EDUCATION
1979 B.A. Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 The Space Between Knowing, The TL Studio, New York, NY. Curator: Naomi Lev.
2025 The Place Will Summon Us, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Avshalom Suliman.
2024 Unfolding Nature: Dancing Through Waves, Joan & Alan Bernikow Gallery, Staten Island, NY.
2023 Unfolding Nature: Dancing Through Waves, The Leon Family Gallery & Weinstein Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA. Curator: Erica Hartman-Horvitz.
2020 Is That It, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Shlomit Dror.
2020 Travel Diary, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. Curator: Yivsam Azgad.
2020-2019 Unfolding Nature: Dancing Through Waves, Roe Green Gallery, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH. Curator: Erica Hartman-Horvitz.
2019 Wave Theory, Tel Aviv Artist’s House, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Arie Berkowitz.
2019 Nature of Wonder, ZAZ10TS, New York, NY. Curator: Tzili Charney.
2019 Unfolding, The Yard, Columbus Circle, New York, NY. Curator: Sarah Crown.
2018 How Things Work, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Nogah Davidson.
2018 Headlines, Spring/Break Art Fair, New York, NY. Curator: Naomi Lev.
2014 Soft Corps, Bosi Contemporary, New York, NY. Curator: Kathy Battista.
2013 Larger Than Love, Temp Art Space, New York, NY. Curator: Tim Goossens.
2012 Larger Than Love, Berlin Biennale, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum, Berlin, Germany. Curator: Tim Goossens.
2012 Two on Richter Scale, HomeBase, Berlin, Germany.
2010 Ehevuni, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Tamar Dresdner.
2008 How Things Work, Tavi Dresdner Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Tamar Dresdner.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Like a Falcon’s Flight: The Line Between Matter and Idea, Carmel Forest Art, Haifa, Israel. Curator: Sharon Toval.
2024 Cosi fan Tutte, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2024 Nulobaz of Zavolun, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2023 TRYST, Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
2023 The Supermarket Artfair, Stockholm, Sweden.
2023 Hunak Hōn!, Um el-Fahem Museum, Um-el Fahem, Israel. Curator: Carmel Goffer.
2023 New New New, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curators: Meir Sidi and Tamar Simon.
2022 Caldera, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Shir VIsel.
2022 What Would it All Be, If Not a Slow Spreading of Wings?, D.N. Gallery, Ramat Gan, Israel. Curator: Doron Fishbein.
2020 Big Dreams, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Ra’anan Harlap.
2020 Art Teleported New York 2020, Organized by the Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Brooklyn, NY.
2019 Spooky Action at a Distance, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Hagai Luria.
2019 Alternative Nation, ZUZU Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Rotem Ritov.
2018 Maklot Bagalgalim, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2018 Abstract Mind, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
2016 CICA Experimental Film and Video Exhibition, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art (CICA), Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.
2016 Peninsula, Bet Hadar parking lot, Public Commission Tel Aviv Municipality, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Roni Hajaj.
2016 Painting Camp 2016, The Negev Museum of Art, Beersheba, Israel. Curator: David Wakstein.
2016 DADA 100, Janco Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel. Curator: Izi Civre.
2015 50/50, two-person exhibition with Roni Hajaj, Private Venue, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2014 Mazal U’Bracha, Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of The Jewish People, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Carmit Blumensohn.
2013 Awakening, Florentin 45 Contemporary Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Gilat Nadivi.
2013 Magia Naturalis, P8 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Dr. Yochai Rosen.
2012 Hai Holidays, Youkobo Art Space, Tokyo, Japan.
2011 Monkeys Nine People (Kofim Tisha Anashim) II, pop-up exhibition series, Pasaz, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Roni Hajaj.
2011 Mapping VIII, ArtLife for the World Contemporary Art Events, Venice, Italy.
2010 Alenbi Passage, Alternative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2010 To Whom it May Concern as part of “Exterritory Project,” Cyprus. Curators: Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir.
2009 God Forbid, Shay Arye Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Ben Tzur.
2009 Harakiri, Hachava Gallery, Holon, Israel. Curator: Irit Carmon Popper.
2009 Self Service, Hahalalit Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curators: Omer Shani Ben Shahar and Meirav Zaks.
