Born in 1950 Jerusalem, Israel.
Lives and works in Israel and London |
Education |
| | Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem (BFA) |
| | Royal College of Art, London, MA (RCA) |
| | Royal College of Art, London, PhD (RCA) |
Teaching Position |
| 1987 | Jacques O'Hana Prize for Young Israeli Artists, The Tel Aviv Museum |
| 1995 | Tutor, Tel Aviv University, School of Architecture
Tutor, Beit Berl College of Art |
| 1998 | Senior Tutor, Royal College of Art, London, Dep. Design Products |
Awards |
| 1987 | Jacques O'Hana Prize for Young Israeli Artists, The Tel Aviv Museum |
| 1989 | Minister of Education and Culture Prize for Painting and Sculpture |
| 1990 | The Sandberg Prize for Israel Art, Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
| 1995 | Janet and George Jaffin Award for Plastic Arts America Israel Cultural Foundation |
| 2002 | Mendel and Eva Pundik Foundation prize for an Israeli Artist, Tel Aviv Museum of Art |
Selected One Person Exhibition |
| 1973 | Activity of counting and declaring brass disks screwed to the floor of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, as an exhibition.(Sharon and Gabi Present) |
| 1974 | Meal (performance) for withdrawal from the Occupied Territories ( Sharon and Gabi Present) |
| 1977 | Meal 2.( performance) for withdrawal from the Occupied Territories (Sharon and Gabi Present) |
| 1982 | Gimel Gallery, Jerusalem. (Also in 1987, 1988, 1989) |
| 1983 | The Tel Aviv Museum, Helena Rubinstein Pavilion (with David Reev).
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, "Gabi Klasmer, Paintings (cat). |
| 1984 | Gallery X+, Brussels (cat)
Schone Unendlich Organisation, Hamburg, Germany |
| 1985 | Gallery X+, Brussels |
| 1986 | Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA (cat). |
| 1988 | Burgashov Gallery. -Kibbutz Cabri, Upper Galilee (cat) |
| 1989 | -"Hotel Palestine" Aika Brown Gallery, Artists Studios, Jerusalem |
| 1990 | Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv (cat) |
| 1991 | Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv |
| 1993 | Hubertus Wunschik Gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany (cat). |
| 1995 | Office in Tel Aviv, "Ulay" (cat) |
| 1996 | 23rd International Biennial of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv
Museum of Art, Ein Harod |
| 1997 | Todd Gallery, London |
| 2000 | Square Paintings Gallery Pierre Brulle', Paris (cat) |
| 2001 | Gabriel Klasmer , Givon Gallery Tel Aviv |
| 2002 | 'Assassin' The Herzlia Museum of Art, Herzlia, Israel |
| 2004 | 'Lets Talk Politics' Hubertus Wunschik Gallery , Munchengladbach , Germany |
Selected Group Exhibitions: |
| 1975 | "Open Workshop" (Sharon and Gabi Present ) The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
"Young Artist" July M Gallery Tel Aviv |
| 1976 | "Sharon and Gabi Present " Bertha Urdang Gallery, Jerusalem
"Performance and Installation"Sarah Gilat Gallery, Jerusalem - "Performance 76 " Artist House Tel Aviv (cat) |
| 1977 | "Open Door" Light Installation, Jerusalem |
| 1979 | "Performance 79 ", Artist house, Tel Aviv.(cat) |
| 1982 | "Hear and Now" The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, (cat)
"Ulam Project" Artists House,Jerusalem, |
| 1983 | XVII Bieanal de Saulo Paulo, Brazil (cat).
"Artists Exhibit in Eilon" Kibutz Eilon, Upper Galilee, (cat) |
| 1984 | "Contemporary Art from Israel" Israel Arts Festival, Chicago,
" Two Years, Qualities Accumulated, 1983-1985" The Tel Aviv Museum (cat)
"Towards a Mythology Without God" Artist House. Jerusalem,.
