B. 1981, ETHIOPIA; IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL IN 1984; LIVES IN GAN YAVNE, ISRAEL AND WORKS IN TEL AVIV
2011 – BA IN INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (WITH HONORS), SAPIR, ACADEMIC COLLEGE, SDEROT, ISRAEL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 – “UNTITLED,” THE ARIE KLANG ARTISTS’ HOUSE, ASHDOD, ISRAEL
2022 –“BEGINNING,” WHITE HOUSE GALLERY, HIRBET AL-MA’YIN, KIBBUTZ NIR OZ; CURATOR:HAIM PERRY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 = “THE ETHNIC RAINBOW,” DORIT GUR ART GALLERY, TEL AVIV; CURATOR: ARCH. NOEMI ESHET-ROSENZWEIG
2016 – “BANISH THE DARKNESS,” BINYAMIN GALLERY, TEL AVIV; CURATOR: CARMEL GOFFER
– “BELONGING,” RISHON LEZION MUSEUM, RISHON LEZION, ISRAEL; CURATOR: CARMEL GOFFER
2019 – “SPEAK UP CULTURE: ISRAELI-ETHIOPIAN ARTISTS REACT,” ABRAHAM HOSTEL, TEL AVIV; CURATOR: MOR TISHLER
2020 – “WOVEN MEMORIES,” THE ARTISTS’ HOUSE, TEL AVIV; CURATOR: SMADAR MESSING
2021 – “THE THRESHOLD PROJECT,” ZUMU—MUSEUM ON THE MOVE,” LOD, ISRAEL; CURATOR: MILANA GITZIN-ADIRAM
2023 – ISRAEL MUZEUM TEL AVIV, “WHAT IS THE MEASURE OF MAN”; curator: henriatta eliezer brunner
art fair
2023 – freshpaint art fair, tel aviv, curator: shlomit oren & lilach
EVENTS
2021, LAUNCH OF AN OUTDOOR WORK AS PART OF “LOVING ART, MAKING ART” (OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION SEASON) EVENTS, TEL AVIV “ARTIST IN ACTION,”
LIVE PERFORMANCE IN THE ARTIST’S STUDIO, AS PART OF THE “NEVE TZEDEK WEARS ART” EVENTS, TEL AVIV; CURATOR: YOAD BAR NOY
2022, “Sigdahun“, An initiative of the artist Moshe Tarka together with the Tel Aviv municipality. The SIGDAHUN is a contemporary art event that celebrates the ethiopian SIGD holiday. An event that gathers the best artists from different mediums and sectors such as plastic art, photography, artistic dance, video and music.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008, RECIPIENT OF THE ASHDOD PRIZE FOR YOUNG ARTISTS, ASHDOD, ISRAEL; JURY CHAIR: YONA FISCHER
2011, ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD, DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, SAPIR ACADEMIC COLLEGE, SDEROT, ISRAEL
MOSHE TARKA’S WORKS ARE INCLUDED IN VARIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN ISRAEL AND ABROA