Dr. Gila Russo Zimet - Artist, Curator, and Researcher

Academic Education and Certificates

2024 — Certificate Program, Yona Fischer Program for Contemporary Curatorial Studies and Museology, The Israeli Art Institute, The Academic College of Tel Aviv–Yaffo

2006 — Printmaking Studes, Tel Aviv Museum of Art

2005 — Academic Administration Specialization, MOFET Institute

2001 — Ph.D., Tel Aviv University
Dissertation: Mental Models of Artist-Teachers Teaching Visual Arts

1995 — M.A. in Education (with thesis), Bar‑Ilan University

1988 — B.Ed., Levinsky College of Education

1977 — Certificate Studies, Avni Institute of Art and Design, Tel Aviv–Jaffa

Solo Exhibitions

2024 — Within the Surface, Makom La’Art, Tel Aviv. Curator: Nurit Yarden
2021 — Behind, Zaritsky Artists’ House, Tel Aviv. Curator: Arie Berkowitz
2019 — Details Tell, Zaritsky Artists’ House, Tel Aviv. Curator: Arie Berkowitz
2015 — Borrowed Identity, Tova Osman Gallery, Tel Aviv. Curator: Tova Osman
2004 — Exposure, Sharett Gallery, Givatayim. Curator: Bruria Hasner

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 — A is a Tent, B is a House… Language and Meaning, Artists’ House, Rishon LeZion. Curator: Odelia Elhanani
2023 — Women’s Day Exhibition, Tova Osman Gallery. Curator: Tova Osman
2022 — Drawing Biennale #1, Artists’ House, Rishon LeZion. Curators: Lea Toper & Jennifer Bloch
2021 — Moving in Space and Time, Y-Art – Art in Railway Stations. Curator: Galit Melis
2021 — Artist-Teachers, MOFET Institute, Tel Aviv. Curator: Israel Rabinovitch
2021 — Mirror Mirror, Tova Osman Gallery. Curator: Tova Osman
2019 — Sustainability, Levinsky College of Education, Tel Aviv. Curator: Arie Berkowitz

Curatorial Practice

2023 — Curatorial and production team member, Rewilding: Perspectives on the Anthropocene (program final exhibition), Jaffa Museum
Curatorial guidance: Tami Katz-Freiman | Academic advisor: Dr. Osnat Zuckerman-Rechter

2024 — Assistant Curator, The Garden Keeper — Boaz Noy, Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod
Curator: Avi Lubin

2024 — Assistant Curator, Masterpieces (group exhibition), Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod
Curator: Avi Lubin

 

 

Former Senior Lecturer in the M.A. Program in Early Childhood Education, Levinsky College of Education.
Head of the Early Childhood Research Center.

Founder and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed online journal Researchers@Early Childhood (2012–2020).
Head of the Early Childhood Track at Levinsky College and Chair of the National Early Childhood Program Leaders Forum at the MOFET Institute.

Research and publications focus on early childhood education and teacher training.

 

 

Books (Co-authored / Edited) — Selected

Mivorach, M. & Russo-Zimet, G. (2010). The Learning Consciousness. Jerusalem: Magnes Press.

Snapir, M., Seaton, S. & Russo-Zimet, G. (2012). One Hundred Years of Kindergarten in the Land of Israel. Ben-Gurion Institute & Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

Azar, H. et al. (2014). Through the Lens of Professional Identity – A Collaborative Multi-Method Study of Teacher Educators. MOFET Institute.

Russo-Zimet, G., Ziv, M. & Maswara, A. (Eds.) (2015). Childhood in Arab Society in Israel. MOFET Institute & Al-Qasemi College.

Elkoshi, R., Russo-Zimet, G., Cohen, D. & Shohat, Y. (2017). Rainbow Inspirations in Art: Exploring Color Metaphor in Poetry, Visual Arts and Music. Nova Publishing.

Selected Peer-Reviewed Articles

Russo-Zimet, G. & Segal, S. (2014). The Concept of Happiness as Conveyed in Visual Representations: Analysis of the Work of Early Childhood Educators. Journal of Education and Training Studies.

Russo-Zimet, G. (2016). Noise Makes a Hole in My Ear: Using Metaphors to Expose Young Children’s Perceptions of Noise. International Journal of Social Science Studies.

Russo-Zimet, G. (2016). The Metaphorical Collage as a Research Tool in Education. Universal Journal of Educational Research.

Russo-Zimet, G. & Gilat, I. (2017). Cultural Context and Perceptions of Early Childhood Education among Arab and Jewish Students. Journal of Research in Childhood Education.

Russo-Zimet, G. (2017). Artist-Teachers’ In-Action Mental Models While Teaching Visual Arts. Journal of Education and Training Studies.

Russo-Zimet, G., Wengrowicz, N. & Sagee, R. (2018). Empathy Intensity in Early Childhood. Journal of Childhood & Developmental Disorders.

(Additional Hebrew publications available upon request)

Book Chapters — Selected

Zimet, G., Rosner, S. & Werner, S. (1999). Activity Journal as a Tool for Reflective Thinking. Tel Aviv University Press.

Zimet, G. & Steiner, G. (2000). “Learning Is Like…” Metaphors About Learning. MOFET Institute.

Russo-Zimet, G. (2022). Jewish and Arab Kindergarten Teachers’ Perceptions of Working with Parents. Resling Publishing.

Encyclopedia Entry

Russo-Zimet, G. (2014). History of the Kindergarten in Israel. The Hebrew Encyclopedia.

 

 

 

 

 

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