Born in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
1987-1989 Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan
1983-1986 Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College
1982-1983 Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Group Portrait, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 After the Sun Sets, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Looking at Eva Rothschild, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Black Mamba (joint exhibition with Ruthi Helvitz Cohen), Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Gray Expanses, part of the project "5 Artists: Wondrous Worlds, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Landscape with Birds, permanent installation at the Art+ Hotel, Tel Aviv
2007 Bubbles, Naggar School of Photography, Media and New Music, Musrara, Jerusalem
2005 Crispy, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 Fuschia, Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv
2003 Modular Space, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2001 Office No. 6, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv; Beit Kanner Municipal Gallery, Rishon LeZion
2000 Works, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
1998 A Trap of Pearls, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1997 36-24-36, part of the "10 in Musrara" project, the Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Jerusalem
1996 Clothes, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Popup, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 Beuys, Beuys, Beuys, Contemporary Gallery, Tel Aviv
Fluid Color: Contemporary Israeli Watercolor, Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery
2014 To the Water, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv
Light Box in the Dark Room, part of the Musrara Mix Festival #14, Jerusalem
Rise Against, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2013 One... One..., Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Growing Object, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Aspects of Black, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
Closing Party, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
End of the World 2012, Meyuhas Gallery, Tel Aviv
Not for Sale, Memorial Center Art Gallery, Tivon
Random, BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Site Specific, The Open Gallery, Open University Campus, Raanana
Up and Down You're Turning Me, Gallery 121, Tel Aviv
2010 Fresh Paint Art Fair, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv
2009 History of Violence, Haifa Museum of Art
2008 Depletion: Works from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Sunset, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Preview Berlin Art Fair, Berlin
2007 Sweet 16, Bat Yam Museum for Contemporary Art
The Beauty of the Void, Gallery 39, Tel Aviv
Traces III, Biennial of Drawing, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
2006 Changing Situations, Bait Banamal, Comme il Faut, Tel Aviv
Paperwork, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Disruptions, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
Tracing Shadows, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Partners, Beit Hagefen, Haifa
2005 In-Out, Ashdod Art Museum, Monart Center
On the Banks of the Yarkon: The Yarkon River in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Drawing Sketches, P.K. Hoenich Gallery for Experimental Art and Architecture at the Technion, Haifa
2004 Winners of the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports Prizes, Haifa Museum of Art
In Your Dreams, Greendag Gallery, Herzliya
To Pull a Rabbit Out of the Hat, Municipal Gallery, Rehovot; Memorial Center Art Gallery, Tivon
A City Seen Through the Eye of the Camera, Haifa City Museum
2002 Home Sweet Home, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
2001 Four x Four, Ashdod Art Museum Monart Center; Arad Museum
Office Artists in a T-Shirt, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv
Traces: Contemporary Drawing in Israel, Biennial of Drawing, Anna
2000 Life in Tandem, Rishon LeZion Auditorium
Works following Intimadance: Tali Ben Bassat & Reut Firster, Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999 1+1=3: A More or Less Complete Part, Hamumche Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tight-Fitting, University of Haifa Art Gallery
1998 The Photographer's Child, New Art Workshop, Ramat Eliyahu
Speechless Body?, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
Women in the Reality World, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 Station Transformation: Project #3, Tel Aviv Mall, New Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv
Awards
2003 Encouragement Prize, Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports
2002 Acquisition Prize, Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports
Benbassat's work is included in several museum, public and private collections, among which are Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ashdod Art Museum, The Doron Sebbag Art Collection and The Angel family art collection
