b. 1975, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Education
2013-2015 New York Academy of Art, MFA, New York, NY
2011 MARK’11, NY Foundation for the Arts professional development program, Buffalo, NY
2007 Prado Museum, Copy program, Madrid, Spain
2003-2006 Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel
2002 Day studio, with Mitch Becker, Ranana, Israel
2002 Beit Berl College, Plastic Arts, Kfar Saba, Israel
1999 Day studio, with Sasha Okun, Jerusalem, Israel
Awards/ Honors
2017 Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2015 The New York Academy of Art Scholarship, NY
2014 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Award, Montreal, Canada
2014 The Terra Foundation for the Arts, Giverny, France
2006 Jerusalem Studio School Scholarship, Jerusalem, Israel
2005 Jerusalem Studio School Scholarship, Jerusalem, Israel
The International School of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
2004 The International School of Painting, Drawing & Sculpture, Umbria, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2012 Intimate Gaze, Indigo Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, curated by Elisabeth Samuels
2011 Trio Dancers, The Olean Public Library Gallery, Olean, NY, curated by Cori Wolff
Group Exhibitions
2017 2017 Collections, Dedee Shattuck Gallery, Westport, MA, curated by Ben Shattuck
Eileen S. Kaminsky Family Foundation Residency, MANA Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2016 HOME: paradise lost & found, The Experimental Gallery, Long Island City, NY, curated by Julian Calderon
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
Picturing the Unprintable, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Razzle Dazzle – Generations X, A.I.R Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 My Favorite Things, Panepinto Galleries, Hoboken, NJ, curated by Michelle Doll
Small Works, Collier West Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
MFA Exhibition, The New York Academy of Art, NY
Giverny Residency Show, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, New York, NY
Open Studios, The New York Academy of Art, NY
In the Peripheries, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Deck The Walls, Wilkinson Hall Gallery, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude, Sotheby’s, New York, NY
2012 Jerusalem - Sacred and Profane, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
On the Line, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
The Artists Among Us II, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, NY
MARK’11 / 2012, Marion Art Gallery, Fredonia, NY
2011 What’s in a Landscape, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
Echo Art Fair, Buffalo, NY
Petite, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
Trimania, Buffalo Art Studio, Buffalo, NY
2010 Objects of Desire, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
2008 Annual Artists - Exhibit & Sale, Buffalo Art Studio, Buffalo, NY
Searching for Identity, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
2007 New Faces, Stern Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel, curated by Debby Luzia
2006 Transcriptions, Gallery 33, Tel-Aviv, Israel
2005 Landscapes from Umbria, ISA Gallery, Umbria, Italy
2004 Landscapes from Umbria, ISA Gallery, Umbria, Italy
Bibliography
2012 Jerusalem - Sacred and Profane,Stern Gallery, Adi Ben-Jacob, 2nd Opinion Newsletter, Israel
Nava Gidanian-Kagan’s paintings at Olean Public Library, J. Tim Raymond, ARTVOICE, Buffalo, NY
2011 Dialogue with echo: Artist Nava Gidanian, Tara Sasiadek, BUFFALO RISING, Buffalo, NY
Art & Lit Magazine, NOMAD Issue 5, page 8, Buffalo, NY