Bio
Mikka Chesno
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Born in Zimbabwe 1998, grew up in South Africa and graduated in Fine Arts at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel.
My practice spans multiple mediums and a combination of techniques including oil paintings, printmaking, video, sculpture and drawing. I explore the interplay between storytelling, materials, and the connections that bind people, animals, and environments.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
Mikka Chesno
Born in Zimabwe 1998.
+972539023447
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 - Final Graduate Exhibition, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
2025 - Cooped. The Incubator Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem. Directed by Hila Lulu Lin
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Group Exhibitions:
2025 - Summer Unveiled II, Wertheimer Gallery Tel Aviv: Natalie and Gil Wertheimer
2025 - Paper Position. Chlore Gallery, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Initiated and coordinated by Mikka Chesno, in collaboration with curator Talia Israeli.
2025 - Here and Now, Wertheimer Gallery Tel Aviv: Natalie and Gil Wertheimer
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2024 - Exhibition in Bed, Leipzig: Mikka Chesno
2024 - Surviving Purple, Porte, Leipzig: Franziska Holstein and Franz Jyrch
2024 - Do you miss me, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin: Maren Schleimer
2024 - The Pot is Boiling, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design. Curator: Maya Shalev
2023 - Raffaela Crispino and Hans Demeulenaere: Incomplete Neighbor – Petach Tikva Museum of Arts. Curator: Tal Blecher
2023 – Cultureversity - Slovak Institute with collaboration of the Student Union of the Academy of Music and Dance
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Prizes:
2024 - Printmaking Shtrok Prize through Bezalel
2016 - First prize in the ‘White Rose Holocaust Competition’ at the Cape Town Holocaust and Genocide Centre​
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Education:
2025 - Graduate student of Bezalel Academy of Art and Design Jerusalem
2024 - Exchange program Semester 2 at Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig
Courses:
2018 – DPC Photography Course, South Africa
2017 – Permaculture and Sustainability Design Course (internationally known) – Hava ve Adam, Israel
Volunteering:
2024 - Organizer of finding guides and volunteers for art activities in hotels in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where displaced people lived during the war
2023/2024 Hillel - Help with reading to a blind elderly man in his home and helping the elderly bring shopping in the market.
2022 - Arts High School Jerusalem - Assistance to autistic children in animation classes
07-12/2017 - Kibbutz Ma’agan Michael - kids extra murals and taking care of zoo animals
2016 - Hobonim Dror Mahaneh Cape Town - Guide for educational activities for youth
2015 - Greenpop - fundraising and planting trees at the Zambia Reforestation Festival
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Languages:
English - mother tongue. Hebrew - fluent​
Recommendation:
Ido Bar-El - painter and educator
+972522943446 / barel.ido@gmail.com