Wild Chamomile (Kent Avenue), 2022
Avital Burg was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and currently lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Burg’s work was recently shown in solo shows at Pamela Salisbury Gallery in Hudson, NY, Slag Gallery, New York, and at the Neve Schechter Gallery, Tel Aviv. Burg’s work was included in two-person exhibitions at Arts at AJU, Los Angeles, and Club Caltural Matienzo, Buenos Aires. Her work was also featured in group shows at Fridman Gallery, NY, The Islip Art Museum, the Greenpoint Film Festival, NY and in other group shows in New York and Tel Aviv. She is the recipient of several grants, including the Artis Residency Grant, and was the artist in residence of the Peleh Residency in California in 2019, and the Interlude Residency in Hudson in 2022. Burg’s work is part of many collections world-wide, among them are the Louis-Dreyfus Family Collection, NY, The Bank Leumi art collection, Israel, and Mr. Dov Shiff collection, Israel. Burg attended the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, “Hatahana” school of figurative drawing and painting, Tel Aviv, The Slade School of Art, London, and the New York Studio School.