Michal Ohana-Cole

Catalog # 26
Michal Ohana-Cole

"Princess Die"

2008-2009

Size: 22X20 cm ea.
http://michalart.spielzeugz.de/michalart.html

Estimated Value: $900 each

About the artwork:

I am a multi-disciplined artist, my work includes: photography, installations, paintings, video, performance and sculpture. The work I am donating to ELEM’s art event is from my recent series of “cut money” which was initiated in 2008-09 from the global economic recession. The work deals with notions of relationships, sexuality, death and money and the fact that one dominates the other.Real money notes ranging from £5-£50 are cut into shapes and mounted into card or wood creating a collage. The 2 pieces: Princes DIE with skull and Princes DIE with butterflies are depicting these issues of power control money and status: Princes Diana’s face are cut from the money note while the queen’s face appears through her. The butterflies represents Diana’s metaphorical resurrection and transformation into immortal symbol, and are creating a paradoxical contrast to the queen’s face piping through the centre. 

About the artist:

Born  1974 - Haifa, Israel

Lives and works in London since 1997

Education

1997-2000     Fine Art B.A. (Hons) Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London

1996-1997     Prep'Art Art College, Paris, France

Work Experience

2005-2007      UK Operations Director for AIDA: The Association of Israeli Decorative Arts (Bronfman Foundation)

Solo Exhibitions

2009               Florentin 45, Fragments , Tel Aviv, Israel

                       Janko Dada Museum, Secret Delights, Ein Hod, Israel

Selected Group Exhibitions

 

2010             Florentin 45, Day-dreaming, Tel-Aviv, Israel

                     The Crypt Gallery, Lingering Whispers, London, UK

                      Fresh Paint Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel

                      Minshar Gallery, Bread and Roses, Tel Aviv, Israel

2009               Hidden, ACT ART 7- Children of the Damned, London , UK

                       Fresh Paint  Art Fair, Tel Aviv, Israel

                       The Saatchi Gallery, Showdown, London ,UK

2008               Florentin 45, Dirty White, Tel-Aviv, Israel

                       The Arches, ACT ART 6, London, UK

2004              Lotus Gallery, The Sex Show, Bath, UK

                      Ben Uri Gallery, IJAY Awards, London, UK

2002              Nikolai Fine Art, Sugar Spice and Everything Nice, New York, USA

                      Mafuji Gallery, Obsessions, London, UK

                      Artlink & Sotheby's International Young Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel

                      Artlink & Sotheby's International Young Art New York, USA

                      Artlink & Sotheby's International Young Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001              Salon Des Arts, Challenge the Nail, London, UK

                      Sotheby's, Out-Moded, London, UK

                      ICA- Nominated for Beck's Futures Award, London, UK

                      The London Institute, Future Map, London ,UK

                      The London Institute, {X}Hibit, London, UK

1999              King St. Gallery Exhibition, London, UK

                      Fuji Photographic Awards, London, UK

1998              Logos Art Gallery Third National Competition, London, UK

Exhibition Catalogues

2010               Lingering Whipsres, The Crypt Gallery

2009               Fragments, Florentin 45 Gallery

2008               Dirty White, Florentin 45 Gallery   

2004               IJAY Awards

2002               Sotheby’s International Young Art

2001               {X}Hibit The London Institute

Bibliography

2010              “Lingering Whispers”, Dazed and Confused Digital, July

2009               Dudu Bareket , “Women Liberation”, Achbar Haeir, October, P35

                       Eli Armon-Azulai, “The Female  Mask”, Galleria Haaretz, September, P8 

                       Liad Kantorovich “ Forbidden Pleasures”, Time Out Tel Aviv, September, P44-46

                       Yham Hameiri “The Woman in the Leather Mask”, Shamenet- Haaretz, February,P36-40 

2008               Polly Vernon, “Woman’s Thrift Guide”, The Observer- Women, October 5, P.8    

                       Emine Saner, “Store Crazy-Michal Ohana-Cole” ,The Guardian-G2, March 24, P.13 

                       “Florentine 45- Dirty White”, Haaretz- Shamenet Magazine, Israel, September, P.46

2006                Rebecca Taylor, “The Israeli photographer”, Time Out- London, January 25- February 1, P.142

2004                Sarah Jane Downing, ”Snapshot”, The Big Issue, August 30-September 5, P.25 

                        Catarina Davison, “Art Review-sex show”, Metro London, August 25, P.19    

                        Steve Wright, “Sex in the city”, Venue, Bristol, August 20-29, P.14-15

                        Helen Kwicien,” The sex Show”, Decode Magazine, Issue 14, P.8

                       Alison Oldham, “Animal Attraction of Dressing to Thrill”,  H&H London, August 13. P.22

2002               Helen Smithson, “Real Women and Dodgy Male Desire” , H&H London, January 18, P.35

                       “International Young Art”, The Artist’s Newsletter, December, P.36

                        Raul Zamudio, “Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice”, New York Art Magazine, May, P.37-39

                        Lisa.P.Streitfield, “Post Sept.11 Eroticism in New York”, New York Art Magazine, April

                        Lea Marnetz, “First Show”, Maariv Newspaper, Israel, January  

2001                Helen Smithson, “The Graduate Who Seduced Saatchi with Roses and Lips”, H&H, February, P.41

                        Christopher Hirst, “In Thorough The Out Door”, The Independent weekly review, February 17, P.25

                        Helen Sumpter, “Future Map”, Time Out London, October 27-November 2 

Television

                 “Mehayom Lemachar”- “Over night ”- News review, Israel Chanel 1, “ International Young art”                                                                                  Interview with Vered David, December 2001