Nogah Davidson
Contemporary art curator of non-profit and community projects. Interested in retelling histories of national, ethnic, queer and environmental body politics; in disappearing performances such as conversations, performances and temporary interventions in space and public space. In recent years, I have focused on mentoring artists on writing and accompanying their creative processes, as well as fundraising for cultural organizations. I have extensive experience working with a variety of communities, ages and sectors. Fluent speaker of Hebrew and English. Mother of two, lives in Jaffa. Born 1982
Professional Experience
2016- Today // Independent Contemporary Art Curator
Accompanying artists in the processes of building an exhibition, raising resources, producing, writing, and facilitating meetings during the exhibition (List of exhibitions below)
2017 to today // Mentoring and facilitating workshops and guest lectures (freelance)
Mentor for artists for writing and submissions, developing study programs and teaching writing and fundraising workshops for artists. Previous work includes organizations such as: Artport, Arts Asylum, the School of Visual Theater Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Artists' Workshops, Lilach Pnina Livneh Dance School, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, the Jerusalem Midrasha of Art Beit Berl, Shenkar - Department of Art, University of Haifa - Department of Art, the "Midrasha" Continuing Studies Program, Emunah College Jerusalem
2019 to today // Edmond de Rothschild Center, Tel Aviv
Member of the steering committee and teaching in the Center for Graduate Studies program for Outstanding Art graduates, leading workshops and providing mentoring in developing artistic projects and raising resources.
2024- 2025 // Athir Center, a non-profit organization for film education for at-risk youth in East Jerusalem
Fundraising
2023 -2024 // Zumu, Museum on the Move
Development and fundraising for a non-profit organization that organizes artistic-community activities in the geographic-social periphery of Israel // Work that includes writing applications for support, creating partnerships with social organizations, strategic development of the organization's activities, and providing mentoring to budding cultural entrepreneurs from the periphery
2017-2022 // The Professional Artists Union of Israel in collaboration with the Arts Department of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality
Management of a Professional Development Program for artists. Development, production and teaching of events, lectures, seminars, marathons of curatorial meetings and workshops on writing, production and fundraising in the art world // Among the institutions, curators and artists that the program hosted: Artis, Outset, Artport, Mifal Hapayis, the British Consulate, the Rothschild Foundation, Bezalel, Shenkar, Sally Haftel Neve, Tali Ben Nun, Hadas Kedar, Leah Abir, Raz Shapira, Einat Amir, Udi Edelman, Shlomit Breuer, Galit Gaon, Maya Davash, Sally Haftel Naveh, Michal Vaknin, Nicolas Terezzi, Hadas Yosif On, Tal Yahas, Edna Moshenzon, Renana Raz, Ran Kasmi Ilan and more
2011- 2016 // Senior Curator and Director of Raw Art, a contemporary art gallery in Tel Aviv
Managing a private contemporary art gallery, building and producing an annual program of exhibitions and cultural events, identifying young artists and promoting them in the field of art (to submit them for awards, grants and exhibitions in museum spaces), managing guest lectures, client relations, responsibility for public relations - press releases and managing a newsletter and social media system, writing and translating texts.
Curating – Exhibitions
2026 Qadas (exhibition in progress)
Michal Bar Or, Manar Zoabi, Talia Hoffman, Yara Mahajena, Michael Lazar, Shams Houari, Nardeen Srouji, Relli de Vries // Umm Al Fahem Museum of Contemporary Art // Co-curated with Fadi Far
2024 BIKURIM 4
Alexandra Danzig, Shalom Hai, Heli Yozevich, Ily Skotelsky, Iris Ahuva Pikovsky, Avigail Tzadik, Omer Thomas Groswasser // The New Gallery, Teddy Artists' Workshops, Jerusalem
2022 WADI
Maria Saleh Mahameed, Yara Mahajena, Aysha Arar, Alaa Hitam, Elias Joachim // Umm Al Fahem Museum of Contemporary Art, co-curated with Haneen Abed
2021 The Imaginary Consulate
