Shai Kremer - Spotlight on Israeli Culture

Shai Kremer - Spotlight on Israeli Culture

Shai Kremer
Shai Kremer is an exciting and subversive conceptual photographer whose work has garnered
enthusiastic international acclaim. His crisp landscapes, bullet-riddled ruins, and World Trade Center:
Concrete Abstracts prompt discussion about the manifestations and misuses of power. Kremer is
collected in North America by the MET, the SFMoMA and Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary
Photography, among other institutions. He has recently exhibited at the Tate Modern.
Artist Biography
b. 1974, Israel
EDUCATION
1998 - 2002: Camera Obscura School of Arts, Tel Aviv Israel. B.A. - Photography
2003 - 2005: School of Visual Arts, New York. M.F.A - Photography and Related Media
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Work in Progress, Julie M. Gallery, Featured Exhibition in Toronto’s CONTACT Photography Festival, ‘13
Work in Progress, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, ‘13
Fallen Empires, Fort de Salses, Le Centre des Monuments Nationaux, Salses-le-Château, France, ’12
Infected Landscape, Le Bleu du Ciel Gallery, Lyon, France, ’12
Fallen Empires, Julie M. Gallery, Toronto & Tel Aviv; James Hyman Gallery, London; Julie Saul Gallery, NY; Robert
Koch Gallery, San Francisco, ’11 & ‘12
Infected Landscape, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland; George Eastman House, Rochester, ‘11
Infected Landscape & Fallen Empires, Galerie Filles du Calvaire, Paris, France, ‘10
Infected Landscape, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa, ‘10
Infected Landscape, Houston Center for Photography; Julie M Gallery, Toronto; M. K. Ciurlionis National Art
Museum, Kaunas, Lithuania, ‘09
Infected Landscape, Hordaland International Art Gallery, Bergen, Norway; Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv, ‘08
Infected Landscape (Part 2), During “ART Tel Aviv” , Julie M Gallery, Tel Aviv, ‘08
Broken Promised Land, Julie Saul Gallery, New York; Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, ‘08
Infected Landscape, SVA Eastside Gallery, New York, ‘05
Architecture of Terror, Israeli Architects Association, Tel Aviv, ’04
Infected Landscape, Givat Haviva Art Center, ‘04
SELECTED RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Behind Landscape, H2 Center for Contemporary Art, Augsburg, Germany, ‘12
Exposed: voyeurism, surveillance and the camera, Tate Modern, London; SF MoMA, San Francisco, ’11
Window, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, ‘10
Picturing Modernity: The Photography Collection, SF MoMA, San Francisco, ‘09
Walls, Pont de la Machine, Geneva, Switzerland, ‘09
Structures, dwellings and buildings, Ashdod Art Museum, Tel Aviv, ‘09
Stigmata, Red Cross Red Crescent Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, ‘09
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS (CONTINUED)
Constellation, Ermanno Tedeschi Gallery, Rome, Italy, ‘09
Shai Kremer, Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel, ‘08
As Is, Vittoriano Art Museum, Rome, Italy, ‘08
Reality Check, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, USA, ‘08
Panoramic Landscapes, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya, Israel, ‘08
HeartQuake, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel, ‘08
Loaded Landscape, Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago, Chicago, ‘07
Guangzhou Photo Biennale, Canton, China, ‘07
Engagement: Contemporary Photography, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, ‘07
Local Testimony, in conjunction with the World Press Photo Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel, ‘06
Emerging photographers 2005, Stockholm, Sweden, ‘06
Emerging photographers 2005, Milan, Italy, ‘06
Emerging photographers 2005, Omotesando Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, ‘06
SELECTED ART FAIRS AND FESTIVALS
Upcoming: ArtHamptons, Julie M. Gallery, ‘13
AIPAD Photography Show New York, Julie Saul Gallery & Robert Koch Gallery, ’10 & ‘13
TIAF - Toronto International Art Fair, Julie M. Gallery, ’11, ’12 &’13
Art Basel Miami, Robert Koch Gallery, ‘09
Paris Photo, Galeries Filles du Calvaire & Robert Koch Gallery, ‘09
The Armory Show, Robert Koch Gallery, ‘09
AIPAD Photography Show New York, Robert Koch Gallery, ’08 & ‘09
Art Chicago, Robert Koch Gallery, ’08 & ‘09
Pulse, Art Basel Miami, Julie Saul Gallery, ‘08
Impulse, Art Basel Miami, Julie M Gallery, ‘08
Pulse, Julie Saul Gallery, ‘08
Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles, Photo Folio Review Laureate, ’07 & Photo Folio Review Winner, ‘08
Emerging photographers 2005, Foto Espana, Madrid, Spain, ‘06
MONOGRAPHS
FALLEN EMPIRES, 2011, Radius Books, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
INFECTED LANDSCAPE, 2008, Dewi Lewis Publishing, Manchester, UK
SELECTED MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, NY
SF MoMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. San Francisco, CA
Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, TX
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College. Chicago, IL
Israel Museum. Jerusalem, Israel
Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Tel Aviv, Israel
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. Herzliya, Israel
Museum on the Seam. Jerusalem, Israel
Chapman Museum. New York, NY