Biography
1970 |
Born in Kfar Yehezkel, Israel |
Education
2000-01 |
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL |
Prizes
2007 |
Winner of the Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize 2006 |
Residencies/Fellowships/Stipends
2005 |
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey |
Solo Shows
| 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 |
P.S. 1, New York, USA "Summer Camp" Engholm Engelhorn, Vienna, AU Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, IT Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, P Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, IL Annet Gelink Gallery, “Summer Camp”, Amsterdam, NL The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada “Yael Bartana, In the Army I was an outstanding soldier”, March, Fondazione per l’arte contemporanea, Curated by Gabi Scardi, IT “Amateur Anthropologist”, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, D Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL Collective Gallery, “Sirens’ Song”, Edinburgh, UK Museum St.Gallen, “Wild Seeds”, St.Gallen, Suisse Annet Gelink Gallery, photographic works in projectspace The Bakery Sommer Contemporary Art, “You Could Be Lucky”, Tel Aviv, IL MIT, List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts, “When Adar Enters”, “Ad De’lo Yoda”, “Kings of the Hill” Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, “Trembling Time”, Toronto, CA Büro Friedrich, “When Adar Enters” and “Blimp”, Berlin, D P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, “Kings of the Hill”, New York Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, “Blimp”, Herzliya, IL “Purim Spiel”, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL Kerstin Engholm Galerie, “Kings of the Hill”, Vienna, AU Herzliya Museum for Contemporary Art, “Kings of the Hill”, IL Galeria comercial, “Trembling Time”, “Kings of the Hill”, San Juan, PR Museum Beelden aan Zee, “Trembling Time”, Scheveningen, NL “Variables X Y Z”, Digital Art Lab, Holon, IL Caermersklooster, “Profile”, Gent, B |
Selected Group Shows
2008 |
“H-BOX”, Tate Modern, Mary Koszmary, London, UK "Like an Attali Report, but different", Kadist Art Foundation, Paris “Hidden Traces – Dialogues of Avant Garde”, Felix-Nussbaum-Haus, Osnabruck, D (forthcoming, opening December 7) “Momentum”, Samuel P.Harn Museum of Art, Gainesville, Florida, USA (forthcoming, opening August 12) “Another Territory”, City Exhibition Center, Moscow, R (forthcoming, opening October 22) “The Art of the State”, Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, NL “World Tale: Mixed Narrations: A Video Parade from Different Points”, The Hacettepe University Art Museum, Ankara, Turkey (forthcoming, opening November 25) "Like an Attali Report, but different", Mary Koszmary, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris “Monument to Transformation”, Tranzit, Prague, CZ “Democracy in the Age of Branding”, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center of Parsons, The New School for Design in New York “The Object Quality of the Problem: The Space of Israel/Palestine”, Henry Moore Foundation, Leeds, UK “Imaginary Coordinates”, Spertus Museum, Chicago “Brave New Worlds”, Jumex Collection, MEX “Territorial Phantom”, Montevideo, Amsterdam “Personal Landscapes - Contemporary Art from Israel”, American Univversity Museum, Washington DC, US “Stutter and Twitch”, Justina M. Barnicke Gallery, Toronto, CA “Video exhibition”, curated by Erzen Shkololli, Contemporary Art Institute EXIT, Peje, Kosovo “Les Inquiets - 5 artistes sous la pression de la guerre”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, UK “H BOX”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, F; Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain, Musee d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg and Tate London, UK Documenta 12, Kassel, DE “Brave New Worlds”, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, USA “Wherever We Go: Art, Identity, Cultures in Transit”, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, USA “Um Atlas de Acontecimentos/ An Atlas of Events”, The State of the World, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisboa, PT “Play Safe - Battlefields in the playground”, Project Arts Centre, Dublin “Im Auge des Zyklons/In the eye of the storm”, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen “Regarding Fear and Hope”, Monash University Museum of Art, NZ “Odds and Ends” “Thermocline of Art-New Asian Waves (a ZKM 10th Anniversary Exhibition)”, Museum of Contemporary Art, ZKM “Sirens’ Song” “War and Cinema”, Centre Pompidou, “Wild Seeds”, Paris, FR “Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art”, The Jewish Museum, “Freedom Border” and “Trembling Time”, February – June 2007 “Demolition”, Engholm/Engelhorn gallery, Vienna 27th Bienal de São Paulo, “A Declaration”, “Wild Seeds”, “Low Relief II (4)”, São Paulo, Brasil “Records and Habits. The Time Machine / Images of Space”, Tapies Foundation, “Low Relief II”, “Wild Seeds”, “Kings of the Hill” Barcelona, Spain “Israele, arte e vita, 1906-2006”, Milano, Palzzo Reale, It “Wherever We Go”, Spazio Oberdan Milan, Italy 7th Werkleitz Biennial, “Wild Seeds”, Halle, Germany “INSIDE-OUT. Contemporary Artists from Israel”, Museo de arte contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, “Sirens’ Song”, Spain “Coding:Decoding”, “Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, “Sirens’ Song”, Denmark “David Maljkovic”, Gallery Nova, “Kings of the Hill”, Zagreb (HR) “The Art of Living: Contemporary Works from the Israel Museum”, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, “Trembling Time”, San Francisco (USA) “Une Vision du Monde - Works from the Lemaitre-collection”, La Maison Rouge, Paris, FR 9th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul Biennial, “Wild Seeds”, Turkey “Beograd Nekad I Sad”, Galerija Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro V Internationales Kunstfestival Magdeburg, Art Depot, “Sirens’ Song”, Magdeburg, DE “Prix de Rome.NL”, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam NL “a forest and a tree”, Yellow Bird Gallery, Newburgh, New York, USA “Platform Garanti”, Istanbul, “Trembling Time”, Turkey “The Hebrews - 100 years of culture in Israel”, The Israel Museum and Martin Gropius Bau, “Trembling Time”, “Low Relief II” (4 channel) , Berlin, D “Reunion”, ByArt Projects, “When Adar Enters”, “Ad De’lo Yoda”, Tel Aviv, Israel Dorothea von Stetten Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum BONN, “Trembling Time“, „Low Relief II“ (1 channel), “Freedom Border“, Bonn, Germany “Irreducible”, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, “Kings of the Hill”, San Francisco, USA “Onufri 2004 Prize: Chosen Places”, National Gallery of Arts, “Trembling Time”, Tirania, Albania “Time Zones: recent film and video”, Tate Modern, “Kings of the Hill”, London, GB “Time Depot”, Petach Tikva Museum, “Low Relief II (4 channel)”, Petach Tikva, Israel “Surfacing - Ludwig Museum Budapest”, Museum of Contemporary Art, “When Adar Enters” and “Ad De’lo Yoda”, Budapest, Hungary “Wherever I am”, Modern Art Oxford, “Profile”, “Trembling Time”, “When Adar Enters”, “Ad de’lo Yoda” and “Blimp”, Oxford, GB Liverpool Biennial, Festival for Contemporary Art, You Could Be Lucky Liverpool, UK “Busan Biennale, Point of Contact”, Contemporary Art Exhibition, “When Adar Enters”, “Ad de’lo Yoda” and “Blimp”, Korea “The 10 Commandments”, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, “Trembling Time”, Dresden, DE “The Mediterraneans”, Museum of Modern Art Rome, “Kings of the Hill”, Rome, IT “Lonely Planet”, Art Tower Mito, Contemporary Art Center, Ibaraki, Japan “Quicksand”, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, NL Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool, GB “Territories”, Witte De With, Rotterdam, NL “Wonderyears - New Reflections on Shoah and Nazism in Israel“, Neue Gesellschaft für Bildende Kunst, Berlin. D “Territories”, KW-Berlin, D “Vane”, After-Life, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK “Overbeck-Gesellschaft”, Lübeck Kunstverein, Lübeck, D “The Promise, The Land”, O.K Center for Contemporary Art, Linz, AU Sheffield Festival of Contemporary Art, Sheffield, UK “Kaap Helder”, Oude Rijkswerf Willemsoord (Kunst en Cultuur Noord-Holland), Den Helder, NL Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz /Tirol, AU “M_ARS-Art and War Graz“, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, AU “Rendez-Vous”, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, FR “What? A tale in free images”, Brugge Culture Capital of Europe, Brugge, B “Say Hello Wave Goodbye”, Galerie Hohenlohe & Kalb, Vienna, AU Manifesta 4, European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Frankfurt am Main, D “Tele-Journeys”, MIT List Visual Center, Cambridge, USA The 4th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, KR “Non-linear Editing”, De Paviljoens, Almere, NL “In the Meantime”, De Appel, Amsterdam, NL “Neue Welt“, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, D "2e Sybren Hellinga Kunstprijs 2001", Kunsthuis SYB, Beetsterzwaag, NL “Open Ateliers“, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL “Greater New York”, PS1, New York, USA “Open Ateliers“, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, NL “Reflex Ensemble in Musical Dialoges”, Center for the Arts, Tel Aviv. IL Borochov Gallery, Tel Aviv IL “B.F.A project”, Bezalel academy of arts and design, Jerusalem, IL |