"Catastrophe" Jerusalem Theatre, Jerusalem |
| 1985 | The Association of Palestinian Artists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and IsraeliCommittee for Solidarity with Bir Zeit University "Israeli and Palestinian Artist Against Occupation-For Freedom of Expression" (cat).
"Kunst in Israel, 1906 -1985 ", Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerp (cat)
"Milestones in Israel Art " The Israel Museum, Jerusalem(cat)
"Ancient Currents" Ficsher Gallery, University of Southern California, USA (cat) |
| 1986 | "The Concernd Eye" Israel Art Today, Port of History Museum Philadelphia, USA (cat)
"Colour Territory" 42nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Israel Pavilion, (cat). |
| 1987 | "Down With the Occupation 1967-1987" Association of Artists for Freedom of Expression, Israel, (Travelling Exhibition of Prints).
"80 Luven Taidetta Israelsta/ 80 Tals Konst Fran Israel, (80's Art from Israel) Taidehalli, Helsinki and Konsthall, Lund, Sweden,. |
| 1988 | "Neun Israelische Maler" (nine Israeli Painters) KunstHause, Zurich Orangerie Herrenhausen Hanover (cat).
"Fresh Paint The Younger Generation in Israeli-Art", The Tel Aviv Museum and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. (cat).
"Artists for Human Rights" Bograsshov Gallery, Tel Aviv,
" In the Shadow of the Conflict: Israeli Art 1980-1989" The Jewish Museum, New York. |
| 1990 | "Binational Israel/USSR Kunsthalle Dusseldorf and Moscow, Central House of Artists |
| 1991 | "Six Artists from Israel" Delta Gallery, Dusseldorf,.
"The Fine Art Degree Show" The Royal College of Art, London,,
"Place and Mainstream" 44 From Israel Contemporary Sculpture Hara Museum Ark, Fukuoka Art Museum Japan. (Cat) |
| 1992 | "Barclays Young Artists Award, 1992", Serpentine Gallery, London (cat).
"Routs of Wandering" The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (cat)
"Postscripts" The University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University (cat).
"Position Israel" Kunstlhaus, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (cat). |
| 1993 | "Subtropical", The Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv (cat)
"I See This" Camera Obscura Gallery, Camera Obscura School of Art, Tel Aviv. |
| 1994 | "Wir hier" Grosse Kunst Ausstellung Dusseldorf., Kunsthalle Vestisches Museum, Kutschrrhaus, Germany.
Todd Gallery, London. ( four artists)
"Tel Aviv in the Tracks of the Bauhaus", Ha'aretz Building, Tel Aviv (cat) |
| 1995 | Givon Gallery, 4/4 Tel Aviv.
"Ultima- Cosmic Images in Israeli Art", The Museums Forum, (cat). |
| 1996 | The Israel Presentation, The 23rd International Biennale, Sao Paulo' Brazil (cat).
"Station Trans- formation" The Central Bus Station, Tel Aviv, (Performance)
"The Seventies in Israeli Art", Tel Aviv Museum,(cat)
"Video projection", The Museums Forum, |
| 1998 | "The Eyes of the Nation", Perspective of Israeli Art in the Seventies.
Tel Aviv Museum. (Cat) |
| 1999 | "Vision of Light " A Century of watercolour in Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem . (cat)
"The Mechanized Sublime", Ways of observing in the works of Deganit, Berest, Yitzhak Livneh, Gabriel Klasmer. The Genia Schriber University Gallery, Tel Aviv University. (Cat) |
| 2001 | 'Message to the New Millennium' Israeli Art Today' The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan.
