Margot Gran
Born 1967, USA Immigrated to Israel 1978 granmargot@gmail.com
Education
1999-2002 Graduate of Art Therapy Faculty, Beit Berel College of Art, Israel
1987-1991 BFA Honors Graduate, Fine Arts Dept. Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design, Jerusalem
1983-1986 Telma Yalin High School of Arts, Israel
Awards, Fellowships, Grants
1995 Artists Project Award
1992 'Keren Sharet" (America- Israel Foundation) Award
1991 Mary Fisher Award
1991 Helena Rubenstein Foundation Scholarship
1991 'Keren Sharet" (America- Israel Foundation) Award
Solo Exhibitions
2011 When We Walked on the Moon, Givat Haim Ihud Kibbutz Gallery, curator: Hanush Morag
2011 Playgrounds, The watertower Municipality Gallery, Nahariya. curator: Felix Lachowitz
2009 Project Runway, Gallery on the Cliff, Netanya. curator: Monica Lavi 1997 Die Hard 4, Yavneh Arts Workshop Gallery, curator : Monica Lavi
1996 A House of My Own, Artist's Workshop Gallery, Rishon, curator: Kobi Harel
1996 Freedom Is a Movement, Kamera Obscura Gallery in Tel-Aviv, curator:Vered Meimon
1995 Farewell to Arms, 'Bezalel' Gallery, Jerusalem. curator: Yehudit Sasportas
1995 Still Waters, Lips nightclub, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nella Cassuto
Group Exhibitions
2011 Master Class, Diagilev Boutique Hotel, Tel Aviv, curator: Moran Shoub
2010 Bread and Roses Exhibition
2009 Now Me, Cliff Gallery, Netanya, curator: Monica Lavi
2008 Words at eye level, Bet Kanar, Rishon L'Tzion, curator: Efi Gen
2008 Difduf, drawing and artist books event, Siman Gallery, curator: Hagai Segev
2008 Knowing Fire, Florentine 45 Gallery, Tel Aviv, curators: Irena Gordon and Gilat Nadivi
2007 Self Portraits Mirroring Uri Reizman, Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, curator: Drora Dekel
2007 Kibbutz Cabri Celebrates 30 years, Kibbutz Cabri Gallery, curator: Drora Dekel
2006 Dinamo Mascha, Cliff Gallery, Netanya, curator: Monica Lavi
2006 Reconciliation Bowls, Ramat Gan Museum, curators: Dafna Zmora, Orna Shestovitch
2004 Exhibit 35, Etchings, Jerusalem Printshop, curators: Erena Gordon Arik Kilemnik
2004 Defying Gravity, Museum of Art, North Carolina, curator: Huston Paschal
1999 Six Open Tables, Mussrara Gallery, Jerusalem, curator: Rachel Sukman
1998 Khoj ‘98, International Artists Workshop, New Delhi, India, curator: Pooja Sood
1998 Women in the Real World, Limbus Gallery, Tel aviv, curator: Ofer Ze’evi.
1998 ID Number, Memorial Museum, Kiryat Tivon, Israel
1998 Tip of the Iceberg, National Gallery of Modern Art, India, curator: Nella Cassuto
1996 Women's Time, The Artists House, Haifa, curator: Nella Cassuto
1995 Prologue, Award Exhibition, Artists House, TA. curator: Ilana Tennenbaum
1995 Lick My Varnish, Names nightclub, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nir Hod
1994 Sealed For Freshness, Art Focus, TA Central Bus Station. Curator: Sarit Shapira
1994 Documentary'94, Art Focus, Tel Aviv Central Bus Station. Curator: Sarit Shapira
Upcoming exhibitions:
2011 Transformation, Group exhibition for the organization for freedom of speech in Israel
2012 Artist's House Jerusalem
2012 Exhibition with Anat-Michaelis -Levi, Herzaliya Artist's Workshop, curator: Varda Genosar
And here is the Russian Rubel I painted for Dr. Lurie to go with 
Some claim a global financial crisis has expanded beyond the individual experience. These are times of change. In these postcard paintings I attempted to see if from the sidelines (where I often reside) I could gain attention on a 10x15cm format, by painting money. It's like finding a penny on the sidewalk - hard to miss. My experiment was a success. Artists/imagery vary in value and the measurement of "good", popular" or "desirable" is subjective and often biased but if an image looks like money and can be purchased at a low price, it may draw attention. Selling paintings of banknotes for charity, at a one-price-fits all fee, questions the value of art, artist and currency. Each painting is holed with the sentence: "Who doesn't want to be a millionaire?"
