Michael Gitlin
Michael Gitlin (b. 1943, Cape Town, South Africa; Israeli sculptor)
Education
M.F.A., Pratt Institute, New York, 1970–1972
B.A. in English Literature and Art History, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1967Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, 1963–1967
Columbia University – 1987
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem – 1977–1978 & 1985
Parsons School of Design, New York – 1976–1977 & 1981–1984
New School, New York – 1973–1974
Pratt Institute, New York – 1971–1972
New School, New York – 1973–1974
Pratt Institute, New York – 1971–1972
Selected Awards & Grants
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (Sculpture), 1984–1985
Guggenheim Fellowship (Sculpture and Drawing), 1987–1988Augustus Saint-Gaudens Memorial Fellowship, 1988
Sandberg Prize, Israel Museum, 1989
Pollock‑Krasner Foundation Grant, 1991
George and Janet Jaffin Award, America–Israel Cultural Foundation, 2000
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship, 2005
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Material Matters, Israel Museum, Jerusalem – 2024
Compressions, Sean Scully Studio, New York – 2021
16 Works, Petach Tikva Museum of Art – 2014
Museum exhibitions across Europe, U.S., and Israel since the 1970sPermanent Collections (Selected)
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York
·Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Other collections in Germany, Netherlands, Italy, and beyond
Artistic Style
Abstract, reductive, and primarily wall-based three-dimensional works. Initially used paper, later wood and other media. His sculptures engage deeply with architecture and spatial relationships.