OMER BEN-ZVI
(b. 1984, Ein Harod, Israel)
Ben-Zvi is a multidisciplinary artist who combines photography, installation, printmaking, ceramics, and other photo-based objects.
In recent years, he focuses in his work on the human gaze and the contemporary shifts in visual perspectives, and the influence of image-related technologies on the human experience. His work deals mainly with memory and identity, territorial claims, and the concept of invasiveness. Currently lives and works in New York, NY.
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Education:
MFA – New York University – New York, NY – summa cum laude – 2016-2018
BFA/B.Ed – The Neri Bloomfield School of Design – Haifa, Israel – summa cum laude – 2011-2015
BTK University of Applied Sciences – Berlin, Germany – 2013-2014
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Exhibitions:
2025
The Service – Temple Exhibition – Group Exhibition – Geula Gallery, Beit Uri Zvi – Jerusalem, Israel
2024
Aviv – Group Exhibition – Moshava Art Gallery – New York, NY
2023
Art For Healing – Group Exhibition – L’space Gallery – New York, NY
Autumn Show – Group Exhibition – Stav Festival – 14th Street Y Gallery – New York, NY
Fractions – Group Exhibition – Geula Gallery, Beit Uri Zvi – Jerusalem, Israel
Halos – Group Exhibition – John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University – Nashville, TN
2022
Roofs – Solo Exhibition – Muslala – Jerusalem, Israel
Axis Mundi – Solo Exhibition – Black Box Gallery – Jerusalem, Israel
2021
The Breathing Project – Group Exhibition (virtual) – FemArt Festival, Pristina, Kosovo
The Breathing Project – Group Exhibition – The Living Gallery – Brooklyn, NY
This Is Not My Tree – Group Exhibition – NARS Foundation Gallery – New York, NY
2020
Imaginary Timeline – Group Exhibition (online) – Studio200 – New York, NY
NYPeople’s Choice Salon Show – The Greenpoint Gallery – New York, NY
2019
MetroArt – Group Exhibition – Carmelit Haifa – Haifa, Israel
Disconnect – Group Exhibition – Contact Gallery – New York, NY
Compass – Group Exhibition – Beit Kandinof – Tel Aviv, Israel
On-Site – Group Exhibition – Trestle Gallery – New York, NY
Kitchen Curatorial – Group Exhibition – Trestle Gallery – New York, NY
2018
Planes – Solo Exhibition – Morel Derfler Gallery, The NB Haifa School of Design – Haifa, Israel
Constructing a Praxis of Artist/Educator – Group Exhibition – Smith Learning Theater, Columbia University – New York, NY
NYU MFA Thesis Show – 80WSE Gallery – New York, NY
2017
in medias res – Group Exhibition – 80WSE Gallery – New York, NY
PrintFest 2017 – Print Fair – International Print Center New York – New York, NY
1030 MHz/1090 MHz – Solo Exhibition – 80WSE Gallery – New York, NY
Granta Magazine-Best of Young American Novelists 3 – Group Exhibition – Cuckoo’s Nest – Tel Aviv, Israel
Holiness – LaCulture / Krakow Jewish Culture Festival – Galeria BB – Krakow, Poland
NYU MFA First Year Show – Group Exhibition – 80WSE Gallery – New York, NY
2016
The Invisible She – Group Exhibition – Sotheby’s Institute of Art – New York, NY
40+08 – Art Marathon – Beer Sheva, Israel
Fresh Paint 8 – Contemporary Art Fair – Yarid Hamizrach – Tel Aviv, Israel
Hold? – Dual Exhibition – Grand Art Gallery – Haifa, Israel
And Their Sons – Solo Exhibition – Bezalel 7 Gallery – Jerusalem, Israel
Class Photo – Selective group exhibition of the Photography Academia in Israel – Museum of Photography Tel Hai – Tel-Hai Industrial Park, Israel
2015
In Sight – Off_FestivalBratislava 2015 – Pistori Palace – Bratislava, Slovakia
Undergraduate ThesisExhibition– The Neri Bloomfield School of Design – Haifa, Israel
AVI – TheInternationalVideoArtFestival – Netanya, Israel
Sham,Sham– Beit Avi Chai – Jerusalem, Israel
Wandering– Hansen House – Jerusalem, Israel
2014
EinBlick– Neurotitan Gallery – Berlin, Germany
GutfürSie– Studio Cherie – Berlin, Germany
2013
PechaKucha– HaSsuka – Binyamina, Israel
Curatorial Projects:
2024
The I in GIF – Self-representation in GIFs, Group exhibition, Studio200 Gallery, New York, NY (Planned)
2023
The Three Ravens, Studio200 Gallery, New York, NY (Scheduled) [Work by: Michal Rubens & Jessica Sinks]
Shesh شش – Six Contemporary Iranian Women Artists, Group exhibition, Studio200 Gallery, New York, NY [ Work by: Sara Abbaspour, Maryam Amirvaghefi, Nazanin Noroozi, Sara Meghdari, Azita Moradkhani, Rene Saheb]
Halos, Group exhibition, John C. Hutcheson Gallery, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN [co-curated with Aubrey Saget, Lara Saget, and Nick Doty]
2021
Messy, isn’t it?, Emily Knecht, Studio200 Gallery, New York, NY [co-curated with Aubrey Saget and Lara Saget]
2015
Galgal Refaim, Omri Kern-Lapidot, Bezalel 7 Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
1858 – The Permissible and the Taboo, Group Exhibition, Morel Derfler Gallery, Haifa, Israel, co-curated with Bar Zali
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Residencies:
2019 – Trestle Artist Residency – New York, NY
2018 – Con Artist Collective – New York, NY