Michal Chelbin

Michal Chelbin (born 1974) is an Israeli photographer.[1][2] Her work is held in the collections of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel; Metropolitan Museum, New York; LACMA; Getty Center, LA; and the Jewish Museum, New York.[3][4][5][6][7]

Early life

Chelbin was born and raised in Israel. She started photography at the age of 14. After high school, she served as a photographer in the Israel Defense Force spokesman unit for two years.[8]

Career

Chelbin studied photography at WIZO academy of design and education in Haifa from 1997 to 2001.[1][9]

In 2005 she had a solo exhibition, The Chapels, at Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel.[10]

In 2007 Chelbin first exhibited her project Strangely Familiar at Blue Sky Gallery, Portland.[11] The project focused on performers from small towns in Ukraine, Eastern Europe, England, and Israel,[11] and in 2008 it received the Constantiner Award for Photography from Tel Aviv Museum of Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv.[12] In the same year, Chelbin exhibited a solo exhibition under the same name at Tel Aviv Museum of Art.[12] This project was also published as the book Strangely Familiar.[13][12][14]

The Black Eye (2010) Chelbin continues Chelbin's interest in athletics as a photography subject.[15][14][16] In Sailboats and Swans (2012) she made portraits inside prison facilities in Russia and Ukraine.[17] With How to Dance The Waltz (2021) she focused on military boarding schools, matador training academies, and teenagers in Ukraine preparing for their proms.[18]

Chelbin has participated in group shows in The Getty Center, Los Angeles,[19] The Jewish Museum, New York,[7] and the National Portrait Gallery, London.[20]

She collaborated with fashion brand Dior Homme in 2016.[21][9] She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine,[22] The New Yorker,[23] GQ,[24] and the Financial Times.[25]

Chelbin cites Vermeer, Caravaggio, Velázquez, Diane Arbus, and August Sander as some of her biggest influences.[1]

Publications

  • Strangely Familiar: Acrobats, Athletes and other Traveling Troupes (Aperture, 2008)
  • The Black Eye (Twin Palms, 2010)[15]
  • Sailboats and Swans (Twin Palms, 2012)
  • How to Dance the Waltz (Damiani, 2021)[26][27]

Solo exhibitions

  • 2005 The Chapels, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya[10]
  • 2008 Strangely Familiar, Tel Aviv Museum of Art[12]
  • 2013 Sailboats and Swans, Hellenic Center for Photography, Athens, Greece[2]
  • 2021 How to Dance the Waltz, ClampArt, New York City[28]

Collections

Chelbin's work is held in the following permanent collections:

  • Metropolitan Museum, New York[4]
  • LACMA, LA[5]
  • Portland Museum of Art[29]
  • San Francisco Moma[30]
  • The Kadist Art Foundation, Paris[31]
  • Getty Center, LA[6]
  • Jewish Museum, New York[7]
  • Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel[3]

Awards

References

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  2. ^ a b "Michal Chelbin".
  3. ^ a b "Photography \ Tel Aviv Museum of Art". www.tamuseum.org.il. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  4. ^ a b "Alicia, Ukraine". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  5. ^ a b "Michal Chelbin". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  6. ^ a b "Michal Chelbin (Israeli, born 1974) (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  7. ^ a b c "The Jewish Museum". thejewishmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  8. ^ "Artist Michal Chelbin Talks Her Latest Book 'How to Dance the Waltz'". W Magazine. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  9. ^ a b Michal Chelbin website https://www.michalchelbin.com/about/
  10. ^ a b "Michal Chelbin". www.herzliyamuseum.co.il. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  11. ^ a b "Michal Chelbin". Blue Sky Gallery. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  12. ^ a b c d e "Art Etc. / Strangely Familiar". Haaretz. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  13. ^ "Strangely Familiar (signed edition)". Aperture. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  14. ^ a b "PhotoBiography: Michal Chelbin | Internationalphotomag". 2015-08-24. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  15. ^ a b "Works - Michal Chelbin". M+B Photo. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  16. ^ "Michal Chelbin - Artists - Meislin Projects". www.meislinprojects.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  17. ^ Publishers, Twin Palms. "Sailboats and Swans". Twin Palms Publishers. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  18. ^ "How to Dance the Waltz Michal Chelbin - 9788862087261". www.damianieditore.com. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  19. ^ "Sasha, Russia (Getty Museum)". The J. Paul Getty in Los Angeles. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  20. ^ "National Portrait Gallery - Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  21. ^ "Michal Chelbin". Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Retrieved 2021-09-23.
  22. ^ Bruni, Frank (2018-10-15). "Alessandro Michele, Fashion's Modern Mastermind". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  23. ^ "Michal Chelbin". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  24. ^ "Michal Chelbin - Bio, latest news and articles". GQ. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  25. ^ "Michal Chelbin contribution". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  26. ^ "Michal Chelbin - How to Dance the Walz". GUP Magazine. 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  27. ^ "12 Art Books to Invest in Now". Vogue. 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  28. ^ "How to Dance the Waltz". ClampArt. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  29. ^ "Michal Chelbin". portlandartmuseum.us. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  30. ^ a b c "Michal Chelbin". ClampArt. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  31. ^ "You are being redirected..." kadist.org. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  32. ^ "Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait prize 2009". The Guardian. 2009-09-15. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  33. ^ "The Big Picture: Shortlist". 16 September 2009. Retrieved 2021-09-18 – via news.bbc.co.uk.