Audrey Bergner (; May 1927 - 9 May 2022) was an Australian-born Israeli artist.
Biography Audrey Bergner was born in Sydney and grew up in Melbourne. In 1950, she immigrated to Israel with her partner, the artist Yosl Bergner. They initially settled in Kibbutz Gvat, but left the kibbutz for Tel Aviv. After her marriage to Bergner, they moved to Safed. In the 1960s, they returned to Tel Aviv.Ruth Marcus, Artists: Yishuv and Israel, 1920–1970, in the Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. Link.Article: Judy Maltz, Once Nomadic Australian-born Artist Finds Home in Tel Aviv Against All Odds, Haaretz, 8 March 2013
Bergner's themes are nature and Israel's Bedouin minority. She has illustrated books and created theater backdrops and costumes for a number of plays, among them Itzik Manger's Megilla Lieder (1965) and Hanoch Levin's Neurei Vardaleh (1974).Hebrew book review on publication "Stories from Tel Aviv" by Audrey BergnerHebrew book review Adina Bar-El, Daffodils bloom all at once, Haaretz, 4 February 2011 She worked with playwright and theater director Nissim Aloni on Doda Liza (1969), performed by Habima, and Sa'ir Ehad La'azazel (1973) and Tzayia Yatza Latzud Batzad (1979), mounted by the Cameri Theater. Bergner lived in Tel Aviv-Yafo.Information Center for Israeli Art, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem She died on 9 May 2022 and was buried in Kibbutz Einat cemetery.
Audrey Bergner's works can be found in public spaces including "Characters in the Desert" from 1983, displayed on Mount Scopus Campus while another of the series is displayed in the General Reading Room of the National Library in Jerusalem.Link to University Collection site.
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Education 1943–1948 National Gallery of Victoria Art School, Melbourne, Australia.
Solo exhibitions 1949 The Assembly Hall, Melbourne, Australia 1952 Katz Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1956 Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem 1956 Museum of Modern Art, Haifa 1963 Beit Zvi, Ramat Gan 1966 Bineth Gallery, Jerusalem 1967 Negev Museum, Jerusalem 1969 Bineth Gallery, Jerusalem 1971 Zuri Gallery, Neve Magen 1976 Givon Fine Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1979 Asaf Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1980 Watercolors, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1982 Paintings 1980–82, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1984 Travel Notes, Zvi Noam Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1985 Watercolors, Armadale Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1987 Paintings, Gould Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 1988 Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1989 Ayers Rock, Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1990 Ayers Rock, Ephrat Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1993 Deserts, Contemporary Art Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 1996 People Walking, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 1996 "People Walking, Helengory Gallery, Melbourne, Australia 2001 Time and the Thylacine, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 2003 Time and the Thylacine, Dan Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 2004 Birds, Span Galleries, Melbourne, Australia 2007 Birds, Bernard Gallery, Tel Aviv-Yafo 2013 Tall tales and Carpets and Shells, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo
See also Visual arts in Israel
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