Gilad Ophir
Gilad Ophir, From the series of Necropolis Military facility, Negev Gilad Ophir, From the series of Necropolis Military facility, Negev Gilad Ophir, From the series of SmokeGilad Ophir, From the series of Smoke Gilad Ophir, From the series of Smoke Gilad Ophir, Untitled
Gilad Ophir, UntitledGilad Ophir, From the series of Necropolis Untitled Gilad Ophir, UntitledGilad Ophir, UntitledGilad Ophir, UntitledGilad Ophir, Untitled
Gilad Ophir, From the series of Necropolis Shooting targets, mitzpe Ramon Gilad Ophir, From the series of Necropolis Untitled Gilad Ophir, From the series of Necropolis Anzar Gilad Ophir, Ben Shemen

 

Gilad Ophir talks about his work - Untitled

 
Born in Tel Aviv 1957
Lives and works in Ramat Hasharon  
 
Education
 
1979–1980 Arts and Humanities, Tel Aviv University
1980–1981 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem
1981–1984 BFA, School of Visual Arts, New York
1984–1986 MFA, Hunter College, New York 
 
Solo exhibitions
 
1996 Eight Contemporary Israeli Photographers, Stadtische Galerie Delmenhorst,  
1998 Military Spaces, Refusalon, San Francisco
2000 From the series Necropolis, Noga Gallery, Tel Aviv
2001 Leaps of Consciousness, Haifa Museum of Art 
Andrew Mummery Gallery, London
2002 Tate Modern, London
2004 Irreducible, Artists Studios in Tel Aviv.
2006 Works and Days, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv   Group exhibitions
 
Germany        

 

1996 A Delicate Balance, Six Israeli Photographers, The Light Factory, Charlotte, North Carolina
1997 Photographs d'Israel, Passages de Retz, Paris
1997 The Institute for Contemporary Photography, Photography Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Desert Cliché: Israel Now – Local Images, Arad Museum of Art; Miami; New York; San Francisco           
1998 Condition Report, Photography in Israel Today, The Israel Museum,  Jerusalem
1998 Bamot, Vienna Jewish Museum, Austria
1998 After Rabin, New Art From Israel, Jewish Museum, New York
1999 Not To Be Looked At: Unseen Sites in Israel Today, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
2001 Men at Work, Kalisher Gallery of Art, Tel Aviv
2002 Lying Within The Skin, The Kiryat Tivon Memorial Center Art Gallery 2003 Ruins Revisited, The Image of the Ruin in Israel 1803-2003, Time for Art - Israel Art Center, Tel-Aviv 2003 Heim Suchung, Current Photography from Israel, Braunshweig Museum, Germany
2003-04 Final Totale, Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany. 2004 Self Portrait with a Camera, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
2004 Couple Swapping, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv
University of Haifa, The Art Gallery  
 
Collections
 
Tate Modern, London.
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
Haifa Museum of Art.
Brooklyn Museum, New York.
Jewish Museum New York.
Bertha Urdang collection, Jerusalem
Private Collections.
 

Awards and Prizes

 

1986 The William Graf Scholarship, Hunter College, New York
1991 The America-Israel Cultural Foundation Scholarship, Tel Aviv
1992 The Gérard Lévy Prize for Young Photographer, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1995 The Prize for executing the completion of a work of art, Department of Visual Art, Public Council Of Culture and Art
2002-03 Jewish Cultural Awards, Necropolis Series, London Jewish cultural center
2002 The Ministry of Science and Culture 2002 Award  
 © 2009 Gordon Gallery


Develope by fitIT