Michel Platnic was born in 1970, in France, and he lives and works in Tel-Aviv since 1998.
Studies
2015-2017 Post-M.A. studies, Art and Media Meisterschüler at Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2007-2010 Fine Art studies at the Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel
Graduated with honors
2005-2007 Fine Art studies (Sadnat Omanei Hakibutzim, Universita Amamit) in Israel
2001-2004 Acting studies (Yoram Levinstein acting studio, Theatron hagouf) in Israel
Studies included acting, corporeal expression, voice development and story telling
1989-1994 Graduated from ESIEE (Ecole Supérieure d’Ingénieurs en Electronique et Electrotechnique)
in France. Diploma in Electrical Engineering (M.Sc), specialized in signal processing
Grants
2019 Winner of the Esports Digital Art Prize, Hong Kong
2018 Selected to FutureHere Art&Sciences Incubator, Singapore
Winner of the Audience Award 60seconds Short Film Festival, Copenhagen
2017 Gottesman Etching Center Residency, Cabri, IL
Yeorot Hacarmel Residency, Haifa, IL
2010 Beit Berl Grant for Excellence in Art, IL
Shpilman Grant for Excellence in Photography, IL
Selected to the ST-Art incubator for young artists, Tel-Aviv
Solo Exhibitions
2020 – Beyond Painting, Ephemeral space, Lara Sedbon & Raphael Durazzo, Paris
2019 – Genesis, Xposed, New York
Life Hack, Hanut Gallery, Tel-Aviv
2018 – Art Market Art Fair, Budapest (cat.)
Self-Portrait, The Lab, Tel Aviv
Men songs, Sadna Leomanut, Rishon Le-Zion, Israel
Genesis, Gordon-London House, Municipal Art Gallery, Rishon Le-Zion (cat.)
2017 – Genesis, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat.)
2015 – Sphères 8, Well-Tempered, Galleria Continua, Boissy-le-Châtel, France
After, Moscow International Biennale, Multimedia Art Museum (MMAM), Moscow
After, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
After, Art Stage Art Fair, Singapore
2014 – After, Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2013 – After Bacon, Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2012 – Good Enough Death, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
2011 – Potential Space, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
2010 – Twilight, ST-Art Residence, Jaffa, Israel
Selected Performances
2020 – Hierarchical Perception, Resilient 40, Addis Abeba
2017 – Ictus*, performance with Dan Allon, Circle1, Berlin
Ostinato, sound performance, Spektrum, Berlin
Ictus*, performance with Dan Allon, Kav16, Tel Aviv
2013 – Body Left Hanging, Minshar, Tel-Aviv, Israel
BYOBeamer, Contemporary Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2012 – Study of Bacon’s Portrait, Beit Kaner, Municipal Art Gallery, Rishon Lezion, Israel
Time/Zones, Center for Contemporary Art (C.C.A), Tel-Aviv, Israel
Machol, Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
2011 – Ein-Sof, Bible Land Art Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2010 – Performance festival- Oz in the city, Halalit Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Profane, Alfred Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Menorah, ST-ART Residence, Jaffa, Israel
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 – Beyond Face, curated by Gil Goren, Salon Knafaim, Tel Aviv
2019 – Hybrid Painting, curated by Shirley Wagner, Sklar Levy Gallery, Modiin, Israel
2018 – Festival International d’Art Video, Centre d’art contemporain L’Uzine, Casablanca
The Human Condition, A38 Gallery, Budapest
2017 – Repositioning, The Museum for Islamic Art, Jerusalem (cat.)