2009 Big Spender, Hagada Hasmalit, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curators: Gilit Fischer and Raz Smira.
2008 Radius Rohovot, Beit Michal, Rehovot, Israel. Curator: Carmit Blumensohn.
2008 With Justice in His Art He Will Live, Museum of Underground Prisoners, Jerusalem, Israel. Curator: Yoav Ben Dov.
2008 The 1970's in Israeli Art: My Own Body, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Mordechai Omer.
2007 Under the Sun, Gilit Fisher Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Gilit Fisher.
2006 Brand Art, Crip! Company Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Yuval Caspi.
2006 Reality, Mayuha Gallery Pop Up Space, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Maayan Sheleff.
FILM SCREENINGS AND COLLABORATIONS
2017 “Delete TV,” London, England.
2016 “Canada Shorts Film Festival,” Honorable Mention Award and Award of Commendation, New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB, Canada.
2016 “Open Art Short Film Festival,” Düsseldorf, Germany.
2016 “12 Gates Video Art Fest,” Philadelphia, PA.
2007 Intifada Cult, Film, Director: Ayelet Dekel.
RESIDENCIES
2016 I-Park Foundation Inc., East Haddam, CT.
2012 HomeBase, Berlin, Germany.
PANELS AND TALKS
2025 “Conversation with Artist,” The TL Studio, New York, NY, with curator Naomi Lev.
2025 “Conversation with Artist and Curator,” Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space, Tel Aviv, Israel, with curator Avshalom Suliman.
2024 Guided Tour, Joan & Alan Bernikow Gallery, Staten Island, NY.
2022 “Reception and Walkthrough with Multimedia Artist Shony Rivnay,” Leon Family Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA.
2022 “Lunch on Fridays: Shony Rivnay,” Cleveland Institute of Art, OH.
2022 “Beneath the Paint: Unfolding Nature: Dancing through Waves with Shony Rivnay,” Jewish Federation of Cleveland, OH.
2021 “Tap Into Your Creativity,” online studio visit with Sandra Felmovicius.
2020 “7 Minutes with Naomi,” online studio visit with Naomi Lev.
2020 “Is That It,” Artist Talk with Curator Shlomit Dror.
2019 “Wave Theory,” artist talk with Curator Arie Berkowitz.
2019 “Shony Rivnay: Nature of Wonder,” panel discussion with Curators Sarah Crown and Naomi Lev.
2018 “How Things Work,” panel with Curator Nogah Davidson and artist Peter Meltz.
PUBLICATIONS AND ESSAYS
2025 The Space Between Knowing, exhibition essay by Naomi Lev, The TL Studio.
2025 The Place Will Summon Us, exhibition essay by Avshalom Suliman, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space.
2022 Caldera, exhibition essay by curator Shir VIsel, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space.
2020 Is That It, exhibition essay by curator Shlomit Dror, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space.
2020 Travel Diary, exhibition essay by curator Yivsam Azgad, Weizmann Institute of Science.
2020-2019 Unfolding Nature: Dancing Through Waves, exhibition essay by curator Erica Hartman-Horvitz, Roe Green Gallery.
2020 Big Dreams, exhibition essay by curator Ra’anan Harlap, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space.
2019 Spooky Action at a Distance, exhibition essay by curator Hagai Luria, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space.
