מיכאל פאלק

1929 Born in Germany
Following the events of Crystal Night (Krystallnacht), in November 1938, he was sent by his parents to a foster Jewish family in Dublin, Ireland
1944-1946 Studied at the National College of Art, Ireland
1946 Joined his parents and settled in the United States
1947-1950 Studied at Cooper Union School of Art and Engineering, New York
1950 Moved to Kibbutz Gal-On, Israel
1957 Moved with his family to a Moshav, Sde Warburg, Israel, where he raised sheep and grew avocados, while continuing his art.
1991 Retired from farming. Since then he has devoted himself entirely to painting.


Solo Exhibitions
1992 Shulamit Gallery, Tel Aviv
1998 Mofet Gallery, Ra’anana, Israel
2000 Sherover Theater, Jerusalem
2002 Hod Ve’ Hadar Synagogue, Kfar Saba, Israel
2004 “Art Song Chronicles”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv

Group Exhibitions
1990 Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery, Kfar Saba, Israel
1991 Kfar Saba Municipal Gallery, Kfar Saba, Israel
2003 “The Naןve World”, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv
2004 “The Biblical World”, Traveling exhibition, GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv, Campus Gallery Hankin, Holon, Israel
2005 Eboli Galeria de Arte, Madrid
Peinture Primitive Moderne, Gallery Pro Arte Kasper, Morges, Switzerland
2007 Moscow State Museum of Naןve Art, Moscow
2008 Festnaive ’07, Ulyanovsk, Russia
2008 Festnaive ’07, Ivanovo, Russia
2011 "Be Happy - Naive Art in Israel", Beit Hatfusot, The Museum of the Jewish People, Tel Aviv University Campus, Israel
2012 "Naןve Art of Israel", GINA Gallery of International Naןve Art, Tel Aviv, Israel