David Bahr Farahia and Dan Perbroff (Common View), Davi Bar El and Keren Saltz (Relaxing tours), Yair Dalal, Ohad Hadad, Maya Yedid, Roy Nitzan, Naama Roth, Menashe Sasson and Farzana Cohen // Open House Festival, the former Iranian and Turkish Consulate in the Abu Tor neighborhood, East Jerusalem
2021 Bath
Chana (Anushik) Manheimer // Alfred Institute for Art and Culture, Tel Aviv
2020 Star Trap
Miriam Naeh // Pump House, Urban Street Gallery // Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality
2020 City Under Roof
Noga Or Yam and Faina Feigin (Bush Collective) // Pump House, Urban Street Gallery // Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality
2020 Window
Naama Roth // Pump House, Urban Street Gallery // Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality
2020 Night Light 6
Assaf Aboutbol, Bat Sheva Dance Company, Ben Hagari, Tamar Hirschfeld, Ana Wild, Ori Holban, Dor Zlekha Levy, Roni Hajaj, Gil Yefman, Ayala Landau, The White Screen, Tal Nissim, Vered Nissim, Salon 5, Oren Fisher, Lali Fruheling, Vera Korman, Yehuda Caesar, Alona Rodeh // "Loving Art Making Art" Festival in the Public Space, Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality
2019 TIPOLET
Shahar Yahalom and Noga Shatz // Binyamin Gallery, Tel Aviv
2019 Adam's Rock
Nissan Almog, Dorit Bialer, Michal Bar-Or, Tal Gafni and Ana Wild, Reli de Vries, Inbal Hoffman, Meir Tati, Maya Yedid, Shir Lavi, Amit Levinger, Miriam Naeh, Orit Siman Tov, Hadas Fleischman, Lia Ziegler, Vera Korman, Shir Raz, Daniel Shufra// MoBY- Museum of Bat Yam
2019 Route
Emunah College Jerusalem Graduate Exhibition // The New Gallery, Teddy Artists' Workshops, Jerusalem
2019 From Now on
Outstanding Alumni Exhibition 2013-2018 // Dia Balzer, Shmuel Goldstein, Idit Gilad, Aviv Greenberg, Tseela Greenberg, Yara Mahajena, Miriam Naeh, Sivan Nishri, Aysha Arar, Hadas Fleischman, Diana Kogan, Shiri Rosen, Tamar Shahar, Lihi Shani // Edmond de Rothschild Foundation Center, Tel Aviv
2019 Erase everything
Aya Nitzan, Indie Gallery Tel Aviv
2019 Ladder to Ground
Noga Greenberg and Yael Horn Danino // Beta Gallery Jerusalem
2018 How Things Work
Shony Rivnay // Nolobez Gallery Tel Aviv
2018 New Members
Noa Arad Yairi, Ella Cohen Vanssover and Shimon Pinto // Jerusalem Artists' House
2018 Neighborhood Redevelopment
Davi Barel // Indie Gallery Tel Aviv
2018 Shutter
Exhibition of the 2018 Moses Prize Winner - Yaara Oren // Jerusalem Artists' House
2018 Still
Ilan Carmi // Indie Gallery Tel Aviv
2018 Exercises in Flexibility
Alumni Exhibition, Midrasha Continuing Studies Program // Anton Abramov, Bezalel Ben-Chaim, Karen Dolin, Carmit Hassine, Dafna Talmon, Lilach Mirkman, Chana (Anushik) Manheimer, Avner Pinchover, Moshe Roas // Midrasha Gallery // Hayarkon 19 Tel Aviv
2018 The Raven and the Writing Desk
Hila Laviv and Dana Lev Livnat // Pop-up exhibition // Cafe Mercand Tel Aviv
2017 Right Now
Vera Korman and Tziki Eisenberg // Alfred Institute for Art and Culture
2017 Dust & Scratches
Youval Hai // Indie Gallery Tel Aviv
2017 New Members
Yaakov Israel, Meital Covo, Yonatan Ron // Jerusalem Artists' House
2016 Facade
Osnat Yaheli Sarbagili // Rosenbach Gallery Jerusalem
2015 Alt Neu
Yosef Joseph Yaakov Dadon, Porat Salomon, Eli Petel, Zoya Cherkassky- Nnadi, Alona Rodeh, Esther Schneider// Rosenbach Gallery Jerusalem
2015 Modernism 5,776
Guy Avital, Yaara Oren, Matan Ben Tulila, Hila Toony Navok, Guy Yanai, Dana Yoeli, Galia Pasternak, Elad Kofler // Rosenbach Gallery Jerusalem
2015 Centre
Shai Azoulay, Dorit Bialer, Guy Goldstein, Yoav Weinfeld, Hila Lulu Lin, Avi Sabah, Hadas Sat, Tal Frank, Alon Kedem, Efrat Klipstein, Elham Rokni // Rosenbach Gallery Jerusalem
2015 Finals
Jemma Eagan, Hadas Amster, Avner Haim, Efrat Vital, Hyunkyung Yao, Christina Camacho, Ayala Netzer, Valentina Pini, Daniel Parsai, Shir Shafrir, Ronit Citri // Exhibition of promising recent graduates of art schools in Israel and abroad // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2015 Area 21
Adi Nachshon // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2015 *****
Thomas Moore, Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2015 Hobby
Ishai Shapira Kalter // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2015 In the Battlefield 2
