Lea Nikel – Selected Exhibition History

1918

Born December 6, 1918 in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.

2005

Died September 10, 2005 in Kidron, Israel.

Solo Exhibitions

1959

Lea Nikel, Galerie Espace, Haarlem, Holland, April 18, 1959 – May 9, 1959.

1961

Lea Nikel: Paintings, The Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, March 25, 1961 – April 18, 1961.

1966

Lea Nikel, Haifa Musuem of Art, Haifa, April 23, 1966 – May 19, 1966.

1967

Lea Nikel: Recent Works, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, December 7, 1967 – December 27, 1967.

1973

Lea Nikel: Paintings, 1963–1973, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv.

1983

Lea Nikel, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, January 16, 1983 – February 4, 1983.

1985

Lea Nikel: Paintings, 1950–1984, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, January 15, 1985 – April 2, 1985.

1987

Lea Nikel: Works on Paper, The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan.

1988

Lea Nikel, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, April 10, 1988–April 29, 1988.

1990

Lea Nikel: The Joy of Painting, Barbican Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom, October 10, 1990 – November 29, 1990.

1992

Lea Nikel: Book, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion, Tel Aviv.

Lea Nikel: Monoprints, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, August 4, 1992 – September 1, 1992.

1993

Lea Nikel: Works and Works on Paper, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, October 22, 1993 – November 12, 1993.

1995

Lea Nikel: A Retrospective, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, April 11, 1995 – July 8, 1995.

1996

Lea Nikel: Prints 1977–1996, Har-El Printers & Publishers, Jaffa, July 26, 1996 – August 26, 1996.

1997

Lea Nikel: Works, Oranim Art Institute Gallery, Tivon.

2000

Lea Nikel: New Works 1995–2000, The Korin Maman Ashdod Museum, Ashdod.

2001

Lea Nikel: Works on Paper 1950–2000, The Open Museum, Omer Industrial Park, Omer.

2002

Lea Nikel, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, May 31, 2002 – July 31, 2002.

2004

Lea Nikel: The Parisian Years 1950–1961, Mane Katz Museum, Haifa.

2005

Lea Nikel: Recent Works, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, June 17, 2005 – July 29, 2005.

2006

Lea Nikel, Sommer Contemporary Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, October 20, 2006 – November 24, 2006.

2013

Lea Nikel: The Spectacle, Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, January 24, 2013 – March 2, 2013.

2018

Lea Nikel: Black Butterfly, 100 Year Anniversary of Her Birth, Chelouche Gallery for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv.

2022

Lea Nikel, Givon Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, September 22, 2022 – November 26, 2022.

Lea Nikel: Compositions, Parterre Projects, Tel Aviv, September 22, 2022 – November 5, 2022.

Lea Nikel, The Lobby Art Space, Tel Aviv, September 22, 2022 – November 5, 2022.

2025

Lea Nikel: Path to Eden, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, December 3, 2025 – August 31, 2026.

Please note that exhibition research is ongoing, and subject to edits and additions.

Last updated: April 2025.