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    ZIM
    BALI
    STA

    1939-2014

    Israel

    Lived in Kiryat Ono and Tel Aviv, worked in Kiryat Ono and Ashdod.

    Education

    1971-1975

    Studied at the Higher Institute of Painting (later the Kalisher School of Art), Tel Aviv

    1975-1976

    Studied lithography, etching, and screenprint at the Tel Aviv Artists' Studios

    Selected Solo Exhibitions

    1978

    Third Floor Gallery, Jaffa, Israel

    1979

    Mabat Gallery, Tel Aviv

    1980

    Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

    1981

    Arts Pavilion, Yarkon Park, Tel Aviv

    1984

    "Paper + Script" (with Poet Yona Wallach), Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

    1986

    Sara Levi Gallery, Tel Aviv

    1988

    "Human State," Herzliya Museum, Herzliya , Israel

    1990

    "Blue Installation," Arad Museum;

    "Blue Installation," Herzliya Museum, Israel

    1992

    "Virachola Livia," Tova Osman Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

    1993

    "The Seventh Banquet," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel

    1995

    "Condemned to Play," The Joseph Constant Gallery, Ramat Gan, Israel

    1999

    ״מיצב״, קונסטהאלה שוואבן, ויטנאו-הופן, גרמניה

    2000

    "Blue Garden," The Open Museum, Omer Industrial Park, Israel

    2002

    "Beyond the Blue," Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem

    2004

    ״מיצב״, פסטיבל אדינבורו, סקוטלנד

    2005

    "Sculpture as Theater," The Akko International Fringe Theater Festival, Acre, Israel

    2006

    "New Works," Gal-On Art Space, Tel Aviv

    2007

    "Sculpture as Theater," ArtMill, Szentendre, Hungary

    2011

    "Written on Cloth: Ofra Zimbalista Hosting Poet Agi Mishol," Office in Tel Aviv Gallery, Tel Aviv

    ״מיצב״, קזה ישראל-ספרד, מדריד

    2012

    "Protected Space," The Artists' House, Tel Aviv

    2015

    "Ofra Zimbalista in Blue," Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Magistrate Court Bridge, Tel Aviv

    ״עפרה צימבליסטה בכחול״, מגדל המוזיאון וגשר בית המשפט, תל אביב

    2016

    "The Grand Spectacle," The Open Museums, Tefen and Omer Industrial Parks, Israel

    Selected Group Exhibitions

    1977

    "Five Artists: Drawing and Lithography," Artists and Sculptors Association, Tel Aviv

    1978

    "Young Artists Biennale," Haifa Museum of Modern Art

    1979

    "Five Artists, Five Countries," Galerie Bargera, Cologne, Germany

    1980

    "White on White," Haifa Museum of Modern Art

    "Autumn Salon," Dizengoff Center, Tel Aviv

    1981

    International Painting Festival, Château Musée Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

    פסטיבל בינלאומי לציור, מוזיאון גרימלדי, קאנייה-סור-מר, צרפת

    1982

    "Tribute to Aryeh Margoshilski," Haifa Museum of Modern Art

    "Touch," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

    ״כאנופים״, אגודת הציירים והפסלים, תל אביב

    ״לפנות את סיני״, תיאטרון צוותא, תל אביב

    1983

    "State of Affairs," Horace Richter Gallery, Jaffa

    גלריה רדיוס, דיזינגוף סנטר, תל אביב

    "Nature as Inspiration and Pretext," Haifa Museum of Modern Art

    1984

    ״נתיבים בפארק״, ספריית בית אריאלה, תל אביב

    1985

    "Blessings," The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

    "Nitzana 85 Artist Gathering," Nitzana Terminal, Israel-Egypt Border

    1986

    ״נייר באמנות״, מוזיאון ערד

    "Miniatures," Del Bello Gallery, Toronto

    1987

    "Towards a New Israeli Realism," Beit Uri and Rami Nehostan Museum, Kibbutz Ashdot Yaakov Meuchad, Israel

    "The Sacrifice of Isaac in Israeli Art," The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Israel

    1988

    "The Border of Peace: An Israeli-Palestinian Artists Gathering in Givat Haviva," Peace Gallery, Givat Haviva Art Center, Israel

    "Sculptures on the Roof," Arad Museum, Israel

    1990

    "Recipients of the Israel Ministry of Education and Culture Project Completion Award," Herzliya Museum of Art

    1991

    חודש אמנות ישראלית, פסטיבל ישראל, ירושלים

    1992

    "Sculpture towards Theater," Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel

    1993

    "Hot Kitchen," Sarah Konforti Gallery, Jaffa

    1994

    "Tel Hai 94: Contemporary Art Meeting," The Arts Institute, Tel Hai, Israel

    ״מפגש אמנות בת זמננו״, תל חי

    1995

    "Seven Artists in Seven Sukkot [Booths]," Eretz-Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

    הפסטיבל הבינלאומי לאמנות, גרנדה, ספרד

    1996

    "The Binding of Isaac: In Memory of Yitzhak Rabin," Many H Gallery, Tel Aviv

    "Canvases and Objects," Contemporary Art at Daphna Naor, Jerusalem (guest artist in Haim Maor's exhibition)

    "Blue and White," Bineth Art Gallery, Tel Aviv

    ״דיוקן נעלם״, גלריה קריית האמנים, מרכז ההנצחה טבעון

    1997

    Sculpture Garden for Coexistence and Peace, Kaukab Abu al-Hija (in collaboration with Beit Hagefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa)

