Naomi SAFRAN-HON

Naomi Safran-Hon (1984) was born in Oxford, England, and grew up in Haifa, Israel. She now lives and works in New York.  Safran-Hon received her BA Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis University, 2008 and an MFA from Yale University School of Art in 2010. Safran-Hon attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2012, the OMI Art Residency in 2016 where she was awarded the Francis Greenburger Felloship and the 2019-2020 LMCC Residency.  In 2020 she was awarded the Colene Brown Art Prize.

Safran-Hon's work combines photographs of architecture and landscapes she makes, which she mixes with cement and lace, barbed wire transforming these images into mixed media paintings. Her work explores the concepts of home, domesticity, and war.

.Born in Oxford in 1984, United Kingdom. Leaves and works in New York, United States.

SOLO SHOWS

2022

- Tight Connections, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Soft Power, Bonisson Art Center, Roignes, France.
- Soft Power, Galerie RX, Paris, France.

2021
- State of Place (4+4), Galerie RX, Paris, France.

2020
- All My Lovers, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.

2018
- A Room with No Exit, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.

2017
- Fragments of Place, curated by Julie McGuire, MARFA Contemporary, Texas, Etats-Unis.

2016
- House Without Home, Silber and Rosenberg Art Galleries, Baltimore, Maryland, Etats-Unis. 

2015
- Drifting, Volta, New York, Etats-Unis.

2014
- Hard Times : Paintings, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.

2013
- Heimat : Chronicle of Absentees, Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, Pays-Bas.
- Salmat Beton va-Melet Gown of Concrete and Cement, Hartford, CN, Etats-Unis.

2012
- Two Times Gray, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Defensive Shield, IMOCC, New York, Etats-Unis. 

2011
- Home Invasion, Second Guest Bedroom Projects, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Absent Present, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.

2008
- Shared Future ? Brandies Vision of Coexistence in Palestine and Israël, Shapiro Campus Center Gallery, Brandies University, Waltham, MA, Etats-Unis.

2006
- Without a Face, Pardes Gallery, Haifa Israel. 

GROUP SHOWS

2023
- Summer Show, RX & SLAG, Paris, France.

2022

- Trees, Les Franciscaines, Deauville, France.
- Nature, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Nature, Galerie RX, Paris, France.

2021
- Floating Walls, Lawren M Tisch Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Scapes, SLAG Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Paris Photo, Paris, France.
- Refuge, 21C Museum, Bentonville, AK, Etats-Unis.
- Group Exhibition, Max Estrella Gallery, Madrid, Espagne.
- Metamorphosis - Climate Change, curated by Betty Levine, Hearst Tower Galleries, New York, Etats-Unis.

2018
- ART NOW 2017, Hearts Galleries, New York, Etats-Unis.

2017
- Independent Brussels, Bruxelles, Belgique. 
- The Future is Female, 21c Museum, Louisville, Etats-Unis.

2016
- Ways and Means : A New Look at Process and Materials in Art, curated by Jason Andrew, 1285 Avenue of the Americas Art Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Ortega y Gasset Projects, New York, Etats-Unis.

2015
- Visions of Place : Complex Geographies in Contemporary Israeli Art, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Delaware, Etats-Unis.
- Out of Sight, Haifa Museum of Art, Israël.

2014
- In Between, Kleindienst Gallery, Koln, Allemagne.
- Faux Show, Islip Art Museum, New York, Etats-Unis.

2013
- Fragile Territories, Launch Pad, New York, Etats-Unis.

2012
- Discourse on Plants, RH Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- GO, Brooklyn Museum, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Centaurs and Satyrs, Asya Geisberg Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Contentious Conundrums, Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.
- The Inaugural Artist Members Show, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, Etats-Unis.
- Lost and Found, Belief and Doubt in Contemporary Pictures, The Museum of New Art, Detroit, Etats-Unis.

2011
- Status ! Status ! Status !, AGWF and Interstate Projects, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Broken Homes, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Group Show, Artis at NADA Art Fair, Miami, Etats-Unis.
- Fluidity, Layering, Veiling, Gallery of Contemporary Art, Fairfield, CT. 

2010
- Girls Just Want to Have Funds, P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Evocatecture, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, Californie, Etats-Unis.
- Unhinged, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA, Etats-Unis.
- Handheld History, Queens Museum of Art, New York, Etats-Unis.
- Forest of the Trees, Heather James Fine Art, Jackson, WY, Etats-Unis.
- Time After Time, Actions and Interactions, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, Californie, Etats-Unis.
-  Uncommon Commencement, Heather James Fine Art, Palm Desert, Californie, Etats-Unis.
- Pattern of Invasion, The LABA Gallery, 14th Street Y, New York, Etats-Unis.
- MFA Thesis Show, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, Etats-Unis.

2009
- MFA First Year Show, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, Etats-Unis.

2008
- A Friend Indeed: Contemporary Art and the Academy, Katzen Arts Center Rotunda, Washington, Etats-Unis.
- Inside Out, Brandeis Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Art, Brandeis University
- Healing, Community and Transformation: Students Visions from Johannesburg, Kniznick Gallery, MA, Etats-Unis.

2007
- The Rear, Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art 2007, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel.
- Desert Generation, the Artists' House, Jerusalem and Ha’Kibbutz Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Prospect St. Studio – Portrait, Brandeis Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Art, Brandeis, Etats-Unis.

2006
- Can you hear what I see? Museum Africa, Johannesburg, Afrique du Sude.
- Freshman Index (Women), Brandeis Leonard Bernstein Festival of the Art, Brandeis University, Etats-Unis.

2003
- Young artist award exhibition, Hecht Museum, Haifa University, Haifa, Israël. 

AWARDS & GRANTS

2023
- Joan Mitchell Foundation fellowship.

2020

- Coleen Brown Art Prize
- Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship (finalist)

2016
- Francis Greenburger Felloship

2010
- Blanksteen Curatorial Fellowship, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2009
- Robert Schoelkopf Memorial Traveling Fellowship, Yale University, CT

2008
- Paul Caine Memorial Award, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- Susan Mae Green Award, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- Ellen (Ilana) Raskin ’75 Memorial Award, Brandeis University, Waltham,
- Phi Beta Kappa, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- Slifka Foundation Grant, New York, NY

2007
- Remis Award in Creative Arts, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
- Gertrude Carnovsky Prize in Creative Arts, Brandeis University, MA

2006
- Ethic Center Student Fellowship, International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

2004
- Slifka Coexistence Scholarship to study at Brandies University

2003
- Graduating with Honors, WIZO - High School for the Arts
- Young artist award, Hecht Museum, Haifa University, Haifa, Israel