'Love at First Sight', The Vera Silvia and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Israeli Art |
| 2002 | " Where are the children" Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv and The Ein Harod Museum, Ein Harod
"Focus on Painting" Haifa Museum of Art. (cat) |
| 2003 | 'Treason' artist in research at the Royal College of Art , Caf? Gallery Projects, London. |
| 2004 | "Grid Image in Israeli Art " University of Haifa - The Art Gallery. (Cat)
"Chain Reaction" Israeli Jewelry 2 Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv (cat)
' The Lesser - the Better' Givon Gallery, Tel Aviv. |
| 2005 | ' Carpe Diem'- Gallery Huberttus Wunschik, Monchengladbach, Germany. |
Publications and Catalogues: |
| | Kav 4/5, Kav, Magazine for Contemporary Art. p.71-74. |
| | The Israeli Museum, Jerusalem, Gabi Klasmer Paintings. |
| | XVII Bieanal de Sao Palo, Catalogue. |
| | Artist Exhibit in Eilon. |
| | Gallery X+ , Brussels 1984. |
| | "1983-1984" Two Years Israeli Art.Qualities Accumulated.- "Contemporary Art form Israel", Chicago USA |
| | "Flash Art" Magazine, March 1984, p.72. |
| | Israeli and Palestinian Artists Against Occupation - For freedom of Expression. |
| | "Kunst in Israel", 1906-1985, Konninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp. |
| | "Milestones in Israeli Art", The Israeli Museum, Jerusalem. |
| | Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California, L.A. |
| | "Israel Art Today, the Concerned Eye", Port of History Museum, Philadelphia. |
| | "Colour Territories", 42nd Int, Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale. |
| | "Down with the occupation 1967-1987" |
| | "1980's Art From Israel", Lund, Sweden. |
| | :- "Nine Israeli Painters", Kunsthause, Zurich/Orangerie, Hanover. |
| | "Fresh paint-The young generation in Israeli Art", Tel Aviv Museum. |
| | "Kav 9" Magazine for contemporary art, p105. |
| | "Binationale Israel/USSR", Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf/Moscow. |
| | "Conteporana-Int. Art Magazine", March 1990, p.69-75. |
| | "Barclays Young Artist Award" Serpentine Gallery, London. |
| | "Roots of Wandering", Israel Museum, Jerusalem. |
| | "postscripts", Tel Aviv University Gallery. |
| | "Position Israel", Kunsthaus, Berlin. |
| | "Studio" Magazine for contemporary art, Jan1993, p.24-58. |
| | "Studio", May 1993, p.15-19. |
| | "Subtropical", Israel painting, Tel Aviv Museum, Tel Aviv |
| | "Tel Aviv in tracks of the Bauhaus", Tel Aviv. |
| | Grosse kunst Ausstellung, Dusseldorf. |
| | Office in Tel Aviv. |
| | "Wir Hier", Westdeutscher Kunstelerbund Recklinghauen. |
| | "Ultima", Cosmic Images in Israeli art. |
| | Gabriel Klasmer, 23rd Internationale Biennale, Ao Palo. |
| | Terminal No 1, 2, Station Transformation, Feb, Aug1996. |
| | Terminal No 3, Station Transformation, Feb 1997. |
| | "The Seventies in Israeli Art", Tel Aviv Museum. |
| | "The Eyes of a Nation", Tel Aviv Museum. |
| | "Vision of Light, A Century of Watercolour in Israel", The Israel Museum, Jeusalem and MOD publishing house. |
| | "The Mechanized sublime ways of observing in the works of Degannit Berest, Yizhak Livine, Gabriel Klasmer, The Genia Schrieber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University. |
| | Gabriel Klasmer, Square Panitinngs, Galerie Pierre Brulle, Paris. |
| | "Sun", Tel Aviv Museum of Art. |
| | Massages to the Millenium, Israeli art Today, The museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan. |
| | Love at first sight, The Vera silivia, and Srtuo Scwarz collection of Israeli Art, the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. |
| | Focus on Painting Haifa Museum of Art. |
| | "Grid image in Israeli Art", University of Haifa, The Art Gallery |
| | "Chain Reaction", Israeli Jewelry 2. Eretz Israel Museum , Tel Aviv |
| | Studio Art Magazine No 145 August 2003 "Painting about Life and death" Itamar Levy , On Line Conversation between Klasmer and Jerzy Michalowicz. |
