Bio
Tamar Hecht, born in 1997, is an installation sculpture artist. She is a graduate of the art department at Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and creates installation sculpture works that are site and space specific. She obtained an art teaching certificate from the Hebrew University. Hecht draws from her experience during her military service as a combat soldier in caracal and explores the theme of military violence within Israeli society.
She participated in a group exhibition titled “Collective Export – Fences and Fences” in 2023, and also took part in a group sculpture exhibition at Barbor Gallery in 2021.
Additionally, she served as an assistant to artist Hila Toni Navok during her first year of sculpture classes in the art department at Bezalel. She also worked as an assistant to the artist and goldsmith Maya Ben David.
Furthermore, Tamar Hecht is a trustee in the wood and iron workshops at Bezalel Academy, and she also works at the academy’s student dean’s office.
Solo Exhibitions
Four Entered, 2024, Studio Allenby, Curators: Judith Anis & Daphne Stern. Curatorial support: Ilanit Konopnicki
The Floor is Lava, 2024, Studio Allenby 136, Curatorial support: Romi Ben Yosef & Amalia Arieli
33, Bezalel BFA Graduation Exhibition, 2023, Curator: Ori Nir
Group and Duo Exhibitions
Material Intelligence: Research in Action, Benyamini Contemporary Ceramics Center, Curators: Shira Shoval & Yair Barak, September 2025
Windows, Spectrum Festival, Winter Time Jerusalem. Curator: Shalom Hai, 2024
Emerging, Jaffa Old City Street Gallery, Curators: Hagit Peled, Rotem & Yuval Saar, 2023
Fences and Definitions, Export Collective, 2023
Awards and Grants
Rywkind Ben Tzur Grant for Art, Education, and Community, as part of the exhibition team for “Gilad Ratman: Fal-Kos” at the Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel Aviv-Yafo, 2024
Efrat Family Studio Award for the Advancement of Young Artists at Bezalel, 2023–24
Residencies and Additional Programs
Material Intelligence: Research in Action, 2025
Efrat Family Studio for the Advancement of Young Artists at Bezalel, 2023–24
Education
Currently pursuing an MFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Department of Fine Arts, 2025
BFA, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Department of Fine Arts, 2023
Art Teaching Certificate, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2023