Current Exhibitions:

ARTIST'S BEST

Artists Best - Sonoran Arts League exhibit - Sept-Nov 2023

SEPTEMBER 5 - NOVEMBER 9, 2023

SONORAN ARTS LEAGUE GALLERY

The Sonoran Arts League, the largest arts league in the Southwest USA, presents Artists' Best, a special, juried exhibition featuring selected works by a cadre of talented Arizona artists, reflecting the signature style of each creator. 

Gilat Ben-Dor's Cloister Morning watercolor painting is featured among the works in this show. Come explore this exciting and unique look into a free-subject exhibition, opening September 5 and showing through November 9.

Opening Reception is on Thursday, Sept. 21, 4-7 pm. (Free and open to the public. Free parking in parking lot available). 

Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 10 am - 4 pm

Location: Sonoran Arts League Gallery, 7275 E. Easy St #A104, Carefree, AZ 85377

 

ARCHITECTURAL SPACES

Architectural Spaces exhibit at Shemer Art Center - Phoenix, AZ

AUGUST 30 - OCTOBER 26, 2023

SHEMER ART CENTER

This exhibition features Arizona artists showcasing the architecture around us, inspired by the designed world. Held at the charming and historic Shemer Art Center in the heart of Phoenix's Biltmore area, this exciting exhibition is juried by Mary Lucking (whose work appears in the promotion poster here), along with Shemer curator Heidi Dauphin.

Gilat Ben-Dor's Jerusalem Allegory watercolor and ink painting is featured among the works in this architecturally-themed exhibition. The exhibit runs Aug. 30-Oct. 26, 2023. 

Join us for an Artists Reception on Thursday, Sept. 7, from 6-8 pm. (Free and open to the public. Free parking in the center's parking lot) 

Gallery hours: Tues-Sun, 10am - 3pm (Closed Mondays). Nominal admission fee to the arts center other than during Artist Reception. For more information, call (602) 262-4727

Shemer Art Center is located at 5005 E Camelback Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85018

 

DIA DE LOS MUERTOS 2023

Dia de los Muertos exhibit at Tohono Chul - Tucson, AZ

AUGUST 24 - NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TOHONO CHUL - GARDENS - GALLERY - BISTRO

Experience a unique cultural treasure: the celebration of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead), an homage to beloved ancestors, commemorated through beautiful altars and artwork. 

Tohono Chul hosts an annual juried art exhibition of professional Arizona artists dedicated to this theme. Gilat Ben-Dor's mixed media painting, Recuerdos (Memories),  will be shown for the first time at this exhibition.

Come for the art exhibit... stay for Tohono Chul's abundant activities, beautiful gardens, bistro, and delightful gift shop and garden shop. Truly a memorable outing! 

Opening Reception is on Thursday, August 24, from 5:30-8 pm. (Reception is free and open to the public. Free parking available in the center's parking lot) 

There is a nominal admission fee to enter the garden, galleries, and grounds on other days. Gallery hours: 9am-5pm daily.

For more information about Tohono Chul Gallery, Garden, and Bistro, please visit: https://tohonochul.org/

Tohono Chul is located at 7366 North Paseo del Norte, Tucson, AZ 85704

GREATER PHOENIX PASTIMES

Gilat Ben-Dor - The Tasters

MAY 1 - OCTOBER 31, 2023

GREATER PHOENIX ECONOMIC COUNCIL (GPEC)

GPEC presents "Greater Phoenix Pastimes", a hybrid virtual exhibition of selected Arizona artists, whose work reflects their favorite activities to do around the Greater Phoenix area. Gilat Ben-Dor has been selected to exhibit her gold-leafed painting, "The Tasters," as an ode to her time as a certified wine sommelier and the former owner of a wine academy in the area. She says, "Wine remains close to my heart, and I have taken it from palate to palette with my current wine-related paintings. I'm delighted to be exhibiting The Tasters with GPEC, as this artwork has layers of meaning to me." 

For purchase of works in this exhibit, please contact artists directly. 

Click here to view and purchase The Tasters

View the virtual exhibit two ways!

Click here for static exhibit and Click here for virtual gallery tour

BOLD ABSTRACTS 2023

Gilat Ben-Dor - Bronze award - Camelback Gallery Bold Abstracts 2023

MAY 13 - AUGUST 13, 2023 (**Still viewable online)

CAMELBACK GALLERY

Camelback Gallery is an Arizona-based gallery specializing in virtual exhibitions and juried artist competitions. Gilat Ben-Dor has recently been awarded a Bronze Award in the gallery's Bold Abstracts 2023 juried competition, for her alcohol ink painting, Ecstasy. This competition is also viewable as a virtual exhibition (here) of all award winners and finalists. 

Ben-Dor's award-winning artwork, Ecstasy, is part of her abstract series Liquid Thoughts, with prints available for purchase here.

For purchase of works in this exhibit, please contact artists directly.

 

Pomegranate Tapestry

Gilat Ben-Dor - Pomegranate TapestryONGOING ONLINE EXHIBITION

Virtual Exhibit at gilatbendor.com

Experience the independent release of 12 new small works by Scottsdale artist Gilat Ben-Dor. Just in time for Valentine's Day, yet also timeless in its meaning, this series celebrates abundance and love, which the pomegranate represents.

Each individual work in this series combines Gilat’s colorful, exuberant style with nods to artistic traditions such as Medieval gilding, Renaissance-era celestial themes, and the textured forms of more contemporary Abstract Expressionism.

Click here to view full series

Click here for Pomegranate Tapestry PRESS RELEASE 

CURTAIN UP! The Theatrical Art of Gilat Ben-Dor

CURTAIN UP- The Theatrical Art of Gilat Ben-DorCONTINUED ONLINE ON THIS WEBSITE

(Original Exhibit Dates: April 1-May 20, 2022 

at ASU Gammage Auditorium (Theater)

Tempe, Arizona)

ASU Gammage, Arizona's premier Broadway theater, presents artist Gilat Ben-Dor’s brand new, theater-themed series, CURTAIN UP! from April 1-30, 2022. Gilat’s whimsical, colorful art will take you on a journey of moments both on stage and off, with relatable highlights all about “The Show.” From Greek dramas to Renaissance-era theater, from Shakespeare to Vaudeville, and even Japanese Kabuki, Gilat pays tribute to the theatrical milestones that brought us to the Broadway and theater traditions we know and love today. 

The in-person exhibit in the lobby of Gammage is viewable two ways: for Gammage ticket holders when attending the performance, and by appointment: please email Jeremy Bennington at jeremy.bennington@asu.edu

Fine art prints and merchandise based on the 12 original watercolors are available for purchase directly through the Exhibit Shop at gilatbendor.com