VARDI KAHANA
Born 1959, Tel Aviv, Israel
Lives and works in Israel
EDUCATION
1978 – 1981 Art Teacher Training College, Ramat Hasharon
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1994 – Present Staff Photographer, Yedioth Ahronoth
1983 – 1993 Staff Photographer, Haaretz
1983 – 1993 Staff Photographer, Hadashot
1982 – 1983 Staff Photographer, Monitin Monthly
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Eternal Childhood, DC Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 One Family, Princeton University, NJ
2014 One Family, Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL
2013 Fields of Vision, The Art Gallery at Yad Labanim, Ramat Hasharon, Israel
2012 Near and Far, The Artists House, Rehovot, Israel
2010 One Family, Paul Lebe House, Bunestag, Berlin, Germany
One Family, Sinti and Roma Museum, Heidelberg, Germany
One Family, Grid 2010, Amsterdam Public Library, Amsterdam, Holland
2009 One Family, Arts Depot, London, England
2008 One Family, Musée Juif de Belgique, Brussels, Belgium
One Family, Fotomuseum, Antwerp, Belgium
One Family,Academy Der Kunste, Berlin, Germany
One Family, Centro per L'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato, Italy
Selected Images from One Family, The Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, New York
A Photographer Of People, Academy of Design and Photography, Haifa, Israel
2007 One Family, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York
One Family, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
Israeli Portrait, Artist House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2006 One Family, The Civic Library, Moncalvo, Italy
2001 Beauty Has Cut Itself Off, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan,
1992 Photography: Vardi Kahana, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Anonimix, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
2016 Fotodock, Space for Documentary Photography, Utrecht, Holland
2015 Drive In, Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod, Israel
Poland-Israel-Germany, Contemporary Art Museum of Krakow, Poland
Exposed, Hamishcan Gallery, Hulon, Israel
German and Israelis – The Exhibition, The Bundestag, Berlin, Germany, Tel Aviv, Beer Sheva, Haifa, Jerusalem
The Hinder Sea, Ashdod Art Museum, Ashdod, Israel
2014 Photographic Memory, International Photo Festival, Rishon LeZion, Israel
Decadal Variations, Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Into the Space, Hadassah Academic Collage, Jerusalem, Israel
Limited Time, Binyamini Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Portraits of Cain, Senate Gallery, Ben Gurion University, Israel
The Human Condition, N.O Gallery, New York
2011 PhotoPoetica, Musrara Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
Matters of Identity-costume and jewelry, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
See Rock Music, The Artist’s House, Tel Aviv, Israel
2010 Project Prozna, The Jewish Ghetto, Warsaw, Poland
In Detail, Haifa Museum Of Art, Haifa, Israel
Family Files, The Jewish Museum, Munich, Germany
2009 Family Traces, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
2008 Beloved Land,The Peace Gallery, Givat Haviva, Israel
Stills 07-08, Oranim Art Institute, K. Tivon, Israel
As Is, Contemporary Israeli Art, Vittorio Museum, Rome, Italy
2006 The Art of Living, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
DISENGAGEMENT, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
Vulnerable Body, Forum-Photography, Cologne, Germany
A Family Behind the Lens, University of Haifa, Israel
2005 The New Hebrews, Marin Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2001 The Poor The State The Rich, Bat Yam Museum, Israel
The Forum of Art Museum, Cologne and Berlin, Germany
2000 Time Frame, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1997 Yona’s Photo, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
1996 The Absent Photograph, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel
1994 Tel Aviv – A Temporary Documentation, Tel Aviv Museum, Israel
AWARDS
Sokolov Award, Tel Aviv Municipality, Tel Aviv, Israel
COLLECTIONS
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The Cummer Museum, Jacksonville, FL
The Margulies Collection, Miami, FL
Raymond Learsy Collection, Sharon, CT