Central Park Runners: The Four Seasons
Ido Michaeli

August 7 - September 19, 2026
Opening Reception August 7, 5-8pm

New York-based interdisciplinary artist Ido Michaeli’s Central Park Runners: The Four Seasons explores ideas of connection across cultures, challenging familiar divisions such as East and West. Through the creation of handwoven carpet runners made in Afghanistan, these four works depict New York City’s Central Park through the visual language of Afghan weaving traditions. The project connects Central Park to the early gardens of Mesopotamia, inviting viewers to examine history through a broader lens. The Four Seasons serves as a reminder that culture is never static; it is forever changing, shaped, and enriched through the connections we make with one another.

About the Artist

Ido Michaeli (b. 1980) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work sits at the intersection of art, design, and craft. He lives and works between New York and Connecticut, United States. He holds an MFA and a B.Des from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. His work is often created in collaboration with traditional artisans worldwide and explores themes of intercultural exchange, identity, global economies, and postcolonial narratives.

Michaeli has exhibited widely in galleries and museums internationally, including L›space Gallery and Meislin Gallery in New York; the American Jewish Historical Society, New York; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art; Eretz Israel Museum; Ashdod Museum of Art; Shulamit Gallery, Los Angeles; Pioneer Works, Brooklyn; and the Neues Museum, Germany.

His works have been acquired for museum and private collections, including The Israel Museum Collection and the Jewish Museum in New York.

Michaeli has received numerous awards and grants, including the Berkshire Taconic Foundation Art Grant (Sheffield, MA), the Outset Contemporary Art Fund (London), the Artport Contemporary Art Grant (Tel Aviv), and the Beatrice S. Kolliner Award for a Young Artist from The Israel Museum.

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