Bio
Mikka Chesno
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.
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
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
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
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:
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
Languages:
English - mother tongue. Hebrew - fluent
Recommendation:
Ido Bar-El - painter and educator
+972522943446 / barel.ido@gmail.com