1970 |
Born in Kfar Yehezkel, Israel |
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2000–01 |
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, NL |
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Awards |
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| 2010 |
Artes Mundi 4 Preis des Internationalen Wettbewerbes der 56. Internationalen Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Preis der Ökumenischen Jury der 56. Internationalen Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen |
| 2007 | Winner of the Gottesdiener Foundation Israeli Art Prize 2006 |
| 2006 | Recipient of the 2006 Ministry of Science, Culture and Sport Prize, Israel, IL |
| 2005 |
Dorothea von Stetten-Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Bonn, D Prix de Rome, 2nd award winner, Rijksakademie, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2003 | Anselm Kiefer Prize, The Wolf Foundation, IL |
| 1996 |
The Samuel Prize for the video/sound installation “Ant-Bulb”, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, IL |
Residencies, Fellowships & Stipends
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2005 |
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey |
Solo Shows
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2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 |
“Yael Bartana … and Europe will be stunned”, Moderna Museet Malmö, Sweden “If you want, we'll travel to the moon together!”, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, 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
| 2010 |
“Dwelling-in-travel”, Art Today Association – Center for Contemporary Art, Plovdiv, Bulgarien “Yesterday will be better. Mit der Erinnerung in die Zukunft”, Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Aarau, Schweiz “FUSO 2010”, Museu Berardo, Lissabon, Portugal “Building Memory”, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Isreal “1st Ural Industrial Biennal”, NCCA Ekaterinburg, Russia “Steirischer Herbst – Das Un-Zuhause der Bilder”, Festivalzentrum im Forum Stadtpark, Graz “Polski Express III: We will be strong in our weakness. Notes from the first congress of the Jewish Renaissance in PolandÓ, HAU 1, Berlin “Der offene Garten”, Kunstverein Lingen Kunsthalle, Lingen, DE “Les Promesses du passé”, Centre Pompidou, Paris, FR “Morality ACT II”, Witte de With center for contemporary art, Rotterdam, NL “If you want, we'll travel to the moon together”, Annet Gelink Gallery, Amsterdam, NL “Media City Seoul 2010 – TRUST”, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea “Building Memory”, HMKV im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany “Kino-Eye moves time backwards, curated by_Anna Jermolaewa”, Kerstin Engholm Galerie, Wien “Early Years”, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin “56. Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen”, Oberhausen, Deutschland “Trembling Time: Recent Video From Israel”, Tate Modern, London “…on the eastern front”, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest |
| 2009 |
“Building Memory”, Internationales Videokunstprojekt Vilnius, Lodz, Dortmund und Tel Aviv, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Vilnius, Litauen “Play Van Abbe – Part 1: The Game and the Players”, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Niederlande “Transitland”, The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia, Bulgaria “Biennale Countour Mechelen”, Michelen, Belgium “nabasis. On rituals of homecoming”, Ludwik Grohman Villa, Lodz, Poland “Auto.Dream and Matter”, LaBoral Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain “History of Violence“, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel “Stranded Positions“, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland “H-BOX”, Tate Modern, Mary Koszmary, London, UK |
| 2008 |
“Building Memory”, Internationales Videokunstprojekt Vilnius, Lodz, Dortmund und Tel Aviv, Zentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Vilnius, Litauen “Play Van Abbe – Part 1: The Game and the Players”, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Niederlande “Transitland”, The Red House Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia, Bulgaria “Biennale Countour Mechelen”, Michelen, Belgium “nabasis. On rituals of homecoming”, Ludwik Grohman Villa, Lodz, Poland “Auto.Dream and Matter”, LaBoral Centro de Arte, Gijon, Spain “History of Violence“, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel “Stranded Positions“, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland “H-BOX”, Tate Modern, Mary Koszmary, London, UK |
| 2007 |
“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 |
| 2006 |
“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 |
| 2005 |
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 |
| 2004 |
“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 |
| 2003 |
“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 |
| 2002 |
“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 |
| 2001 |
“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 |
| 2000 |
“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 |
| 1996 |
“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 |
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30.05.2010 |
Gerd Brendl, “FAZIT: Berlin, HAU: Festival Polski Express III – The Promised City” – Zwischenbilanz, Deutschlandradio |
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24.04.2010 |
Beitrag in: Kulturzeit, “Wir sprechen mit… Künstlern und Intellektuellen aus Polen”, 3sat |
Bibliography
Publications
| 2010 |
Yael Bartana – and Europe will be stunned, Ausstellungskatalog by Revolver Publishing, Moderna Museet, Malmö Kolorowanka – coloring book (for age 4–9), Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw |
| 2009 | Ekkehard Knörer, "Notizen aus den USA, lose Folge. Eins: Yael Bartanas Video 'Summer Camp' im P.S.1, New York", in: www.cargo-film.de 23.02.2009 |
| 2008 |
“Yael Bartana. Short Memory“, exhibition catalogue, The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv "We Never Looked Better. Contemporary artists and the photography collection of the late Herbert and Leni Sonnenfeld", November 2008, http://www.bh.org.il/ |
| 2007 |
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 |
| 2006 |
“Yael Bartana”, exhibition catalogue, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven NL “Wherever we go / Ovunque andiamo”, Spazio Oberdan, Milano, 2006 |
| 2005 |
“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 |
| 2004 |
“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 |
| 2003 |
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 für Gegenwartkunst, Linz |
Articles (selection)
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2010
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 |
Raimar Stange, “Dokufiktion”, in: Spike, Nr. 25, Herbst 2010, p. 74–83. |