Film- /Videofestivals
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2009 2008 2007 2006 2004 2003 2002 |
55th Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, D 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL, "Summercamp" 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL, "A Declaration" “Exposition insulaires”, Soiree de projection video et lecture, “A Declaration”, Credac, Ivry-sur Seine, Paris, F 35e Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, Rochelle, FR 52nd Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, D “Le Printemps de Septembre”, Teletoulouse, “Kings of the Hill”, Toulouse, FR Transmediale 2004, internation media art festival, Berlin, D 33rd International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL Transmediale 2003, internation media art festival, Berlin, D Impakt Festival, Utrecht, NL “Borderlines”, Antwerpen, B “La grande Halle de la Villete”, "Nuit Blanche", Paris, F Kasseler Documentarfilm und Videofest, Kassel, D Theater Festival at the Singel, Antwerp, B "Uitmarkt”, Balie, Amsterdam, NL Festival “Bandits Images”, Bourges, F NEMO festival, Paris, F Macau Art Festival, Macau, CN FACT, Liverpool, UK “Vidéochroniques”, Rennes, F “Video Zone”, The 1st biennale for video, Tel-Aviv, IL Nuits Blanche, Paris, F Videotage, Microwave International Media Art Festival, Hong Kong, CH “Cinematexas”, International Short Film Festival, department of radio-tv-film, International Competition Program, Austin, Texas, USA VIPER Basel 2002, International Competition Film/Video Programme, Basel, CH “Cite des Ondes”, 5th International Manifestation of Video and Electronic Arts of Montreal, CA 48 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, DE 4th International Festival of Film and New Media, ‘e-phos', Athens, GR Media Forum 2002, XXIV Moscow International Film festival, RU 31st International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL |
Bibliography
Publications
| 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 |
“Yael Bartana. Short Memory“, exhibition catalogue, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv Yael Bartana, “In the army I was an outstanding soldier”, March, fondazione per l’arte contemporanea “Regarding Fear and Hope”, exhibition catalogue, Monash University of Art “Um Atlas de Acontecimentos/An Atlas of Events”, exhibition catalogue “The State of the world”, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian “Yael Bartana”, exhibition catalogue, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg “Dateline:Israel - New photography and video art”, exhibition catalogue, Yale University Press in association with The Jewish Museum “Im Auge des Zyklons/In the eye of the storm”, exhibition catalogue, Kunstmuseum St.Gallen “Yael Bartana”, exhibition catalogue, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven NL “Wherever we go / Ovunque andiamo”, Spazio Oberdan, Milano, 2006 “PRIX DE ROME.NL 2005”, exhibition catalogue, Amsterdam “Die Neuen Hebräer. 100 Jahre Kunst in Israel”, exhibition catalogue, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, edited by Doreet LeVotte Harten and Yigal Zalmona “Wherever I Am - Yael Bartana, Emily Jacir, Lee Miller”, exhibition catalogue, Modern Art Oxford, Essays by Linda Grant and Galit Eilat, pp.9-27 “Time Zones: recent film and video”, exhibition catalogue,Tate Modern, London “Kav/Hameorer”, magazine for literature and art magazine, Nr. 16-18, winter Tel-Aviv, pp.16-20 “Die Zehn Gebote”, exhibition catalogue, Deutsche Hygienes Museum, Dresden, p.115 “Quicksand”, exhibition catalogue, De Appel Foundation Amsterdam “Lonely Planet”, exhibition catalogue, Art Tower Mito, Ibaraki, Japan Charles Esche, “Cream 3 - Contemporary Art in Culture”, Phaidon, New York “Territories”, exhibition catalogue, KW- Institute for Contemporary Art Belin Peter Weibel, “_MARS, Kunst und Krieg”, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Hatje Cantz, Frankfurt Thomas Edlinger, Stella Rollig and Roland Schöny, “The Promise, The Land. Jewish-Israeli Artists in Relation to Politics and Society”, O.K. Centrum fur Gegenwartkunst, Linz Manifesta 4, Hatje Cantz Publishers, Frankfurt, pp.170-171 |
Articles (selection)
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2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 |
“Top 5 Nederland”, Rutger Ponzen, in: De Volkskrant, 27 December, Kunstbijlage, p. 4 |