    1998

    "Women Artists in Israeli Art, 1980s"& "Women Artists in Israeli Art, 1990s," alternative venues, Haifa

    "Nature as Homeland: Israeli Sculpture," President's Residence, Jerusalem

    "Studs of Silver: Israeli Jewelry," Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv

    "Holiday of Holidays: Open House," Beit Hagefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa

    ״בית פתוח״, בית הגפן, חיפה

    1999

    "A Harvest of Pomegranates," Corinne Mamane Museum of Philistine Culture, Ashdod, Israel

    "Balances: Hanging by a Thread," Arad Museum; Bat Yam Museum of Art, Israe

    " Holiday of Holidays: Innocence 2000," as part of the Holiday of Holidays festival, Beit Hagefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa

    2000

    "A Wall of My Own: Israeli Art, a Selection from the Benno Kalev Collection," Tel Aviv Museum of Art

    ״אמנות ציבורית״, תיאטרון גבעתיים

    ״קיר פרטי, אמנות ישראלית, מבחר מאוסף בנו כלב״, מוזיאון תל אביב לאמנות

    2001

    "Holiday of Holidays: Nuptials," Beit Hagefen – Arab-Jewish Cultural Center, Haifa

    2002

    "The Boundaries of Sculpture: Israeli Sculpture Between Art, Science, and Technology," The Open Museums, Tefen and Omer Industrial Parks; Avraham Baron Art Gallery, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel

    ״גבולות הפיסול - פיסול ישראלי בין אמנות, מדע ותעשייה״, המוזיאון הפתוח, גני התעשייה תפן ועומר הגלריה ע״ש אברהם ברון, אוניברסיטת בן גוריון בנגב

    ״ספרייה נודדת, ספר אמן״, המוזיאון היהודי, ונציה

    2004

    "The Puppet Show: The Terrible Thing that Happened to the Doll Zehava," Time for Art—Israeli Art Center, Tel Aviv

    ״חלומות״, סותבי׳ס, תל אביב

    ״ארעיות״, אסכולת סן ג׳ובאני אבנגליסטה, ונציה

    2005

    "Northwest Middle East," Israel Ambassador Residence, London

    2008

    "Signs of Love," The Israel Children’s Museum, Holon, Israel

    2009

    "Black," Tawfic Moammar House of Culture & Art, Nazareth

    2010

    "Brown Earth," Umm el-Fahem Art Gallery, Israel

    2011

    ״לגלות את הארץ המובטחת, תערוכה של פיסול עכשווי״, מוזיאון Hualin Stone Sculpture, טייוואן

    2012

    ״סיפור מסגרת״, גלריה עירונית, רעננה

    2014

    ״מזמור אישה״, תערוכה קבוצתית לרגל 20 שנות פעילות גלריה המשרד, תל אביב

    "The Blessing and the Curse" (reconstruction of "Paper + Script"), Hansen House, Jerusalem

    Selected Permanent Installations and Outdoor Sculpture

    Musicians, Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel

    Flutist, Lis Maternity and Women's Hospital, Tel Aviv

    Zimbalista Circus, Royal Beach Hotel, Eilat, Israel

    Woman on a Ladder, Sapir Academic College, Sha'ar HaNegev, Israel

    גן הפיסול לבון, גן התעשייה לבון, כרמיאל

    Set Table, Sculpture Park for Coexistence and Peace, Kaukab Abu al-Hija, Israel

    גן סיפור, עיריית חולון

    Double Bass, The Lonely Tree, Kiryat Ono, Israel

    Circus, Grand Canyon Mall, Haifa

    Sign Language, Rubinstein House, Tel Aviv

    Woman with Umbrella, Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, Israel

    קניון מודיעין

    מיתר כפר נוער

    Woman with Scales of Justice, Drummer, Modi'in, Israel

    מלכים, עיריית רחובות

    עיריית רמלה

    Winged Youth, Youth Square, Ashdod, Israel

    Cellist, Manof Youth Village, Israel

    עיריית ראשון לציון

    Woman on a Ladder, Ramat Hasharon, Israel

    Sister, Ball, Beresheet Hotel, Mitzpe Ramon, Israel

    Unicycle, Alon Gas Station, Highway 6, Israel

    Choir, Climbers, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel

    Choir, VTLV, 88 Rothschild Blvd, Tel Aviv

    Esther, Kishorit Youth Village, Israel

    Sapir Academic College, Sha'ar HaNegev, Israel

    Cellist, Esther, The Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem

    Woman with Umbrella, Pride of the Valley Sculpture Park, Surrey, England

    Climbers, GOSB Teknopark, Kocaeli, Turkey

    Choir, Steinheim, Germany

    Ofra Zimbalista and Efrat Natan in the studio, Ashdod, 2013

    Selected Public Collections

    The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

    המוזיאון הפתוח, גן התעשייה עומר

    Tel Aviv Museum of Art

    מוזיאון ישראל, ירושלים

    Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel

    Haifa Museum of Art

    Château Musée Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

    Illinois Holocaust Museum, Chicago

    קונסטהאלה שוואבן, וויטנאו-הופן, גרמניה

    Kunsthalle im Schloss, Isny, Germany

    Grants and Awards

    1974

    Grant for Art Studies, Israel Ministry of Education and Culture

    1981

    Golden Palette Award, festival international de la peinture, Château Musée Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer, France

    1990

    Project Completion Award, Israel Ministry of Education and Culture

    1992

    Cylinder Prize in memory of Zeev Yosifon, Omanut LaAm

    1995

    Film Project Fellowship, Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv