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Ben Hagari

Available Work

Ben Hagari, The Back Side Installation

Ben Hagari
The Back Side Installation
2020-2021
mixed media installation including video, audio,color print, wood, drywall
installation Fundación CALOSA

Work

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Ben Hagari, The Back Side Installation

Ben Hagari
The Back Side Installation
2020-2021
mixed media installation including video, audio,color print, wood, drywall
installation Fundación CALOSA

Exhibitions at GG

2024
Ben Hagari: I, Pencil
January 5, 2024 - January 27, 2024

Studio Visit

Biography

Born in Tel Aviv, 1981

Lives and works in New York

 

Education

2014   MFA, School of the Arts, Columbia University, New York

2008   B.Ed.F.A, Hamidrasha School of Art, Beit Berl College, Israel

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2023       On Point, A Group Exhibition by Ben Hagari, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel

2022        I, Pencil, The Boiler at ELM Foundation, Brooklyn, NYC

2021        The Back Side, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud, Fundación CALOSA, Irapuato, Mexico  

               Photographs from The Back Side, Gallery Tiro Al Blanco, Guadalajara, Mexico

2016        Potter’s Will, curated by Gannit Ankori, the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

               Potter’s Will, curated by Anat Danon, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

2015        Potter’s Will, Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

                Fresh, organized by José Roca, Flora Ars+Natura, Bogotá, Colombia

2012        A Nous la Liberté (Freedom For Us), Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel

2011        Invert, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2007       Cuckoo, Rosenfeld Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2022       Touched, curated by Alon Razgour, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel

2021       The Musical Brain Channel, curated by Melanie Kress, High Line Art, High Line, NYC

               Disturbance in the Field: Art in the High Desert from Andrea Zittel’s A-Z West to High Desert Test Sites, curated by Brooke Hodge, Nevada Museum of Art,                 Reno, NV Universal Remote, Brandeis University, organized by the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA

2020       Bodyscapes, curated by Adina Kamien-Kazhdan, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

                Through a Balcony: video screenings throughout TLV, curated by Doron Rabina, Dalit Matatyahu, Tel Aviv Museum of Art Desktop: Artists During COVID-19,

                Tel Aviv Museumof Art (online)

2019       Proposition: video work props and other materials, HESSE FLATOW, NYC

                Recipe About Art, organized by Sherry Chang, Bamboo Curtain Studio, New Taipei City, Taiwan

2018        Potter’s Will, ArtMonte Carlo, Salon D’ART, Monaco (solo)

                Smiles Without Freedom, curated by Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NYC

               Organic Theater, curated by Yasmine Ostendorf, C-Platform, Xiamen, China

               Drawn (Over), curated by Tomas Vu, The Museum of Contemporary Art Vojvodina, Novi Sad, Serbia

               Table Manners, curated by Nirith Nelson, The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University, Israel

               The Dangerous Professors, curated by Ruslana Lichtzier, Flatland Gallery, Houston, TX

               21 Grams, curated by Dveer Shaked and Moran Sulmirski Noam, BEITA Home for Social Art in the City, Jerusalem, Israel

2017       Worlding, curated by Mia Curran, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

               The Tyranny of Common Sense has Reached its Final Stage, curated by Tomas Vu and Rirkrit Tiravanija, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, NYC

               Safe Haven / State of Emergency, curated by Limor Alpern Zered, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel
               Gomli-data, curated by Izek Mizrahi, The Hansen House Design, Media and Technology Center, Jerusalem, Israel

2016       Art School, Hamidrasha School of Arts turns 70, curated by Avi Lubin, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion,

               Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

               PLANTA, organized by Carolina Castro, Ch.ACO, Santiago, Chile

               The Castle of Perseverance, organized by Molly Surno, CRUSH Curatorial, Amagansett, NY

               Son: Signalof Authority, curated by Boliang SHEN and Zhanglun DAI, InCubeArts, NYC

              Agropolis, curated by Maayan Sheleff, the Science Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

               Serious Fun, Sumter County Gallery of Art, Sumter, SC

               SpaceTime, curated by Efrat Livny, Minus One, Haaretz Gallery collection, Tel Aviv, Israel

2015       Under Foundations, curated by Jess Wilcox, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY

              Tragedy and Deconstruction, organized by Catherine Pasternak, MOCAK Museum of Contemporary Art,

                Krakow, Poland (two-person)

                A Palace with a View, Palazzo Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, Venice, Italy

                Feeding, curated by Carmit Blumensohn, Expo Milano, Milan, Italy


                Etched in Time, curated by Tula Amir and Levia Stern, Benyamini Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

2014       New in the Collection, curated by Aya Miron, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel (two-person)

                MFA Thesis, curated by Ruba Katrib, Columbia University, Fisher Landau Center, Long Island City, NY

                No Place, curated by Jonathan Touitou, BAAD Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

2013       Matinée, Lesley Heller Workspace, NYC

               And After a Pause, it Continued, curated by Jenny Jaskey, Wallach Gallery, Columbia University, NYC

2012       Artists' Film International, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK

                Artists' Film International, Ballroom Marfa, TX  

               Time and a Half, co-curated with Giorgia Calò and Doron Rabina, Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

                Afterwards, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea

                Bronner Residency - The Fellows, curatedby Gertrud Peters, KIT - Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany

               Good Night, curated by Kobi Ben-Meir, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel

               Prizes in Art from the Ministry of Culture, curated by Naomi Aviv, Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel

2011       The Museum Presents Itself: Israeli Art from the Museum Collection, curated by Ellen Ginton, Tel Aviv

               Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

               The Vault, organized by Tamar Harpaz, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH    

2009      Weather House, New Positions, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany (solo)

               Can’t You See I’m Walking on Air, Chelouche Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

               14th Biennial of Young Artists from Europe and the Mediterranean, Skopje, Macedonia

2008      The Tyranny of the Transparent, curated by Maayan Amir, Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

               The Rear, curated by Joshua Simon, The 1st Herzliya Biennial of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel

2006       Present Now, curated by Tal Ben Zvi, Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, Israel  
               Half Board, organized by Sally Haftel-Naveh and Tali Ben-Nun, Braverman Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

 

Selected Screenings

2021       Seein Things, Humanities Quadrangle Cinema Hall, Yale University

2020       About Face, ZAZ 10TS, 10 Times Square, NYC

               Whole World, Felicja Blumental Music Center, Tel Aviv, Israel

               Video Art Program, Epos 11, The International Art Film Festival, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel

2019       In/animate, Parallel Art, Toronto, Canada

2018       NeuLicht Festival, Architekturforum Zürich, Switzerland

               Van Eyck Food Art Film Festival, Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands

               The Minefield Girl, Spotify and LightBox, NYC

2017       24:7, ZAZ 10 Times Square, NYC

2016       First Austrian American Short Film Festival, Austrian Cultural Forum, NYC

               The Current Sessions, biannual performance series, Wild Project Theater, NYC

2015       Animismo Digital Vol.1, Central de Arte Digital Juan Downey, Puerto Varas, Chile

2014       Locomotion 2014, Artists’ Moving Image Festival, London, UK

               Transborder, Anthology Film Archives, NYC

2012       Artists' Film International, touring screening program:  

                Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina

                Cinémathèque de Tanger, Morocco

                Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Turkey

                City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand

                Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong  

                GAMeC – Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo,Italy

2010       Video Zone V, The 5th International Video Art Biennial, curated by Sergio Edelstein, Tel Aviv

                Cinematheque, Israel

2006       Intersection, 23rd Jerusalem Film Festival, Israel

2005        From the Heart, curated by Boaz Arad, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel Aviv, Israel

 

Grants/Awards/Scholarship

2023       Faculty Grant Personal Practice Award, Yale School of Art, CT

2022       New York State Council on the Arts Grant (NYSCA), NY

                The Discount Artistic Encouragement Award
                The Lauren & Mitchell Presser Contemporary Art Grant, Herzliya Museum, Israel

2021        Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, NYC

                Artis Exhibition Grant, NYC

2020       Mifal Hapais Council for the Culture and Arts, Project Grant, Israel

2016       Video Artist Award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, MA

2014       Foundation for Contemporary Art Emergency Grant, NYC

               The David Berg Foundation Fellowship at Columbia University, NY

2013       Artis Foundation Grant, NYC  

               Agnes Martin Scholarship at Columbia University, NY

               D’Arcy Hayman Scholarship at Columbia University, NY

2012       Rolfs Partner Award, KIT Düsseldorf, Germany

2011        Minister of Culture Prizes in Art and Design, Israel

                President of Beit Berl College Award for Excellence in Teaching, Israel

2009        Video Art Fellowship, Center for Contemporary Art (CCA), Tel Aviv, Israel

2008        Rafi Lavie Award, Hamidrasha School ofArt, Beit Berl College, Israel

 

Residencies

2021       Yonkers Artist Residency Program, Yonkers, NY

2016       Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL

2015       Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Process Space Residency, Governors Island, NY

2014       Institute of Investigate Living, AZ West Andrea Zittel, Joshua Tree, CA

2009      The Bronner Residency, Goethe Institut and Kunststiftung NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany