Born in Jerusalem, Israel, 1987. Lives and works in Berlin.

  • Zohar Fraiman (Born in Jerusalem, Israel/lives and works in Berlin, Germany) examines the influence of digitalization on common gender stereotypes through her paintings. She explores how identities are formed and through which mechanisms they are reconstructed online via platforms such as Instagram, Tinder and TikTok. Using humor, Fraiman questions the practice of self-staging on the Internet and confronts the unnatural ways of expressing oneself in image-based networks. In her collage-like paintings – whether we are facing an illusion or reality – is not certain. The cosmos she creates in her paintings are not there to mirror our world, but to show parallel realities that exist due to the disclosure of ourselves in the age of social media.

Education

  • 2013–15

    Meisterschülerin Bildende Kunst, Universität der Künste Berlin, Deutschland, Professor Burkhard Held – Master in Fine Arts, University of Arts Berlin, Germany, studies by professor Burkhard Held

  • 2011-2013

    Bildende Kunst, Universität der Künste Berlin, Deutschland, Professor Burkhard Held – Studies in Fine Arts, University of Arts Berlin, Germany, studies by professor Burkhard Held

  • 2005–09

    Master's Class, Jerusalem Studio School, Israel

  • 2003

    School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2023

    ›Tending Trending‹ Priska Pasquer Gallery, Paris, France

  • ›Swipers‹ Galerie SheBam, Leipzig, Germany

  • 2022

    ›Self-ish‹ Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Finding Fomo, Nina Mielcarczyk - Public Space‹ Leipzig, Germany

  • 2021

    ›Show Me Your Sheroes‹ Gallery Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany

  • 2017

    ›Die Bösen Dürfen Nicht Weinen‹ Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, Germany

  • 2014–15

    ›INFOLD ENFOLD UNFOLD‹ Dorothea Konwiartz Stiftung, Curated by Michal B. Ron, Berlin, Germany

  • 2014

    ›Devils and Brides‹, Galerie im Tempelhof Museum, Curated by Thibaut de Ruyter, Berlin, Germany

Group Exhibitions (Selection)

  • 2023

    ›Zustands Bericht - Works from the Herrmann Collection‹ Kunstraum Potsdam, Germany

  • ›The Way I See It‹ Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany

  • ›HumAin‹ Räume, Berlin, Germany

  • 2022

    ›Holy Holes‹ Galerie Oel Früh, Hamburg, Germany

  • ›Art Cologne‹ Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne, Germany

  • ›Artissima‹ Galerie Russi Klenner, Turin, Italy

  • ›Minibar II‹ Galerie Oel Früh, Hamburg, Germany

  • ›Image Fetiches‹ Curated by Laetitia Gorsy, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden, Germany

  • ›Art Düsseldorf‹ Priska Pasquer Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • ›Shattered‹ curated by Philipp Bollmann, Sexauer Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Twist & Shout‹ She Bam Gallery, Leipzig, Germany

  • ›Sammlung Simonow - Vol. 3‹ Delphi Space, Freiburg, Germany

  • ›Misa - Curated by Mirna Funk‹ Misa.Art

  • ›ARCO Madrid‹ Galerie Russi Klenner, Madrid, Spain

  • 2021

    ›Israelische Kunstler*innen in Deutschland‹ Kunsthalle Trier, Germany

  • ›Soft Agitators‹ curated by Gilles Neiens, Saarländische Galerie Berlin, Germany

  • ›Kayfuyem‹ curated by Philipp Schreiner, Galerie Waidspeicher, Erfurt, Germany

  • ›Direkte Auktion‹ curated by Annika von Taube and Charlie Stein, Xberg Tower Postbank, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Sammlung Simonow‹ die wellenmaschine, Berlin, Germany

  • ›The Fine Hands Show‹ curated by Thibaut de Ruyter, Museum Ploshchad Mira, Krasnoyarsk, Russia

  • ›Omanut - Kunst heute‹ Städtische Galerie im Park Viersen, Germany

  • ›WINDS OF CHANGE‹ curated by Priska Pasquer and Christiane Maria Schneider, Priska Pasquer Virtual Gallery

  • ›Welche Stimmung fandest du dort vor?‹ curated by Larissa Kikol, Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, Germany

  • ›ARCO E-XHIBITIONS‹ virtual exhibition of Galerie Russi Klenner artists, participating galleries at ARCOmadrid and ARCOlisboa

  • ›Lusus Naturae‹ curated by Vanessa Souli, BCMA Gallery, Berlin, Germany

  • 2020

    ›Séance Fiction‹ Kunstverein Familie Montez, Frankfurt, Germany

  • ›D'angelo, Fraiman, Kennedy‹ Galerie Russi Klenner, Berlin, Germany

  • ›You've Got Mail‹ MOM art space, Hamburg, Germany

  • ›actionprinting@BRIX‹ Haus der Statistik, Berlin, Germany

  • 2019

    ›Connected‹ Honold Fine Art at BIASA CUBE, Kerobokan, Kuta - Bali, Indonesia

  • ›Magna Rota II‹ Duo exhibition with Julius Bobke, Kunstverein Schweinfurt, Germany

  • ›Magna Rota I‹ Duo exhibition with Julius Bobke, Maya Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • ›Voix‹ Museum der bildenden Künste / Museum of Fine Arts, Leipzig, Germany

  • ›Keeping at Distance‹ Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel

  • ›Paint - the seen, the unseen & the imagined‹ Messums Wiltshire, UK

  • 2018

    ›Die Jahrhundert-Bar‹ Projektraum Ventilator, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Breathing the Ultimate Wave‹Sprechsaal Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Zündung/ Ignition‹ TURPS Gallery, London, UK

  • ›Monster und Geister‹ Museum Überlingen, Germany

  • ›Stolen Images‹ Meinblau Projektraum , Berlin, Germany

  • ›Painting XXL, part 1‹ AusstellungsHalle 1a, Frankfurt, Germany

  • ›Painting XXL, part 2‹ Galerie Leuenroth, Frankfurt, Germany

  • 2017

    ›Entfesselt! Malerinnen der Gegenwart‹ Schloss Achberg, Curated by Martin Oswald, Ravensburg, Germany

  • ›Vanitas Fair‹ Zohar Fraiman + Nika Fontaine, Lachenmann Art Galerie, Konstanz, Germany

  • ›Farbauftrag‹ Haus am Lützowplatz, Curated by Jaqueline Krickl, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Painting XX‹ Kunsthalle der Sparkassenstiftung Lüneburg , Curated by Enno Wallis, Lüneburg, Germany

  • ›BRLNKNSTNZ.GALLERY‹ Lachenmann Art Galerie @ Studio Lars Teichmann, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Under Influence‹ Galerie Dukan, Curated by Michaela K. Kühn, Leipzig, Germany

  • 2016

    ›Engel / Angeli‹ Südtiroler Sparkasse, Bozen/Bolzano, Italy

  • ›The Names Have Been Changed‹ Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Berlin School of Painting‹ Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland

  • ›Freundeskreises der UdK | der Karl Hofer Gesellschaft e.V. KunstKaufen‹ Universität der Künste, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Berlin School of Painting‹ Villa Renata, Basel, Switzerland

  • ›Open The Void‹ Zohar Fraiman + Elena Kozlova, Galerie The Grass is Greener, Leipzig, Germany

  • ›Warten Gucken Nicht Verstehen Weiter Gehen‹ Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Am Rand Des Nichts‹ Galerie Erstererster, Berlin

  • ›Schwarzkäppchen is Not the Murderous Type‹ Museion Atelier House, Bozen — Bolzano, Italy

  • 2015

    ›Berlin Girls‹ Lachenmann Art Galerie, Konstanz, Germany

  • ›Alles Muss Raus‹ Club der Polnische Versager, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Malerei ist jetzt‹ Han Pin Art Museum, Hangzhou, China

  • ›CAA Inter-Youth Art‹ Chinese Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China

  • ›Some of my Favorite Things‹ Curated by Michal B. Ron, Berlin, Germany

  • 2014

    ›SCHAU06‹ Malzfabrik, Berlin, Germany

  • ›ROTROTROT‹ Schaufenster, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Was wir für Euch entblößen‹ Galerie Queen Anne, Leipzig

  • 2013

    ›Physis‹, Griechische Kulturstiftung, Berlin, Germany

  • ›Luxus+‹, Fluxus Museum, Potsdam, Germany

  • ›Physis‹, Veria, Greece

  • 2012

    ›Reise Nach Jerusalem—Tradition and Taboo‹, Artists House Jerusalem, Israel (Catalog)

  • ›Reise Nach Jerusalem‹, Kunstraum Kreuzberg Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (Catalog)

  • ›Marina Tel Aviv‹, Shiff Collection, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • 2011

    ›Saturn Returns‹, Galerie St. St., Berlin, Germany

  • ›Zu Besuch bei Connex projekt‹, Queen Anne Galerie, Leipzig, Germany

  • 2010

    ›Kra1‹, Hakatze, Jerusalem, Israel

Scholarships/Grants

  • 2022

    Neustart Kultur, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Germany

  • 2014

    Dorothea Konwiartz Stiftung

  • Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium, NaFöG Berlin (Nominated)

  • Schultz Stübner Prize, (Nominated)

  • 2011

    The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

  • 2007

    Full Studies at Master Class Scholarship, Jerusalem Studio School

Residencies

  • 2013

    ›Physis‹, Veria, Greece

  • 2008

    Villa di Pieve Umbria, Italy

  • 2006

    International School of Painting and Sculpture in Umbria, Italy

Publications / Selected Bibliography