Tamar Hirschfeld, Harel Luz, Tamir Lichtenberg, Eran Naveh, Sharon Fadida, Lahli Fruheling, Aviv Shechory // Raw Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2015 Fade to Grey
Revital Rettig // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2014 Villa
Elisheva Levy // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2014 No Preservation, no Nothing
Roni Hajaj // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2014 Manicure Pedicure
Yaara Zach // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2014 Foramen Magnum
Jonathan Hirschfeld // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 The Treasure Boys
Jennifer Abessira, Ofra Eyal, Yael Efrati, Lilach Madar, Avshalom Suleiman, Ella Spector, Bar Faber // Pop-up exhibition // The Passage, 94 Allenby St., Tel Aviv
2013 Minus 1
Eran Volkovsky // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 Summer Exhibition
Larry Abramson, Dana Brown, Avner Ben Gal, Shibetz Cohen, Iva Kafri, Moran Levy, Roni Karni // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 Cutter
Lali Fruheling // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 Iva Kafri
Iva Kafri // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 Accelerating in Neutral
Ori Holban, Shahar Freddy Kislev, Hila Laviv, Dana Levy and Shahar Marcus, Tal Nissim, Vered Nissim // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 Chicken Feet, Perfume & Tigers
Yael Bronner Rubin // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2013 Mostly collage
Avi Yair // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2012 Lucky
Elisheva Levy // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2012 8 Cubic Meters – Museum Space
Ofra Eyal, Tal Amitai Lavi, Anna Bershtansky, Maya Yedid, Sara Laviashvili, Sasha Serber, Yaara Zach, Lee Shine, Tamar Shefer, art espionage - Sharon Yavo Ayalon, Amit Matalon, Menashe Noy, Keren Mor, Daniel Shoshan
Tel Aviv Museum of Art // Joint Curation with Nili Goren and Sally Haftel Naveh
2012 Lifeboat
Shahar Sivan/ Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2012 The Tragedy of Ethical Life
Jonathan Hirschfeld // Raw Art Gallery Tel Aviv
2012 Solo Project
Revital Rettig // Raw Art Gallery Pavilion at Solo Project Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
2012 Turning Point 5
Dana Darvish, Lihi Chen, Arthur Yaakovov, Elisheva Levy, Sharon Fadida, Lali Fruheling, Assaf Shaham // Raw Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Auto
Eden Bennett, Megan Whitmarsh, Shmulik Twigg, Oz Malul, Yochai Matos, Roy Menachem Markovich, Matan Mitwoch, Naama Miller // Raw Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 Vacuum
Boaz Aharonovich, Sol Erez, Yael Bronner Rubin, Bosem Harel, Lior Vilenchik, Matan Ben Tulila, Adi Nachshon, Bar Faber, Keren Geller, Liav Mizrahi // Raw Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
2011 The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Eran Rubinfeld// Raw Art Gallery, Tel Aviv
Awards
2024 Support Grant for a Research Exhibition, the Institute for Israeli Art, The Academic College of Tel Aviv Yaffo, for Qadas, Umm El Fahem Museum
Member of judging committees for awards, grants and exhibitions
Jerusalem Film Festival, Artport, Ministry of Culture, Israel Museum, Bezalel Academy of Fine Arts, Lottery, Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, Fresh Paint
Selected Press
2019 Discovering Treasures // Interview // Portfolio
2016 Up to the Moment // Joint interview with Uri Rosenbach // Barry Davis // Jerusalem Post
2015 Changes the Picture // Joint Interview with Uri Rosenbach // Shani Litman // Haaretz
2013 The Trash Bubbling Below // Interview for FWD: // Eitan Boganim // Haaretz
2013 Must Take Place in Art Galleries for the Sake of Art // Interview // Yonatan Mashaal // Great Evening
2012 The Women Behind the Prominent Galleries in Tel Aviv // Interview // Elie Armon Azoulay and Daniel Rauchwerger // Haaretz
2012 Turning Point 5: Human Questions About Anxiety // Review // Galia Yahav // Haaretz
2011 The exhibition "Auto": Strong and witty works // Review // Galia Yahav // Haaretz
2011 The Terrible Fear of Visual Silence // Review of Vacuum // Smadar Shefi // Haaretz
Education
2025-2028 MAAT Studies Master's Degree in Art Therapy // Seminar HaKibbutzim College
2005-2009 B.Ed. in Education and Art // Midrasha // Beit Berl College
Contact Information
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