Israeli Contemporary Art, National Academy of Arts, Kiev
2016 – Hadvir, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv
International Photography Festival, ST-ART Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 – Changjiang Biennale of Photo & Video, Changjiang Museum of Contemporary Art, China
I live in the East but my heart is in the West, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich
Art-sistence, Musrara, Jerusalem
2014 – New Works – Spring 2014, Gordon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2014 – Window Project, Gazelli Art House, London, England
2013 – 2 Years Later, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
2012 – Painting etc., Beit Kaner, Municipal Art Gallery, Rishon Lezion, Israel
Young Masters, Art Rotterdam 2012, Rotterdam
2011 – Facelook, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Pixelpops, TPTP Gallery, Paris, France
Salon Yafo of Photography, Hangar 2, Yafo, Israel
Venice: Memoire, Zemacks Gallery, Tel-Aviv , Israel
Action Photography, Dan Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Heroes, Hanina Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Today Only, Center for Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Story Slam, Kishon Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2010 – Ether, Hanina Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Obscurity, FusionArts Museum, New York
Alfred and shoot2, Alfred Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Longing, ShayArye Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Young Israeli Artists, Artik, Antverpen
Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Israelism, ShayArye Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Screenings
2020 – Resilient40, Addis Abeba
2019 – PrintScreen Festival, Holon
Shortcutz Viseu, Viseu, Portugal
2018 – Genesis, Short Film Corner, Cannes Festival, Cannes
Genesis, International Moving Image Festival Golder Kuker, Sofia
Genesis, Vesevo Film Festival, Naples
Genesis, 60seconds Short Film Festival, Copenhagen – Winner of the Audience Award
Genesis, One-Off Moving Image Festival, Valencia
Genesis, 3minutes 3days Film Festival, Baghdad
Genesis, International Film Festival Tonneins, France
Genesis, International Time Lapse and Stop Motion Festival, Molina de Aragón, Spain
Genesis, The Joyce Forum Short Film Festival, San Diego
2017 – Genesis-de-Genesis, Jerusalem Film Festival, Jerusalem
2009 – Zman Avir, Broadcast program, Channel One, Israel
CineForte6, Cinematheque of Tel-Aviv, Israel
Press
2020 – Alicia Arpaia, i24news broadcast channel, the news, March 2020
Clement Sauvoy, “Beyond Painting”, Aluring, The Art Scene, March 7, 2020
2018 – Mette Mechlenborg, DK2 broadcast channel, Denmark (Danish)
2017 – Jenifer Greenberg. “Genius of ‘Genesis’: an interview with Michel Platnic”, Time Out, Israel,A pril 24, 2017
Alison Roberts. “Genesis”, Telavivian, Israel, May 9, 2017
America-Israel Cultural Foundation, “Michel Platnic & Dan Allon. Ictus*”, Feb 2017
2016 – Melanie Stern. “Michel Platnic’s New Video Project: Genesis“, ST-ART, Israel, Fall 2015
Shireen Marican. “The Pioneer: Michel Platnic, Baconesque and Blurring Boundaries“,
Art and Only, Switzerland, February 3, 2016
2015 – Angela Lannone. “Francis Bacon, i suoi quadri prendono vita con Michel Platnic“, Artsblog, Italy, July 2015
Reut Barnea. “After by Michel Platnic at the Museum of Photography”, Calcalist, Israel, May 8, 2015 Cecile Montigny.”
Michel Platnic ré-invente Francis Bacon en trois dimensions“, Apar, France, March 24, 2015
Vedomosti/Wall Street Journal, “The Desire to be a Painter”, Russia, March 3, 2015
Profil/Der Spiegel, “After Painting”, Russia, March 6, 2015
Eldad Beck. “I wanted to be an artist. I listened to no one”, Ynet, Israel, Feb 2015
Artdaily, “Solo exhibition of works by Israeli artist Michel Platnic opens at Art Plural Gallery“, Feb 2015
Adele Dahan. “After the Mixed Media Art of Michel Platnic“, TheCultureTrip, Israel, Feb 2015
Chiara Piccolo. “Tutta la vita dei dipinti di Francis Bacon. I video di Michel Platnic resuscitano le tele del maestro“, Artribune, Italy, Jan 2015
Ocula, “Michel Platnic: After“, Asia Pacific, Jan 2015
Nylon Magazine, “Michel Platnic: After“, United States, Jan 2015
Tian Ding. In Lifestyle Asia, Singapore, Jan 2015
Phaidon, “Meet the artist who reworks Francis Bacon“, United Kingdom, Jan 2015
Randian – China Art Times, “Michel Platnic: After”, Hong Kong, Jan 2015
Grace Banks. “Interview with Michel Platnic“, Elephant Magazine, Jan 15, 2015
2014 – Dawn Lille. “Michel Platnic: Let Us Move through Space”, Art Times, New York, Fall 2014
Shani Litman.“What Michel Platnic learned from Francis Bacon”, Haaretz – Galeria, Israel June 9, 2014
Valerie Abecassis. i24News – Culture, Israel, May 2014
Nurit Zaltsman. NZArt, Israel, May 2014
Ravit Harari. Nisha, Israel, July 2014
2013 – Haaretz – The Guide, Israel, May 13-17, 2013
Fleur Sitruk. i24News – Culture, Israel, September 2013
Ravit Harari. Nisha, Israel, June 2013
Anat Mendel. Megafone, Israel, May 26, 2013
2012 – Hagit Peleg Rotem. Globes, Israel, January 24-25, 2012
2011 – E. Evling & Alon O. In Forbes, Israel, November 2011
Nadav Appel. Ms. Use Magazine, Israel, June 2011
Sagi Benita. “Michel Platnic – Touching the Crown”, Art Portal, Israel, May 10, 2011
T. Green, Gafni K. & G. In A5 Magazine, Israel, April 13, 2011
Dorit Pukach. Erev-Rav, ‘Exhibition of the week’, Israel, May 5, 2011
2010 – Lili Abodi. “Art of the Body”, Ha’ir, Israel, July 30, 2010
Cable News Channel – Aroutz 98, Israel, July 25, 2010
Dror Solfer. Kol Israel, Israel, May 13, 2010
Smadar Shefi. Haaretz, Galeria, Israel, 3 August 2010