2019 Alternative Nation, exhibition essay by curator Rotem Ritov, ZUZU Gallery.
2019 Good Vibrations, exhibition essay by curator Arie Berkowitz, Tel Aviv Artist’s House.
2019 Unfolding, exhibition essay by curator Sarah Crown, The Yard Columbus Circle.
2019 Shony Rivnay: Compositions, exhibition essay by Dr. Smadar Sheffi, Tel Aviv Artist’s House.
2018 How Things Work, exhibition essay by curator Nogah Davidson, Nulobaz Cooperative Art Space.
2018 Headlines, exhibition essay by curator Naomi Lev, Spring/Break Art Fair.
2016 Painting Camp 2016, exhibition essay by curator David Wakstein, The Negev Museum of Art.
2016 DADA 100, exhibition essay by curator Izi Civre, Janco Dada Museum.
2014 Soft Corps, exhibition catalogue with essay by Dr. Kathy Battista, Bosi Contemporary.
2014 Mazal U’Bracha, exhibition essay by curator Carmit Blumensohn, Beit Hatfutsot, The Museum of The Jewish People.
2013 Awakening, exhibition essay by curator Gilat Nadivi, Florentin 45 Contemporary Art Space.
2013 Magia Naturalis, exhibition essay by Dr. Yochai Rosen, P8 Gallery.
2013 Larger Than Love, exhibition essay by curator Tim Goossens, Temp Art Space.
2012 Larger Than Love, exhibition essay by curator Tim Goossens, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum.
2010 Ehevuni, exhibition essay by curator Tamar Dresdner, Tavi Dresdner Gallery.
2009 God Forbid, exhibition essay by curator Ben Tzur, Shay Arye Gallery.
2008 How Things Work, exhibition essay by curator Tamar Dresdner, Tavi Dresdner Gallery.
2008 With Justice in His Art He Will Live, exhibition essay by curator Yoav Ben Dov, Museum of Underground Prisoners.
2008 The 1970's in Israeli Art: My Own Body, exhibition essay by curator Mordechai Omer, Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
PRESS
2025 Yaniv, Etty. “Naomi Lev and the Art of Process Curating.”Art Spiel, May 13, 2025. https://artspiel.org/naomi-lev-and-the-art-of-process-curating/.
2025 Werner, Shani. “Filling The Gaps,” Talking Art, February, 2025. http://bit.ly/41gFMrs.
2025 “The Collective List”, Portfolio Magazine, February 13, 2025. https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/217586.
2023 Abu, Yossi. “There is Here in Umm el Fahem: Nine Exhibitions and 50 Jewish and Arab Artists,” Zo Haderech, May 23, 2023. https://zoha.org.il/121363/.
2023 “Sketchbook: Shony Rivnay,” HIT, Holon Institute of Technology, June 10, 2023. https://bit.ly/47EBSMQ.
2022 “5 Questions…with Shony Rivnay,” Canvas, November 7, 2019. http://canvascle.com/5-questions-with-shony-rivnay/.
2022 Alon, Dr. Ktzia. “One Reflection on Cracks, Sound, Volcanoes and Art,” Erev Rav Magazine, June 18, 2022. https://www.erev-rav.com/archives/54368.
2021 “Tap Into Your Creativity,” Online Interview with Sandra Felmovicius. Posted May 15, 2021, by Sandra Fele Art. YouTube. 59 min., 07 sec., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKBvfAu1FiE.
2020 Hemo, Inbal Cohen. “There is Here: Art of Co-existence in Um el Fahem,” Portfolio Magazine, September 7, 2020. https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/182472.
2020 Gili, Sitton. “Interview with Shony Rivnay at his Exhibition ‘Is that It’,” ARToday, November 26, 2020. https://bit.ly/3HKOZl4.
2020 “7 Minutes Shony Rivnay.” Online Interview with Naomi Lev. Posted April 17, 2020, by 7 Minutes with Naomi. YouTube, 7 min., 29 sec., https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGucM8gNr0o.
2018 Bilu, Elad. “I Want To Be Relevant: A New Show By Shony Rivnay,” Calcalist, December 5, 2018. https://www.calcalist.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3751352,00.html.
2018 Saar, Yuval. “Shony Rivnay Continues to explore how things work,” Portfolio Magazine, November 28, 2018. https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/108144.
2018 “How Things Work 2018: A new Exhibition by Shony Rivnay,” Archijob. November 15, 2018. ttps://www.archijob.co.il/archijob_news/one_news.asp?IDNews=6150.
2018 Pachman, Meiran, host. “Conversation with Shony Rivnay.” Produced by Meiran Pachman. Ear Catcher Podcast. July 26, 2018. Podcast, audio, 1:03:33. https://omny.fm/shows/ear-catcher/56#description.
2016 Nofa, Minha. “How Do You Dada in Hebrew?,” Achbar Hair Magazine, March 7, 2016. https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/2016-03-07/ty-article/0000017f-f85e-ddde-abff-fc7f99240000.
