofim Festival, The Artist´s book of Agripas 12,            Jerusalem; Curator: Shoshi Averbuch          - The Artist´s Family, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Lena Zaidel, Yossi Waxman          - The Artist´s book of Agripas 12, TLV, Tel Aviv;            Curator: Shoshi Averbuch          - Fantasy, Sadnaot Gallery Yavne;            Curators: Lilach Abramsky-Arazi, Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar 2017 - Manofim, Salon Hacubia, Jerusalem;            Curators: Ela Cohen Vansover, Dan Orimian           - Between Covered and Discovered, Skeeze Gallery,             Beyt Ot Ha-Mutzar, Jerusalem; Curators: Bitya Rosenak,             Gabi Yair          - Like a Whisper, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Alejandra Okret, Doron Adar          - Night Sailing, "Makom le Omanut" Gallery, TLV, Tel-Aviv;              Curator: Shoshi Averbuch          - Between sacred and profane, Skeeze Gallery, Beyt Ot Ha-            Mutzar, Jerusalem; Curators: Bitya Rosenak, Gabi Yair 2016 - Bestiary, Skeeze Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators:                  Marina Genkina, Marina Shelest 2015 - Ghosts and Demons, The New Gallery,            Jerusalem; Curator: Max Epstein          - Beuys, Beuys, Beuys, Meshuna Gallery, Tel-Aviv;             Curator: Liav Mizrahi 2012 - The Dark Side, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem; Curators:             Sara-Nina Meridor, Oded Zaidel          - Mother Tonge - National Language, Beyt Yad-Le´Banim            Gallery, Rishon Le´Zion; Curator: Keren Wisshouse, (Catalog)          - Fresh Paint-5, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas12 Gallery,             Tel Aviv          - Footsteps in the Desert, Beery Gallery            (The artists of Agripas12 Gallery & the artists from             Phoenix, Arizona); Curator: Ziva Jelin          - Jerusalem - Sacred and profane, Stern Gallery, Tel Aviv;            Curator: Debby Luzia 2011 - Fresh Paint-4, Contemporary Art Fair,            Agripas 12 Gallery, Tel Aviv          - The lie of the land, The Diaghilev Hotel, Tel Aviv;                       Curator: Tamar Tadmor 2010 - Wolf, Wolf!, Beit Kener, Rishon LeZion; Curator: Efi Gen             (Catalog)          - Fresh Paint-3, Contemporary Art Fair, Agripas 12 Gallery,             Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv          - Four Walls, Agripas 12 Gallery (Boris Yuhvetz, Tenno Pent Sooster,            Lena & Oded Zaidel) Jerusalem; Curator: Lena Zaidel          - Traces IV, The 4th Biennale for Drawing in Israel,            The Jerusalem Artists´ House;            Chief Curator: Tamar Manor Fridman (Catalog) 2009 - Soul-Searching, High Touch Gallery, Herzliya;            Curator: Dafna Naor 2008 - Antea Darom, Kaye Academic College of Education, Beersheva;            Curators: Rita Mendes-Flohr, Nomi Tannhauser          - Manofim Project, Broken Phone, The Artists Workshops,             Jerusalem          - Manofim Project, Edges ,The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium,            Jerusalem, Curator : Yosi Davara, (Catalog)          - Jerusalem - Surface Fractures, The Jerusalem Artists ´House;             Curators : Israel Hadany, Zvi Tolkovsky, Hedva Shemesh              (Catalog) 2007 - The Desert Generation, The Jerusalem Artists´ House,            The Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv; Organizers: Larry Abramson,            David Tartakover , Saliman Mantzur, David Reev          - Traces III, The 3rd Biennale for Drawing in Israel,             The Jerusalem Artists´ House; Chief Curator: Dalia Manor,            (Catalog)          - The Alchemists, The New Gallery, Teddy Stadium,            Jerusalem; Curator: Shoshi Averbukh (Catalog)  2006 - Ebb and Flow, Agripas 12 Gallery, Jerusalem;            Curators: Doron Livne, Oded Zaidel   2005 - Traces II, The 2nd Biennale for Drawing in Israel, The             Jerusalem Artists´ House; Curator: Dror Burnstein (Catalog) 2004 - The 4th International Biennale of Drawing, Pilsen, Czech Republic,            (Catalog)          - Place for Contemporary Art, High Touch Gallery,             Herzliya; Curator: Daphna Naor 2002 - New Members Exhibition, The Jerusalem Artists´ House;            Curators: Yemima Ergas, Nomi Tannhauser 1995 - Poetic Images, The Jerusalem Artists´ House (Catalogue) 1987 - Leviathan Group, Performance and Installation: Messiah, Jerusalem;            Curator: Michail Grobman 1985 - Leviathan Group, Performance: Khlebnikov 100, Tel Aviv;             Curator: Michail Grobman 1982 - From Symbol to Technology, Leviathan Group, The Jerusalem             Theatre, Curator: Michael Grobman(Catalog)