Curriculum Vitae – Chen Flamenbaum

​

+972-54-2173127
cflemen@gmail.com

Born in Mexico City, Mexico, raised in Tel Aviv, Israel

​

Education

B.F.A. with Honors, Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Teaching Certificate, Faculty of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

​

Professional Experience

Owner of a private ceramics studio, Yad Eliyahu, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ceramics Teacher, Homeschool Education Program, South Tel Aviv, Israel

Ceramics Teacher, Weizmann Institute of Science (research groups and institute staff), Rehovot, Israel

​

Exhibitions

The Garden, Solo Exhibition, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel, Curators: Dr. Aya Lurie, Noga Litman, Inbal Reuven, 2026

The 3rd edition of the Tel Aviv Biennale of Craft and Design, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2026

Hyper, Solo Exhibition, BY5 Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel. Curator: Nir Hermat, 2025

Only the Marvelous Is Beautiful – 100 Years of Surrealism, Group Exhibition. Curator: Keren Saltz, Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2024

Collections, ceramic group Exhibition, Beit Benyamini – Center for Contemporary Ceramics, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2024

Deep Waters, Solo Exhibition, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2024

Material Intelligence, Group Exhibition. Curated by Yair Barak and Shira Shoval, ArtSpace Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2024

Fresh Paint Art Fair, Jaffa Port, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2023

The 2nd edition of the Tel Aviv Biennale of Craft and Design Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2023

Raíces Plásticas, Solo Exhibition. Curator: Tal Frank, Radio 28 Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022

Difference, Group Exhibition. Curator: Ofra Haranam, Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2022

Solo Exhibition, Studio Space, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2021

Group Exhibition. Curator: Faina Faigin, Benjamin Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2021

Solo Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Starting Point, Group Exhibition. Curator: Dvir Shaked, Koresh Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Group Exhibition, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019

German–Israeli Group Exhibition. Curators: Irit Hamo and Sharon Buld, Barbur Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel, 2018

Group Sculpture Exhibition. Curator: Yochai Avrahami, The New Gallery at Teddy, Jerusalem, Israel, 2018

​

Awards & Grants

MILA Award for Emerging Ceramic Artist, Israeli Ceramic Association, 2025

Artist Grant, Rabinovich Foundation – Tel Aviv–Yafo Municipality, Israel, 2024

Artist Fellowship, Brodetzky Foundation for Art and Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2023

America–Israel Cultural Foundation Excellence Award in Sculpture, Israel, 2020

Miron Cooper Prize for Excellence in Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Master Class Scholarship, Ministry of Education and Tel Aviv–Yafo Municipality, Israel, 2020

Young Artists Award, Jerusalem Municipality Department of Culture, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Cooper New York Scholarship for Outstanding Students, Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019

​

Assistantships

Studio Assistant to sculptor Ofer Lellouche, 2020–2023

Studio Assistant to artist Maayan Elikim, Department of Fine Arts, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2020

Studio Assistant to artist Lahalee Friling, Open Skies Festival, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2020

Studio Assistant to artist Yael Frank, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel, 2020

Studio Assistant to artist Yochai Avrahami, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 2019–2020

Studio Assistant to sculptor Zohar Gutesman, 2018

​

Residencies

Art&Science- Art  Residency Program, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2023–2024

Radio 28 Art Residency, Mexico City, Mexico, 2022

Artura, Art Residency, October 2020, Emek Hefer, Israel