2016 Rotem, Hagit Peleg. “Who are you Dada: A tribute exhibition at the Janco Dada Museum in Ein Hod,” Globes Magazine, August 31, 2015. https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1001065327.
2016 “100 Years to Dada, Exhibition at Ein Hod Museum,” Portfolio Magazine, March 3, 2016. https://www.prtfl.co.il/archives/87165.
2015 Buganim, Eitan. “Shony Rivnay and Liz Hajaj Step Out of the Box,” Haaretz Magazine, October 6, 2015. https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/newexhibitions/2015-10-06/ty-article/0000017f-df11-d3ff-a7ff-ffb115740000.
2014 Laluyan, Oscar A. “The Softer Side of Fear By Shony Rivnay,” Arte Fuse Magazine, March 12, 2014.
2014 Putnam, Jenna. “Art Beyond The Armory,” The Leica Camera Blog, March 24, 2014. https://leica-camera.blog/2014/03/24/jenna-putnam-art-beyond-the-armory/.
2014 “Shony Rivnay. Soft Crops.,” Meer Art, February 17, 2014. https://www.meer.com/en/7375-shony-rivnay-soft-corps.
2013 Lizanne, Merrill. “Tim Goossens Curates Two Exhibitions At Tribeca’s Temp”, Arlyst, May 18, 2013. https://artlyst.com/reviews/tim-goossens-curates-two-exhibitions-at-tribecas-temp/.
2013 Weisberg, Elizarin. “Shony’s Second Chance,” Ynet Yedioth America, May 12, 2013. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-4378452,00.html.
2012 Forbes, Alexander. “Larger Than Love,” Modern Painters, September, 2012.
2012 Goossens, Tim. “berlin hazing.” Interview by Alonso Dominguez, berlin art journal, May 18, 2012.
2012 Forbes, Alexander. “Larger Than Love: A Collaborative Exercise in Dichotomy,” Blouin Artinfo, May 7, 2012.
2012 Berlinger, Max. “Interview: Tim Goossens on Curating ‘Larger Than Love’ for the Berlin Biennale,” Out Magazine, April 27, 2012. https://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2012/04/27/interview-tim-goossens-curating-larger-love-berlin-biennale.
2012 “Larger Than Love,” fralaise blog, April 30, 2012. https://fraleise.blogspot.com/2012/04/srivnay-lcompton.html.
2012 Yaacov, Itay. “Meet Thomas Ron,” Xnet,April 24, 2012. https://xnet.ynet.co.il/fashion/articles/0,,L-3094693,00.html.
2012 ״Larger than Love: Shony Rivnay and Lindsay Compton,” Mutual Art, April, 2012. https://www.mutualart.com/Exhibition/Larger-than-Love--Shony-Rivnay-and-Linds/14B2226D94FBD048.
2011 “Shony Rivnay Is Looking For Love,” nrg Maariv, January 16, 2011. https://www.makorrishon.co.il/nrg/online/24/ART2/200/993.html.
2010 Armon-Azoulay, Eli. “Shony’s Fortress,” Haaretz Magazine, November 19, 2010. https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/2010-11-19/ty-article/0000017f-db7c-db5a-a57f-db7e47f80000.
2010 Rotem, Hagit Peleg. “That’s All The Difference,” Globes Magazine, February 23, 2010. https://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000541544.
2010 “Exhibition: Shony Rivnay, Between Art and Branding,” Ynet, February 11, 2010. https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3844447,00.html.
2008 Rosenbaum, Hemda. “Two Solo Shows," Haaretz, March 30, 2008. https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/art/2008-03-30/ty-article/0000017f-f867-ddde-abff-fc67763f0000.
2008 Gillerman, Dana. "The Power of The Plaquette," Haaretz, February 24, 2008. https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/2008-02-24/ty-article/0000017f-e146-d7b2-a77f-e347388e0000.
2005 Hirsch, Smadar. “Exactly Like You Build a Brand,” The Marker, March 16 2005. https://www.themarker.com/advertising/2005-03-16/ty-article/0000017f-f739-d318-afff-f77b34a40000.