Born in Israel, lives and works in Tel Aviv
Education
1987-1989 Shenkar College of Engineering and Design, Ramat Gan
1983-1986 Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College
1982-1983 Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Group Portrait, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 After the Sun Sets, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Looking at Eva Rothschild, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Black Mamba (joint exhibition with Ruthi Helvitz Cohen), Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2009 Gray Expanses, part of the project "5 Artists: Wondrous Worlds, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Landscape with Birds, permanent installation at the Art+ Hotel, Tel Aviv
2007 Bubbles, Naggar School of Photography, Media and New Music, Musrara, Jerusalem
2005 Crispy, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 Fuschia, Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv
2003 Modular Space, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
2001 Office No. 6, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv; Beit Kanner Municipal Gallery, Rishon LeZion
2000 Works, Tel Aviv Performing Arts Center
1998 A Trap of Pearls, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1997 36-24-36, part of the "10 in Musrara" project, the Jerusalem Center for the Visual Arts, Jerusalem
1996 Clothes, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Popup, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 Beuys, Beuys, Beuys, Contemporary Gallery, Tel Aviv
Fluid Color: Contemporary Israeli Watercolor, Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery
2014 To the Water, Hanina Gallery, Tel Aviv
Light Box in the Dark Room, part of the Musrara Mix Festival #14, Jerusalem
Rise Against, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
2013 One... One..., Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
Growing Object, Julie M. Gallery, Tel Aviv
2012 Aspects of Black, Jerusalem Print Workshop, Jerusalem
Closing Party, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
End of the World 2012, Meyuhas Gallery, Tel Aviv
Not for Sale, Memorial Center Art Gallery, Tivon
Random, BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Site Specific, The Open Gallery, Open University Campus, Raanana
Up and Down You're Turning Me, Gallery 121, Tel Aviv
2010 Fresh Paint Art Fair, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv
2009 History of Violence, Haifa Museum of Art
2008 Depletion: Works from the Doron Sebbag Art Collection, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Sunset, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Preview Berlin Art Fair, Berlin
2007 Sweet 16, Bat Yam Museum for Contemporary Art
The Beauty of the Void, Gallery 39, Tel Aviv
Traces III, Biennial of Drawing, Artists’ House, Jerusalem
2006 Changing Situations, Bait Banamal, Comme il Faut, Tel Aviv
Paperwork, The Heder Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Disruptions, Petach Tikva Museum of Art
Tracing Shadows, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Partners, Beit Hagefen, Haifa
2005 In-Out, Ashdod Art Museum, Monart Center
On the Banks of the Yarkon: The Yarkon River in Israeli Art, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Drawing Sketches, P.K. Hoenich Gallery for Experimental Art and Architecture at the Technion, Haifa
2004 Winners of the Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports Prizes, Haifa Museum of Art
In Your Dreams, Greendag Gallery, Herzliya
To Pull a Rabbit Out of the Hat, Municipal Gallery, Rehovot; Memorial Center Art Gallery, Tivon
A City Seen Through the Eye of the Camera, Haifa City Museum
2002 Home Sweet Home, Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan
2001 Four x Four, Ashdod Art Museum Monart Center; Arad Museum
Office Artists in a T-Shirt, Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv
Traces: Contemporary Drawing in Israel, Biennial of Drawing, Anna
2000 Life in Tandem, Rishon LeZion Auditorium
Works following Intimadance: Tali Ben Bassat & Reut Firster, Tmuna Theater Gallery, Tel Aviv
1999 1+1=3: A More or Less Complete Part, Hamumche Gallery, Tel Aviv
Tight-Fitting, University of Haifa Art Gallery
1998 The Photographer's Child, New Art Workshop, Ramat Eliyahu
Speechless Body?, Camera Obscura Gallery, Tel Aviv
Women in the Reality World, Limbus Gallery, Tel Aviv
1996 Station Transformation: Project #3, Tel Aviv Mall, New Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv
Awards
2003 Encouragement Prize, Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports
2002 Acquisition Prize, Israeli Ministry of Science, Culture and Sports
Benbassat's work is included in several museum, public and private collections, among which are Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Ashdod Art Museum, The Doron Sebbag Art Collection and The Angel family art collection